The authorized strength of the Chinese River Police Staff was maintain 129, eight of these being engaged in detective duties and seven performing acting, detective duties. The Crime Bureau's staff remained at font foreign inspector, one foreign Sergeant, a clerk and! the Chinese detectives "already mentioned. Of particular interest is the fact that 41 unarmed kidnappers were arrested when transporting their victims by steamer from Shanghai to outports. Ten male and fourteen female children were rescued and handed over to the city authorities.
The report now travels down to Woosing, (0 deal with the the harbour station there and work in connection with it. Several minor salvage operations were successfully completed, including the removal of portion of the hull, machinery and a boiler from the wreck of the 'Anwo, which sank forly years ago: the locating of the wreck' of the s. Lise Moller; the finding of a torpedo between the Lismore Buoy and' the wreck of the Lise Moller; and the discovery of the wreck of an unknown vessel near the Whangpoo Conservancy Coal Wharf.
Then comes a nine and a half page list of foreign steam and motor ves sels on the Shanghai Register for In-Jand Waters Navigation, as of December 31, 1996. "This ranges from ships Uke the "Leverkusen, Ravnefjell, Tatsutasan Maru and Winifred Mol ler to the sea-going tug Saucy, *he
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