Police Commissioner's Review of the Year: Startling Statistics and High Praise of His Men special happen with which the variove in the past year, and the dificult Municipal services have had. dear, make Part T of the Munieipol (received on Tuesday), which dealt partic report for the year 1027 rly with the reporte of Reaas of separtm a auch bigger and than saul. Outatanding ame Barrett, the Commissioner of by itself, and the more important extracts are intereating document During the year 1927 the Police took part in mo less than 126 encounters with armed ¢riminals_ in ed. per quarter for the las six which shots were exchanged, The casualties amongst the Police Force were 14 killed, of whom 4, includ-1 Special Constable, were foreigners, 4 Sikhs and 6 Chinese; and 22 wounded, of whom 2 were foreigners, 2 Sika and 18 Chinese.
y-twe criminals were killed by: he police, 17 wounded, and. 104 arrested. Over 345 members of the Force were concerned in these encounters; 824 shots were fired by the Police and over 950 by robbers.
line of the foreign branch throughout the year hag been good, There have been very few cases of serious misbehaviour, and the ma-Jority of enses of minor breaches of discipline have been due to drink and the iniquitous chit system which exists in the Far East.
The discipline of the Chinese ranch has been very satisfactory, With the Nationalist advance March creat efforts wore made by the "Red" agitators to create dis-Ioyalty among the police by promises of appointment in the Nationalist army and by threats to senior Chinese uniform men, The kit of constable dismissed for theft in April was searched and found to contain a certificate of appointment. ax Divisional Commander in one of the Nationalist armies. There is Mitle doubt that he was promised this appointment if he would col Ject a number of constables and walk out on the arrival of the Nationalists, an example of the Bolshevik ''celt" system. In that he yas still_in the Force four weeks after the Southern army arrived, i clear that he failed to secomplish Iris object. How many such "cel there were is not known, but only one-man, a young constable with a ood record, disappeared at the critical time and it Is open to doubt whether he deserted or was murder-'0d for his pistol.
Trucks, Trailers, Vans, ete. 9 2
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Private Motor Cars 2,800 Public' Motor Cars 430 Trucks Trailers Van, ete. 48s Trucks, Trailer Motor Cycles 309 282 207
The work of the Opium Preventive Squad continued throughout ities undoubt-chok, on snoring or storage of the drag in quantities. Both raw and prepared opium can still be purchased at recognized establishments on the boundaries of the Settlement and supplies are plentiful. Consomption, if anything, appears to be on the increase, This can expected to continue so long as certain off are permitted to enrich themselves by flouting their own laws,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.