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SUPPLEMENT

To the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of 18th February, 1888.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 77.

The following Annual Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police for 1887, which was laid before the Legislative Council on the 16th instant, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th February, 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 14.

POLICE OFFICE, HONGKONG, 20th January, 1888.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, details of the Police Establishment, the list of Pensioners and the Criminal Statistics for the year 1887.

2. The Criminal Statistics show that 8,481 cases were reported to the Police during 1887, being a decrease of 355 cases or 4.01 per cent on the return for 1886. In the subdivision of these cases into Serious Crimes (so called) and Minor Offences an increase of 77 cases or 3.08 per cent is found in Serious Crimes and a decrease of 432 cases or 6.81 per cent in Minor Offences.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.

The Honourable F. STEWART, LL.D.,

Colonial Secretary,

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