# REPORT ON THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR THE YEAR 1934.
## B. SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
### STAFF.
Mr. D. M. MacDougall was in charge throughout the year except during the period 26th November to 25th December, when Mr. E. Himsworth was in charge.
### EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE.
2. Tables I to III show comparative details of the expenditure and revenue of the department for the years 1933 and 1934, exclusive of the revenue collected for it by other departments. The omission of statistics for other departments' collections, given in previous years, is due to the difficulty of distinguishing such collections in the district from collections elsewhere.
3. The actual Revenue collected by the Department, as given in Table II, has surpassed the previous year's total by $1,629.85. This increase is almost entirely due to a new lease on a salt pan at Tai O together with a demand for sand permits still higher than the high level of last year.
4. Table III contains a comparative statement of actual Expenditure and Revenue of the department for the past ten years.
### MAGISTRACY.
5. Tables IV to VIII show the details of the cases heard during the year by the District Officer sitting as Police Magistrate and Judge of the Small Debts Court.
6. The number of Police cases dealt with was again almost double that of the previous year. The principal increases were among the following offences (see Table IV):- Opium, Revenue, Simple Larceny, Traffic and other Offences. The Traffic increase was largely due to the fact that the transfer from Kowloon Magistracy to the District Officer's Court of all traffic offences in the District was effective for the whole twelve months as against four months only in 1933.
7. There were during the year one charge of Murder (committed in the waters off Cheung Chau Island) and one of Manslaughter (at Heung Che village, Tsuen Wan) which resulted in committals for trial in the Supreme Court.
8. The total number of cases of Simple Larceny and Assault increased 43% but none was serious.
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REPORT ON THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR THE YEAR 1934.
B. SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
STAFF.
Mr. D. M. MacDougall was in charge throughout the year except during the period 26th November to 25th December, when Mr. E. Himsworth was in charge.
EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE.
2. Tables I to III show comparative details of the expendi- ture and revenue of the department for the years 1933 and 1934, exclusive of the revenue collected for it by other departments. The omission of statistics for other departments' collections, given in previous years, is due to the difficulty of distinguishing such collections in the district from collections elsewhere.
3. The actual Revenue collected by the Department, as given in Table II, has surpassed the previous year's total by $1,629.85. This increase is almost entirely due to a new lease on a salt pan at Tai O together with a demand for sand permits still higher than the high level of last year.
4. Table III contains a comparative statement of actual Expenditure and Revenue of the department for the past ten years.
MAGISTRACY.
5. Tables IV to VIII show the details of the cases heard during the year by the District Officer sitting as Police Magis- trate and Judge of the Small Debts Court.
6. The number of Police cases dealt with was again almost double that of the previous year. The principal increases were among the following offences (see Table IV):-
Opium, Revenue, Simple Larceny, Traffic and other Offences. The Traffic increase was largely due to the fact that the trans- fer from Kowloon Magistracy to the District Officer's Court of all traffic offences in the District was effective for the whole twelve months as against four months only in 1933.
7. There were during the year one charge of Murder (committed in the waters off Cheung Chau Island) and one of Manslaughter (at Heung Che village, Tsuen Wan) which resulted in committals for trial in the Supreme Court.
8. The total number of cases of Simple Larceny and Assault increased 43% but none was serious.
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