Hutchison to be Captain dated July 1, 1927.
Municipal Economy Committee, The following gentlemen " have been appointed as a Committee to inquire into the question of expenditure incurred in connection with the administration and organisation of the various departments of the Municipal Council, including sal ries, allowances, ete., of employes:—Mr. B. D. F, Beith, Mr. S. Fessenden, Mr. K, Fukushima, Brig-Gen, E. B. Macnaghten, Mr. R, Calder Marshall, Mr. N. S, Marshall, Mr. N.L: Sparke.
'The ret meeting of the Com. mittee was held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday, July 13, when Mr. S. Fessenden was appointed Chairman and Brig-Gen. E. Macnaghten Vice-Chairman' and it was decided to hold meetings every Monday and Friday until further notice.
Return of Communicable Disease, [dition to the three men on hanged with the murder of a who Jcoolie and the wounding of two other Chinese in the Wayside District on January 2 three arrests were made fon June 20, Armed Abduction—At about 1, jam. on June 29 a Chinese and his wife were forcibly abducted on Thibet Road by four armed men who after getting rid of the chauffeur, to whom they gave a letter to be delivered at the victims? house, drove off towards Yangtszepoo, Whilst proceeding along Yangtszepoo Ron the car became disabled through running into @ part of the road under repair and during an attempt to put it right the persons abducted escaped. One shot was fired by the abductors at a Sikh Police Havildar, The letter-mentioned above purported to be signed by a member of the Chinese Communist Party and Jmanded that a sum of money be paid within three days, Traficking- in Fivearms, ete—Five foreigners and two Chinese /were arrested for trafficking in fire Jarms when twenty pistols and 1,000, rounds of ammunition were seized. Five of the accused were sentenced to imprisonment and two are on Reported during the} week ending Satur-
Smallpox Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Cholera Typhoid Fever Paratyphoid Fever Amecbio Dysentery Dacillary Dysentery Total Deaths from all causes "Toaching Start Serious Crime—This includes the murder of 'a ship's watchman who was shot in an alleyway in the Wayside District on the night of June 4; the murder of a coal broker who was shot in the Wayside District on the night of June 9; the murder of a Chinese Detective Sergeant whose dead body bearing a bullet wound was found behind a sandbag barrisade in the West Hongkew District on the early morning of June 11; the murder of a Chinese Constable and the wounding of three other Chinese Constables, one of the latter being member of the French Police, who were fired at by an armed gang in the Louza District on the morning of June 15; the attempted murder of a Chinese Constable who was fired at by two armed men in the Wayside District on the evening of June 14; the murder of a Chinese who was shot by armed robbers at his home in Hongkew District June 17 and the death of a Chinese fas a result of being assaulted at a teashop in the Pootos Road District on June 16.
Tu connection with these cases thirteen persons were arrested. Two died from wounds received at the time of their arrest and the remainder are under remand.
Five persons wore arrested during the month in connection with the murder of a foreign Constable and two Chinese Constables and the wounding of two other Chinese Constables who were fired at by an aniaed gang on Carter Rond on the night of May 26. In connection with the murder of foreign woman, whose dead body wa: found in the West District onthe morning of February 44, one foreigner was arrested on June 15. One man on remand [charged with the murder of a Ohinese female the -Yangtszepoo Cor District on April. 28 was sentenced to 12 years! imprisonment:. In ad-
Nineteen Chinese were arreatod for being in possession of firearms for an unlawful purpose, Two. were fined, three were acquitted and fourteen -are under remand. Five men on remand at the end of May for this class of offence were dealt with, Four were sentenced to imprisonment and the charge against one was dismissed, Robbery—Forty-line reports of armed robbery from premises and twenty on the highway were received during the month. Seven cases.of attempted armed robbery were also reported. Shots were fired by the robbers in ten instances, resulting the death of one Chinese and the wounding of another. One robber was shot dead and two were wounded.
In connection with the fo Jand reports of armed robb curring prior to June 1, 8 11 of whom were in pos loaded firearms, were appre Two died from' wounds recei the time of their arrest, three were Sentenced to imprisonment, two escaped from custody, two were quitted and seventy-six axe on re. mand. Of the 200 persons on remand at the end of May charged with armed robbery sixty-four were jdoalt with, Forty-one were sentenced to' imprisonment, three escaped from custody and twenty were acquitted. Five persons rested in connection with an armed robbery committed in territory, under Chinese jurisdiction ware Jhanded over to the authorities concerned. Two men were likewise handed over to the French Polive for armed robbery committed in the French Concession.
ight reports of highway robbery, which no arms were used, were received. One man apprehended in connection with one of these holdaps. was acquitted. Two men on remand charged with highway robbery were sentenced to imprisonment, Property Stoten.—s80_ reports made under this heading during the month represent an estimated loss of $186,943 and include 28 cases of burglary, 7 of house-breaking, 8 of godown-breaking and 20 of shop and office-breaking. Successful investigation was made in 106 cases, [resulting in the recovery of property valued at $32,110, in addition to which recoveries to the extent of $49,670 were made in connection with reports received prior to June 1, In addition, successful results were obtained in ten tasses reported as [having occurred out of limits and in two cases where property was reported as last.
Crime beyond Settlement Limits. Thirteen cases of armed robbery and piracy were reported during the month as having occurred in territory under Chinese jurisdiction in the neighbourhood of Shanghai. In one instance shots were fired resulting in the death of a Chinese.
'Bzecutions—About forty' exeevtions of persons charged with being Communists and robbers took place during the month at Lunghua.
'AnliFereign Agitation-Nat-withstanding the suppression of mmamunist "activities in the area under the Nationalist (Nanking) [forees, anti-foreign propaganda on'
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