The Acting Commissioner of Police reports:
The total efime recorded is contained. in the following table:—
Nature omrence August July "as of
Attempted murder Murder a 2 Secomnpanled by Armed snatching " 2 property 2 io Opium offences B 09 Gambling offences 0 12 Sther Crimes Ed a Totat ig08_39e7 107
The total of 1096 cases of crime dealt. with by the Police show a fScerease of 981 in comparison with hat for July and a decrease of 701 as compared with the figure for the corresponding month of last year. The Sino-Japanese hostilities are responsible for the decrease: The figures for August contain 23 crimes brought to. light by Police investigation.
"N" Division shows a decrease of 351, "B Division a decrease of 100, "Cc Division a decrease of 192, and Division a decrease' of 219.
There was a decrease of 81 in oF offences.
The Headquarters Narcotic Section carried out nine raids and arrested 21 persons. Police Station staffs dealt" with 20- narcotic cases and arrested 30. persons.
'46% 025, of opium, Yor. of opium substitutes, 8 ozs. of heroin, 39 pipes 2% ozs, dross and one syringe were action against Chinese Newspapers.—On Atigust 17, the S.M.C. issued a proclamation' containing emergency measures, including one which stated: "No person shall deliver any speech, or print, publish or distribute any document, picture, flag, banner or any other device In the streets or in any public places, or do any other act calculated to cause public. alarm or a breach of the peace." In consequence of this proclamation, the Municipal' Police closed eight Chinese mosquito newspapers for publishing false reports, In addition, the French: Police closed tone newspaper at the request, of the SMP. Bleven other newspapers," including several principal dates, were warned against publlahing false reports, Some 25 other those quite newspapers temporarily suspended publication of their own, cord, Ah cinema theatres in the Settlement suspended business on or about August 15, owing to Sino-Japancke Rice—The average price of rice for the month of August, 1997, was as follows Chinese rice.—Saigon rice Best quality $1410" $1142 per picul Good quality "tse "hom Ordinary quality 1268 "bre CHOLERA, Since September 17, the Public Health Department has prepared a daily. statement showing the number fof proven cases of cholera and deaths Jeaused by cholera reported to date Jand this information has been issued the "newspapers for publication, Cholera was frst reported this year Jon August 30. The atalistles isi ite 10 eases confirmed by bacterl Jogical examination in hospitals. in the International Settlement, The Hollowing is a summary of the dally statements, showing the daily projeressive totals:—
Up to and including Cases Deaths The' fines inflicted in connection with the above offences totalled $430.
In addition, Yen 60 were inflicted by the Japanese Consular Court in connection with cases occurring be-{ween March and July 1937, Other crimes show a decrease of Stolen property.—Property valued Jat $107,816.86 was alleged to have been stolen as against property valued at $105,613.27 in July.
Division 0100078, Property valued at $13,81031. was recovered, Suleldes.—Seven male Chinese, three female Chinese and one Foreign a committed suicide during the Since the commencement of the amnesty '2005 prisoners "have. been released under the scheme. 1,180 of these ex-convicts have been arrested for offences committed since their release.
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