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TABLE C.

CONPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming under notice of POLICE, during the Years 1873, 1874, and 1875.

SERIOUS.

MINOR.

Number of Persons.

No. of Persons.

No. of Cases.

No. of Casea.

Description.

Convicted.

Discharged,

Description.

Convicted.

Discharged.

1873

1874

1875

1873 1874 1875

1873

1874 1875

1873

1874 1875

1873

Murder,

**

3

3

5+

411

Assault,

1,025

NGO

Robbery with Violence from the Person,

14

15

13

12

0

10

5

Gambling,

202

200

1875 1874

7061,558 1,303 1,270 255 407

1873 1874 1875

265

23A 200

398 489

47

42

Burglary or Larceny in a Dwelling House,

02

60

107

10

34

41

Miscellaneous,

1,088 1,507 1,505 2,436|1,804 |1,804

362

280

33+

Assault with Intent to rob,

Drunkenness,

701 442

Kidnapping,

103

51

20

36

44

17

3.5

Nuisances,

770

B22

540 317

No analysis of Convictions and Discharges

Piracy,

Unlawful Possession,

Larcenies,

1

7

ถะ

7

No Pass or Light,

1,412

900

664

A

232

203

251 227

104

242

75

137

82

Prionics not already given,

•

840 802 0:18 Gno 405

22 16 13

697

101

171

178

10

12

7

10

Total,

1,310 1,165 1,305

048

780

940

330 357

324

Total,.

6,104 4,597 4,080 |4,461 3,405 3,623

649 665

i4s

Decrease-511 Cases, or 11.11 per cent.

* One Case also given under Pirney.

↑ Sentence of 4. Prisoners comivuled to Penal Servitude for Life.

4 6 Prisoners rendered up to Chinese Government,

Increase-230 Cases, or 19.74 per cent.

Total Cases-5,481.

Total Decrease-281 Cases, or 4.80 per cent.

W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.

|| 2 Prisoners convicted, but received free pardon, and 1 Prisoner commuted to Penal Servitude for Life,

Central Police Station, Hongkong, 18th January, 1870.