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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

Number of Persons.

Number of Cases.

Description.

Convicted.

Discharged.

1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877 1875

1876

1877

796 786 269

841 |1,270 1,208 |1,282 255 159 282 489 323 497 1,505 2,438 2,073 1,864 2,889 2,012 549 523 464

267

281

317

604

306 611 849 1,151

26

299 1 No analysis of Convictions and Discharges.

42

334

146

275

COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming u

BLE C.

notice of POLICE, during the Years 1875, 1876, and 1877.

SERIOUS.

Number of Persons.

Number of Cases.

Description.

Convicted.

Discharged.

1875 1876 1877 1875 1876

1877 1875 1876 1877

Murder,

3*

Robbery with Violence from the Person,

13

Burglary or Larceny from a Dwelling House at Night,

107

90

428

5$ 4+

. 2||| 1

Assault,

24

21

9

17

4

2

Gambling,

79

41

23

12

7

Miscellaneous,

Assault with Intent to rob,....

3

1

3

I

2

:

Drunkenness,.

Kidnapping and Abduction or detention of Chinese

63

55

73

36

31

35

35

Nuisances,

32

36

Women and Female Children, .............

No Pass or Light,

Piracy,

5

5

9

8

9

7

4

Unlawful Possession,

251

239 S09

242

230 291

82

59

105

Larcenies,

Felonies not already given,..

938 1,0591,437 13 8

597

671 819

178

180

192

32

9

2

26

10

7

4

Total,..

1,395 1,4851,966

949

9741,196

324

295

341

•

Increase-481 Cases, or 32.39 per cent.

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

C. V. CREAGH,

Increase-361 Cases, or 7.13 per cent.

Increase-842 Cases, or 12.86 per cent.

Total.

* One Case also given under Piracy.

+ Two Prisoners convicted, but received a fice pardon, and sentence of one prisoner was commuted to Penal Servitude for Life. Two Prisoners were convicted of Manslaugi:ter.

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

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

Total Cases-7,988.

702

Asting Captain Superintendent of Police.

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