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HONGKONG.

No. 1907

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REPORTS OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, AND OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE BRIGADE, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

The total of all cases reported to the Police was 11,144, as against 11,517 in 1905, being a decrease of 373 or 3.23 per cent.

In the division of these cases into Serious and Minor Offences, there appears an increase, as compared with 1905, of 349 cases or 11.69 per cent. in the former, and a decrease of 722 cases or 8:46 per cent. in the latter.

The increase, as compared with 1905 in Serious Offences, of 349 is shown as follows:-

Murder,....

2

Kidnapping and Protection of Women and Children,

9

Unlawful Possession,

.266

Larcenies,

90

Felonies not already given,

18

385

Deduct decrease in

Robbery,

3

Burglary or larceny from dwelling, Assault with intent to rob,.....

.31

2

36

Total,..

...349