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REPORTS FOR 1923..
COLONIAL TREASURER'S REPORT. The Report of the Colenial Treasurer on the Finances of the Colony for the
103 NEAZPNI --
REVENTE
The total revenue" for the, year amount- ed to $24,784,760 being $3.216.490 more than the estimate and 9,409,608 mor than the revenue in 1922. Compared with that year there were increases under all the heads except, Kowloon Canton Rail
way.
The principal suixhends showing excess over the estimate ner na Zollows:-
(a) Liquor duties
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„ARMS QEDINANCE. munition arized and confiscated during The following table shows arms and
the year 1993 :-
Demption of Ark
#1
15
10
$1,087
1,010
There was an increase of 224 on the
with the year 19, total number of admissious as compared- There was an in-. crease of prisoners convicted for tareetty during the year,ander review, the number being 1,000 against 970 for the previous year,
The number of Revenue Grade prison- ers admitted to prisons, was 3,357, of thems 3,607 "wers convicted under the Opium [Ordinance."
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10 3hot 3,094 | One hundred and seventeen Juveniles were admitted during the year, with,
1. 1,500 1,000 sentences crying from 24 hours detention to & months hard laboury In 32 cases
5.017
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT. Mr. T. H. King, assumed duty as Director of Criminal Intelligence on Chief Detective-Ins March 28th, 1923. Lector Murison retired on leave and pen- sion on May and. 1993, and Inspector J. Cirant was appointed to the vacant post.
The strength of the Criminal Invest Winchester rifles.
16. gation qartment on December 1st, German rifles
Rifles (various 1995, wunde
makes) 18. 13 43,642 23,78 Europesas: Inspectors and Sub-Inspre | Revolvers (var-
The figures show that 28 per cent. of jous makes) 979 147 118,008 95,958
total admissions to prison were tors 15: Sergeants, 8: Lance Sergeants, 9.
BR 14.001 30,020 | the Automatic pistols 196 Chinese: Sergeants, 14; Lanem Sar-Mauser pistola... 1.018 137 169,970 28,737 Revenue Grade prisoners.
Shot guns............. 0
13743- grants, ; Constables, 24.
The attention of the Department has Luger pistols - 100
Geratan machine been directed chiefly to the suppression
guns L of trime within the Colony. Other Thompson Sub- $ $4.990
branches of Criminal Investigation work 2.914.037
174,867 have not received the attention that way
79.668 be possible in mare penceful times.
While serious crime Within, the Colony The increases are due (a), (4) and (d) | has diminished, piracy has become a very This may be nacribed to inerrased sales, (e) more assignments, serious menace. (e) intrbased balances, (f) lanul boem. chiedy to the unsettled conditions in The number of Hongkong The principal deficits compared with South China. the estimates weret→
Vessels piraud has been but a fraction .........................................** 121.1 of the number of Chiurse craft looted by (b) Water excess supply and
pirates in the Drita.. meter ren
100.713
On November 15th extr temporary 340,120
19.303 searches were engaged. The piracy of the Cheung Chau launch Li Pat showed the necessity of searching ferry launches plying within the waters of the Colony, Extra men were required for this work, The searches are regular duty constables
(7) Opium monopoly
(e) Stamps. .................
(d) Tobacco duties
(e) literest
(7)"Land sales,
(a) Assessed tax
(-) Railway, coaching through 6) Rent of buildings
(e) Permite for nercach.
ments. etc...... (f)'anservancy contracts
EXPENDITURK.
r
207,097
2.888.797
13.137 14.1
The total expenditure brought to ac count amounted
*21.171.905 being $1,011,300 leas than the estimate, under the supervision of Europeun He- The strength of the fective Officers. 37,008,902 more than the expenditure in
searching staff for outgoing steamers was 132.
ou December 31st 1993:-Europeaus. 5;
machine guns This report does not include arms amorporal punishment was awarded in ad- munition surrendered to police, nor dition. those taken over from Chinese troops on
The perentage of convicted prisoners entering British Territory /10/23,
Stored with Ordnance Department:autaisted to prison with previons convic- rounds tians rettded against them was 14.5 us 1.389 Mauser pistola, 292, 20 Mauser pistol ammunition, 180 Luter compared with 14 for 1999. l'pistols.
