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NUMBER OF PERSONS.

NUMBER OF CASES,

DESCRIPTION.

Convicted.

Discharged.

1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. | 1898.

1,135 | 1,404 |1,765 | 1,441 1,7952,380 126 145

265

732

287

66

242

55

207

No analysis of Convictions & Discharges.

219

16

666 1,077 4,342 4,1224,5315,147 | 4,538 5,412 343 412 336 132 161 1,245 780 939 8,477 150

TABLE C.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming under the Notice of the POLICE, during the Years 1896, 1897, and 1898.

SERIOUS.

NUMBER OF PERSONS.

NUMBER OF CASES.

DESCRIPTION,

Convicted.

Discharged.

1896, 1897. 1898.

1896.

1897. 1898. 1896, 1897. | 1898.

4

Total,....

* Murder committed in 1897. Prisoner arrested, convicted and hanged in 1898. Total cases 10,596 being an increase of 967 cases or 10.04 per cent. over 1897. Increase in Serious Offences 39 cases or 1.34 %- Increase in Minor Offences 923 cases or 13.78 %-

Police Department, Hongkong, 31st January, 1899.

|10,661 | 6,733 7,661 7,320 (6,999 8,869 678 765 604

F. H. MAY,

Captain Superintendent of Police,

Murder,

8

*2

Assault,

Robbery,

Burglary or Larceny from Dwelling,

Assault with Intent to Rob,

Kidnapping and Protection of Women & Children,

Piracy,

Unlawful Possession,

22

15

3

9

15

Gambling,

120

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159

170

30

32

29

7

Miscellaneous,

1

2

2

Drunkenness,

59

40

52

55

63

47

36

3

Nuisance,...

No Pass or Light,

...

273 398 436

298

386 454 39

70

49

Felonies not already given,

1,770 |2,079 | 2,121 73

170 147

970

23

57

47

9541,042 139 189 132

30 13

29

CLAUDIAN LILL-

Total,...

2,3142,896 2,935 1,378 1,497 | 1,654

263 345

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