Last Year's Statistics Highest on Record Hongkong, July 2.
The effect of the Sino-Japanese hostilities on Hongkong is shown by and the says that as a result of the conflict there had been, during the past year, an influx of poverty-stricken refugees, leading to increased numbers of his youngest son's beggars and hawkers, an influx of nes, but he tried] Shanghai criminals mainly pick-by turning off the Pockets, and an increase in arms cases.
The report adds that the number of cases dealt with in Hongkong dur-Court Room of the Bank ing the year was 28,612, compared "UL made hand-woven Axminster 000, has been laid. It|more than that of the previous year. and valued number of. cases was 34,181-3,961 with 38,091 in 1937. In Kowloon, the
the finest ever made at} Convictions for various offences po by 27 ft, and|serious was in respect of opium and factory, showed a marked increase. The most Occupied 12 girls for} heroin offences which, in Hongkong, are more than increased from 500 and 243 to 936 and 419 respectively. In Kowloon, the increase was more startling—from 351 and 84 to 1,259 and 681 respectively. Drug addicts formed a the large percentage of the criminal population. Fines in the past year amounted to $84,257 for Hongkong and $62,348 for Kowloon. "These compared with $64,893 and $51,394 respectively in 1937.
In all respects, last year's figures were the highest on record—Reuter.
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