There were 10 prisoners admitted win
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS,, Luder the Trafic Regulations (Noti-were convicted by the Police Courts in feation No. 1: Cavernment Gazette of the New Territories against 194 for the
previous year. 30th April, 1920):-
3,70 prosentions were instiinted and convictions obtained. Result:
4.098 $18,325.
Persons examined as motor drivers 38, persons passed 210.
The total number of 'accidents. reported during the year was 267 as against 110 in) 1994:
22
12
The following table shows the number convicts in custody on December 31st for the past 10 years, and the percentage of the total number of prisoners in cus tody to the estimated population of Hong- kong ter
Year,
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Number of
Par cent if
population.
Daily
Per int, to
prisoners.
population.
301,304 ZUL '.04£
1800
1903
Motor car Truck Rickslu Trament
Total
The total number of fatal accidents was 1917
111 1915 1916 528.010
$25.100-
600
316,870 SH .0.12
201
200 .ens
200
0.3
€00
358.000
040 ODE 108
1010 1020
308, 100
23
093
.126
645,150
275
OM
150.
117
663.330
231
015
TEM
..115
1924 1923. 621,800
„G82, 200
2541
11.19) 767
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Compared with the estimates there were chinese (regular),, 30; Chinese (tem- as against 9 in, 1922-Motors. 211915
porary), 15.
sings under twelve headla Miscellaneous expenditure excerded-the
In November, 1993, special regular duty estimate by $125.75" mainly due to the|and detective measures were adopted to following iren
check crime before Chinese New Year. $176,000 The number of cases of serious crime?
University Coletisation in respect of Yasmati ferry service...... War Memorial Nursing Home Swalow Typhoon Relief Fund British Empire Exhibition..... Ls on subsidiary coins....... Japanese Earthquaks Relief
Funda Other miscellaneous arevices...
85.000 (murder, armed robbery, highway rob 200,000 Kery) during the two months before $9,995 Chinese New Year (February 5th, 1024) $50,000 109,450 was 30. The number for the correspond-
ing period in the previous year was 75. 250,00
Table 111. gives particulars of píracies. 30,000
perpetented" during 1921. $1,990,478
Military expenditure excredid the stimate by $240,33 dur to increase in
Expenditure in the Education Depart- ment was less than the estimate hy $73,05 on account of unpaid building f grants and other savings. 82,328.809. Jens than the estimate was spent on P.W. E As the programme of works could not be completely irried out. Eertain transit charges for the years 1920-22 were recover- ed by the Post Ofige, during the year which reduced the expenditure in that department by $24,279.
The revenue for the year exceded the expenditure-by a sum of $3,211,558,
PBLIC DEST
BEARDS.
1024 1999 Steamer guards (Tudian)... 320 Stenia launch guards (Chin-
ese) .... Saure guards (Indian) Shore guards (Caffee)
24
20
420
Dy
23
003
Total of guards employed 708
Number of verzels which have entered into bond up to 31st Dember, 1923:-
Steamers ... Stram launches
Total
19EL 1929.
ETS
trucks, 2 traméar. 7.
MENDICANTS.
During the year, one thousand four 1921 hundred and thirty-one mendicants were arrested and dealt with.
LICENCES.
There were 82 punishments awarded
The following lierters weres Baurd for breath of prism discipline as com- during 1928:-
1,250 Hongkong pablic jinčikalus. 1.100 Hongkong private jinrikstus..
Kowloon and. Taipo public rikshas
Sz Ka Che jinrikshas
kan Flougkong public chairs.
16 Upper level jinrikshas.
40 Peak jinriks has.
243 Hongkong private chairs.
40 Hill district chairs.
29.401 Drivers" and bearers
1,600 Truck licences.
40
37
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3 260
IDENTIFICATION BY FINGER IMPRESSIONS.
The number of finger prints examined
The Inscribed Stock Lonna of 1903 and was 9,888 and the number of persond'iden
1906 amount to $1,450,733 and the Sink-tifel 1,798.
ing Fund now stands at £434.092 being
3,001 more than the amount at credit
of that fund at the end of 1922.
