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foroner period in the history of the Colony had life and property in Hong Kong bren srofrightfully insecure,

now the honor to enclose the

P

Returns compiled at the Police_ Magistracy from the 12 Jamary, 1564 to the 30th of September, 1871.

From these Your Lordship will perceive thist so far from the facts being as they have been rilatby represented under the influence of panic arising from a sudden brief outburst of Burglaries and/Robberies, the Returns prove beyond a doubt that with exception of 1869, this compares mast favorably with those immediately preceding.

year

True that the Retivens of 1874 are

incomplete, but by addition of one fourth to the numbers given, which -considering the well known diminution of Police Cases is more

allowance,

than

ample we have a total of 59b b

ace, we,

Convictions in 1874, against 6,311 in 1870;

8570 in 1868, and numbers

varying from 6.905 to 1085 in the other years alluded to.

I have the honor to be,

My Lord; Your Lordship's Most Chubial

humble Servunt,

AMMilfuld

Obedient

Major General and Lucitenant Governor

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