The situation in the extra-Settle~ ment roads area in the Western Dis {let showed no improvement both in regard to illegal enterprises and serious crime, At the end of the year, ten gambling dens. 42 opium hongs and about 100 Liwo Wei lottery dens were operating in this arca, 'The number of refugees and that' of the refuges camps in the Settle ment wore gradually reduced during. 1940, In January there were 29 camps: housing a total of 32.241 refugees, but these were reduced at the end of the year to 11 camps and 13,570 refugees.
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