DEPORTEES AND VAGEANTS, Number of
persons banished from
Number of persons discharged from
The local Loan (der Ordinance NoHongkong 1,097. 12 of 1916) stands at $3,000,000 with a Sinking Fund of $1,176,066 and £98,441, 80 1,953. sterling.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Number of persons deported from Singapore 812
Number of vagrants sent from Singa- port 795.
The total receipts and payments in the Treasury books during the year were | "Number of undesirables gent" from £68,078.186. and "867,631,781 - respectively. D.K.I. 1,754.
The 6gures not accounted for under Number of undesirables sent from Sai- revenue and expenditure relate to trans gon 874." actions under various hands such as de. posits, advances, subsidiary coin. un Bifocnted slozer, eld.
Subsidiary coins in stock on the 31st December were as follows:--
50 cents
20
0
5
Copper
Number of persons repatriated from Balikpapan 70
GAMELING-
Two hundred and two gambling war? rants were successfully executed during 3,000 40.190 the year as against 190 in 1922. There 663.260 were cases in which no convictions were 375,635
obtained. There were seventy-four lot. 13.068
tery cases, compared with in 1922. $1,097,353
PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN, AND PROPHETY ERCOVERED.
The nominal amount of coins in circu- fation is $17,814370 and the market vitluo is now, practically pár.
The loud circulation in December of nates of the bree Bank's having authoris ed issues was as follows
Hongkong and Shanghai
The estimated value of property stolen during the year was $857.671-11 as against 2692,674 in 1992, a decrease of $225,NULOA or 25.4 per cent...
The average for the last five years is
Bauking Corporation $14.681,125| 2565,132:81, as against 8492,558.01. in 1922 Chartered Bank of India.
Australia and China... 12,837,310, Mercantile Bank of India,
Limited.
$58,974,1081
ari increase of 972,473.90.
The value of property recovered daring 1,455,040, the year 1 $35,97158 or 8.1 per cent. of the value of the property stolen, us against 881,81 or 9.2 per cent of the The spece jareserve came to property stolen-în 1929-a decrease-of-ng $36,150,000.
per cent in the ratio between the pro- perty stolen and property recovered.
LAST PROPERTY.
REPORT OF THE CAPTAIN SUPER- INTENDENT OF POLICE.
SUMMARY OF CRIME...
"The total of all cases reported to the Police during the year 1923 wis 14.200
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The return ebows taat 375 articles were reported as lost, the total value being. $50,378.56.
Articles recovered and found bat not
$1,708.01.
as against 18,09 in 1999 being an i reported lant 132; value of articles found crease of 201 or 187 per ent. The aver- age for the last five years is 12.307.
WEIGHTS AND, MEASCREST,
The weights and measures; examined In the division of these cases into totalled 2,500. Fifty were found incorrect. srious and minor offences there were
Twenty-three prosecutions were institut-
case.
DANGEROUS GOODA.
4,011 serious cases in 1923 as against 4,260 ed and convictions: obtained at every Berious cases in 1922 a decrease of 249 cases or 5.6 per cent. There were 10,180 minor cases in 1923 as against 2.670 minor cases in 1929, an joorrase of 510 cases" or 5.2 per cent.
Twenty procutions were instituted under the Dangerous Goods: Ordinaner.
Th
254 Motor-car (livery), 512 Motor-eur (private). 1,154 Motor-car. (drivers).
474 Motorcycle (drivers). 405 Motor-cycle licences. Money changers.
146 Pawn-brokers licences.
Licences to store petroleum bulk
3 Licences to store petroleum fuel.
Licences to store phosphorous,
3 Licences to store rockets.
in
in
23 Liners to store poisons (whole-
Bale).
Territories).
* Chinese wine and spirits (New
Territories).
21 Licences to sture sulphur neid and
nitric acid
3 Auctioneer licences
pared with 407 for the preceding year.
Corporal punishat was inflicted in
Aftren cases for prison office.
One Endred and two prisoners were: whipped by order of Courts.
