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TABLE C.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming under notice of POLICE, during the Years 1875, 1876, and 1877.

SERIOUS.

Number of Cases.

Number of Persons.

Convicted.

Discharged,

1875 1876 1877

1875

1876 1877 1875 1876 1877

Murder,

3* 4

51

4+

1

1

2

Assault,

Robbery with Violence from the Person,

13

24

21

9! 6

17

4

4

2

Gambling,

Burglary or Larceny from a Dwelling House at Night,

107

90

79

41

23

12

7

7

Miscellaneous,

Assault with Intent to rob,..

3

1

1

2

Drunkenness,

Kidnapping and Abduction or detention of Chinese

63

55

73

36

31

35

35

32

36

Nuisances,

Women and Female Children,

No Pass or Light,

Piracy,

5

5

9

9

4

Unlawful Possession,

251

239 809

242

230

291

82

~

59

105

Larcenies,.....

Felonies not already given,..

988 1,059 1,437

13

8

597

671 813

178

180

192

32

9

2

26

10

7

4

Total,.......

|1,395 1,485 1,966

949

9741,196

324

295

341

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Total,...

MINOR.

Number of Cases.

Number of Persons,

Convicted.

Discharged.

1877

1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877 1875 1876

796 786 841 1,270 1,298 1,282 269 267 281 255 159 282 489 323 497 42 26 146 1,505 2,438 2,073 1,864 2,889 2,012 334 209 275

549 523 464

317 306 611 664 849 1,151

No analysis of Convictions and Discharges.

4,086 5,061 5,422 3,623 4,510 | 3,791 645 592 702

Increase-361 Cases, or 7.13 per cent.

* One Case also given under Piracy.

Increase-481 Cases, or 32.39 per cent.

+ Two Prisoners convicted, but received a free pardon, and sentence of one prisoner was commuted to Penal Servitude for Life.

Two Prisoners were convicted of Manslaughter.

‡ Two Cases also reported under Burglary, and one under Robbery with Violence from Person.

Central Police Barracks, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

Total Cases-7,388.

Increase-842 Cases, or 12.86 per cent.

C. V. CREAGH,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Poli'e,

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