In conclusion, the defendant wishes to point. out that the Provisional Court being the only Chinese tribunal "functioning in the foreign ettlement in Shanghai having Jurisdiction over a large number of foreigners as well as our own nationals, it is by no means an easy task to conduct the affairs there without encountering many vested interest. Considering the number of civil and criminal cases left over by the former Mixed Court and the former administration which amauntto the dismal figure of 4,000 and comparing the number of civil and criminal cases that are now in the course of trial which is only 633 the fact speaks for itself. Speaking more exactly the number of cases disposed of during the period from May 16 to December 31, 1927 waa 4,277 civil eases and 16,772 criminal cases while during the period from Janvary 1 up till Bay 31, 1988 the umber of civil cases Goneluded was 2,302 and that of criminal cases was 7,318; in both instances the Appeal eases' are excepted.
On the financial side the Court thas during the last twelve months really made strides. Instead of incurring a deficit month atter month as did the last administration under Mr. Hsu, who had to take out and pant the reserve fund to the amount cof $22,400, the defendant on talcing duty decided to make a thorough mmvestigation and ultimately carried out a reform which has in course of one year not only ood the deficit and replenished Feservo fund but also made plas of $70,839 to Court's accoimnt.
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