There was no escape or attempt to rsenpe
There were deaths (11 natural causes and 3 exceutions),
9.450,324 forms were printed and issued to various Government Departments and 70,800 books bound or repaided, as com red with 11,420.592 forms and 63,011 books in 1902,
During the year a hysban of remissión Jas been introduced for prisoners with sentences of over months and under years. By good conduct they may earn a maximum reduction of one-sixth of their sentences. (Prisoners whose sen- tences ure 2 years or over may earn one- fourth remission if males, and one-third if females).
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REPORT BY THE CHIEF OFFICER, HONGKONG FIKE BRIGADE,
gro Chinese wine and spirits (Old) The cost of the Fire Brigade for the year. 1029 was 100,780 as compared with This sum includes 8177,709 in 1922. $17,153 special expenditure. The provision of two new Sub-stationa, one in Victoria (Kennedy Town) and one in Kowloon (Mong Kok involve a permanent in- crease in the nt of the Brigade. However taking into consideration the rapidity with which the Colony, and particularly Kowloon, is expanding, the expenditure involved by the opening of new Sub- stations cannot be considered extravagant or more than the increased fire risk the
1 Licences to store acetona. 3 Billiard tables and bowling alleys 7 Licences to store calcium carbide. Licences to store chlorate mixture: Lierness to store chlorate of potus sium and other chlorate
yen.
la Licences to store compressed oxy 15 Licences to store dissolved acety
lene.
mands.
The Fire Brigade equipment wat oot added to during the year, But provision
13 Distillery lines (Old Terri-was made in the 1923 estimates for home
important additions, viz
Lories).
95 Distillery Scences (New Terri-!
tories).
1 Compressed ammonia xas
Compressed carbonic acid..
14 Licences to store dynamite and
147 detonatoru.
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37 Licences to store ether and alcholic
liquida
390 Liernees to shoot and takis game,
10 Licences to store gunpowder.
(1) A First Aid Motor to replace No. 1 tender now converted into a fire Brigade Motor Lorry. ·
(1) A large fire float capable of de-
livering 1,000 gallons per minute. Work on the new Central Fire Station continued throughout the year, the sterk framework of the storied building being almost completed.
A difficulty was experienced in obtain Liances 10, store kerusine oil (ining recruits for the Brigade wing poss- godown).
1,800 Licences to store kerosine oil
(ordinary)
Licences to store kerosiar oil (Now Territory).
30 Marine store.
17 Licences to store naptha and bet
zine.
31 Licences to store optha tid
garage).
2 Licences to store, nitrobcuzine or
oil of irbale.. 8,147 Hawkera, "
LOGS URDINA, NCIL 3,179 dogs were liceused during 1999.
20 watch dogs were liccpsed frer, of
charg
1 dogs were impounded.
By dogs were destroyed.
48 dogs were sold or claimed.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
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PRISONS.
ly to the foon in the small traders busiurss. in the Colony (hawkers). This can only be attributed to the unsettled conditions in the neighbouring province which has resulted in a large influx of population from Kwangtung to Hong- kong. The same difficulty has been ex- Iperienced by the Police and District Watchinen's Forces. Towards the end of the year recruits were coming in more freely again.
A musfactory inforation was the start- ing a Motor Drivers School at Central Fire Station. The school is divided into 2 classes and instruction "is being given to 18 men,,alf of whom are either frenet or ambalare attendants. All candidates Have to find security and must undertake to serve at least 3 years with the Brigade after passing out. All the men are keen and it is to be hoped that this school will turn out sulficient good drivers in time OF to da auny with the existing trouble in finding suitable drivers for the costly fire applianers with which the Brigale in "now..equipped.
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The number of prisoners received into prise during the year and the corres. ponding" number for year 1922
1943. as follows:--
4,34
1999.
The report of the Superintendent Fire Brigade gives fall details of the working of the Brigad during the year. It shows" that the Colony, and partielarly the City of Victoria, has been singularly free from 4,149 serious fires during the past twelve months The unfortunate accident to the Motor Turntable ladder involving the 31 death of a promising young fireman cast gloom over the Brigade, the more to as this is the first fatal accident in the records of the Brigade.
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Convicted by Ordinary,
Couris Convicted Fry Court
Martial
Debtors
17
On rumand or in default of finding turety
1,040
Total
548
5,014
The staff Lotalled 175 including all Tarika.
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