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6. On the 31st August, 1928, Police visited the S.S. "Hirundo" and found, concealed in flour sacks in possession of the Chief Steward, 83 Automatic Pistols and 8,300 rounds of Ammunition of German manufacture.
7. On the 1st September, 1928, the boatswain of the S.S. "Sinkiang" discovered, unclaimed on the deck, 1 large earthenware jar and 1 sealed kerosene tin. On investigation these were found to contain 4 .38 Long Revolvers and 400 rounds of Ammunition, of French manufacture.
8. On the 17th September, 1928, C.P.O. Clarke visited a sampan anchored off Cheung Sha Wan and discovered 229 Automatic Pistols and 17 .38 Long Revolvers and 23,793 rounds of Ammunition of French or Spanish manufacture. 3 of the Automatics were loaded and were evidently intended to be used by smugglers for the protection of their goods. There was no one on board the sampan when the visit was made.
9. On the 18th October, 1928, Waterfront Searchers, in the course of a Routine Search of baggage belonging to Chinese returning from the U.S.A., discovered in the false bottoms of 2 trunks 1 Thompson sub-Machine gun, 3 .38 Long Revolvers, 2 Automatic Pistols and 1,200 rounds of Ammunition. The baggage had been brought on to the Wharf by a boarding-house runner on behalf of the owner, who could not be traced.
10. On the 12th December, 1928, Water Police, in the course of a Routine Search, arrested a Chinese steerage passenger on S.S. "President Cleveland" and discovered in the false bottom of a packing case amongst his baggage, 3 .38 Long Revolvers and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
PASS OFFICE.
During the year 68 persons of various nationalities, other than Chinese, Indian and Japanese, were put before the Courts for the following offences:-
Vagrancy
Stowaways
Passport Ordinance
53
9
6
The number of foreign destitutes dealt with during the year was 86.
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6. On the 31st August, 1928, Police visited the S.S. "Hirundo" and found, concealed in flour sacks in possession of the Chief Steward, 83 Automatic Pistols and 8,300 rounds of Ammunition of German manufacture.
7. On the 1st September, 1928, the boatswain of the S.S. "Sinkiang" discovered, unclaimed on the deck, 1 large earthen- ware jar and 1 sealed kerosene tin. On investigation these were found to contain 4 .38 Long Revolvers and 400 rounds of Am- munition, of French manufacture.
8. On the 17th September, 1928, C.P.O. Clarke visited a sampan anchored off Cheung Sha Wan and discovered 229 Auto- matic Pistols and 17 .38 Long Revolvers and 23,793 rounds of Ammunition of French or Spanish manufacture. 3 of the Auto- matics were loaded and were evidently intended to be used by smugglers for the protection of their goods. There was no one on board the sampan when the visit was made.
9. On the 18th October, 1928, Waterfront Searchers, in the course of a Routine Search of baggage belonging to Chinese returning from the U.S.A., discovered in the false bottoms of 2 trunks 1 Thompson sub-Machine gun, 3 .38 Long Revolvers, 2 Automatic Pistols and 1,200 rounds of Ammunition. The bag- gage had been brought on to the Wharf by a boarding-house runner on behalf of the owner, who could not be traced.
10. On the 12th December, 1928, Water Police, in the course of a Routine Search, arrested a Chinese steerage pass- enger on S.S. "President Cleveland" and discovered in the false bottom of a packing case amongst his baggage, 3 .38 Long Revolvers and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
PASS OFFICE.
During the year 68 persons of various nationalities, other than Chinese, Indian and Japanese, were put before the Courts for the following offences:-
Vagrancy
Stowaways
Passport Ordinance
53
9
6
The number of foreign destitutes dealt with during the year was 86.
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