A daily average of 28678 persons were searched at the barriers during July or a total for the month of 889,000 showing an increase of 36,209 searches over the previous month, according to the S: M.C. police report for July.
Various anniversaries, including that of the Lukouchiao incident on July 1, passed off quietly during the month under review. The suicides of three, male foreigners and seventeen male and eight female Chinese were recorded for the month in question.
The Commissioner of Police stated in the report that there was a total of 2,350 crime cases in the Settlement for July, being 215 cases more than in June and 126 more than the figure for the corresponding month of last year. Arrests of criminals showed a decrease, 1,724 arrests being made for the month against 1,923 for June and 2076 for May. Eighty-seven arrests were for complicity in armed crime in the Settlement. Altogether eleven firearms and a quantity of ammunition were seized during the month.
In July 160 cases of pickpocketting were reported, being 42 cases more than the previous month. Altogether 114 pickpockets were arrested. Two motor cars, a motor truck and a motor cycle were reported stolen; only the two molar cars were recovered. Fortyswo out of 206 bicycles stolen were recovered.
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