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CHINESE VISA SECTION

244. Applications for travel documents and visas dealt with by this section were as follows:

(a) Full visas issued

(b) Transit visas issued

(c) Entry Permits ($5) issued

(d) Extensions of Stay issued

(e) Certificates of Identity issued

(f) Certificates of Identity renewed

1958/59

1959/60

28,255

24,952

4,568

5.540

11,947

16,524

3,824

3,095

16,623

13,564

3,573

4,852

RE-ENTRY PERMIT OFFICES

245. An overall total of 370,644 Hong Kong re-entry permits were issued to local residents during the year. The breakdown of the figures for the various offices was as follows, showing comparative figures for

last year:

Kowloon Office Police Headquarters Custodian Wharf

1958/59 1959/60

128,505

149,338

141,619

138,488

69,817

82,818

IMMIGRATION BONDS

246. During the year sponsors of immigrants put up 2,198 cash bonds of which 1,541 were returned when conditions had been fulfilled, 122 bonds were cancelled and 535 were still in operation at the end of the

year.

REVENUE COLLECTED

247. Revenue collected during the year amounted to $1,712,504.35.

BOARDING OFFICE

248. This section is staffed by nineteen inspectors and six N.C.O.s. Their duties involve meeting all vessels and aircraft entering the Colony. During the year 6,909 vessels, 6,419 aircraft and 12,883 native craft were cleared.

GENERAL BUSINESS

249. The number of individual dealings with members of the public was in the region of 350,000 excluding applicants for re-entry permits, who numbered 370,644.

ARMS LICENSING

250. At the end of the year a total of 1,470 arms licences were in force. 63 weapons and 3,455 rounds of ammunition confiscated under

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