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HONGKONG.

No. 1901

REPORT OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE FOR THE YEAR 1900.

[No. 42.]

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor,

POLICE OFFICE, HONGKONG, 4th February, 1901.

SIR, I have the honour to forward, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the Criminal Statistics and Report on the Police Force for the year 1900.

2. The total of all cases reported to the Police was 9,873, as against 9,023 in 1899, being an in- crease of 850, or 9.42 per cent.

In the division of these cases into Serious and Minor Offences, there appears an increase, as com- pared with 1899, of 140 cases, or 4.12 per cent., in the former and of 710 cases, or 12.6 per cent., in the latter.

The increase, as compared with 1899, in Serious Offences of 140 is shewn as follows:-

Burglary or Larceny in Dwelling,

69

Assault with intent to rob,

4

Piracy,

4

Larceny,

45

Kidnapping and Protection of Women and Girls Ord........ 2 Unlawful Possession,

45

169

Deduct decrease in :-

Murder,

2

Robbery,

26

+

Felonies, not already given,

1

29

140

3. Table A shows the number and character of the Serious and Minor Offences reported to the Police during the past year, and the number of persons convicted and discharged in connection with those offences.

MURDER.

4.-(1.) On the 23rd of March, the body of Private FUKIER KHAN, of the Hongkong Regiment, was found buried in the bed of a stream on the Rifle Range; the body was nude and had several wounds on it. The murdered man was last seen alive at 9 p.. on the 16th of March. No arrest was made.

(2.) On the 21st June, about 11 a.m., three men engaged sampan No. 2920 at Hunghom to take them to Sai Tso Wan where they landed for a short time, and, on returning to Hunghom, and when off Quarry Bay, they produced choppers. cut and wounded the master of the sampan, CHEUNG SAU, 73 years of age, (who was blind), put all the crew in the hold, shut the hatch on them and steered the boat to North Point where they ran her ashore and left, taking clothing and jewellery value $24 with them.

CHEUNG SAU was removed to Government Civil Hospital where he died from his wounds on the 15th of July. Two men, named TANG LIN and Lo TAM, were arrested and convicted at the Criminal Sessions and hanged.

(3.) On the 8th August, two coolies named U CHAN, 23 years, and To KAP, 26 years, employed at the Government Civil Hospital, quarrelled and fought in the cookhouse at the hospital. They were separated. About 5.30 am, on the 9th August, while U CHAN was asleep in the servants' quarters, To KAP struck him with a carrying pole. U CHAN was admitted into hospital where he died at 2 p.m. the same day from rupture of spleen. To Kar absconded and has not been arrested.

(4.) On the 23rd December, about 4 p.n., while YEUNG SAM, contractor, Ha Wo TSAI, was riding in his jinricksha with two coolies along the new Tai Po Road, and when near the sixth mile stone, three men armed with choppers attacked them. YEUNG was cut and wounded, dragged off the read into a ravine, robbed of a handkerchief containing $100 and left unconscious. He was removed to Government Civil Hospital by Police and died there on the 24th December. No arrest made.