CO129-329 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [7-12] — Page 80

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Referring to Mr. May's Despatch

No. 156 of the 15th. April, 1904, I have the honour to

transmit for your information six copies of the Returns of

the Subordinate Court for the year 1904.

2.

These returns compare favourably

on the whole with those for 1903. There is a slight de-

-crease in the more serious crimes, while larceny and simi-

-lar offences show 1,391 cases as compared with 2,047 in

the preceding year. A satisfactory feature is the decrease

of offences under the Public Health and Buildings Ordi-

-nances from 1,081 in 1903 to 788 in 1904.

3.

The only large increase is in

cases of unlawful possession of prepared Opium which rose

from 1,279 to 3,433 owing to increased vigilance on the

part of the Opium Farmers.

Crime in the New Territories shows

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,

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