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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH FEBRUARY, 1873.
Central District—
1. Clock Tower.
2. Robinson Road & Seymour Street. 3. Queen's & Parade Road Junction. 4. Jee-house Lane,
5. Queen's Road, Cross Roads.
6. Qucen's Road, British Hotel.
7. Wyndham Street, Tank.
S. D'Aguilar & Wellington Streets. 9. Union Chapel..
TABLE E.
10. Bridges Street and Tank Lane. 11. "Man-Mo" Temple. 12. Gap, Tai-ping-shan.
13. Arbuthnot and Caine Roads. 14. Tai-ping-shan, Tank.
15. Seymour and Castle Roads. 16. Albany and Robinson Roads.
Eastern District-
17. No. 2 Police Station;
18. At foot of Gap and Junction of
Wanchai Road.
19. No. 3 Police Station.
20. At Eastern Market. Western District--
21. Queen's Road West, top of Wil-
mer Street.
22. Praya, bottom of Centre Street. 23. Rose Villas.
24. Junction of Bonham and Pok-fco-
lum Roads.
W. M. DEANE,
Captain Superintendent of Police.
Central Police Station, Hongkong, 28th January, 1873.
F.
POLICE SCHOOL,
HONGKONG, 3rd February, 1873.
Sin,—I have to submit this my fourth Annual Report on the Police School, viz., that for the year ending 31st December, 1872.
Change in character of the School
2. During the past year the School has assumed altogether another character. Formerly the attendance was voluntary, but now it is compulsory on all those doing duty in the Attendance now compul- central part of the city, that is, on those who are within a reasonable walking distance to the Central Sory on the part of certain Barracks, where the School is held.
men of the Force.
The only exception o this rule is to men who have passed a written examination, and obtained two- Subjects of examination thirds of the maximum number of marks, in the following subjects:-
1 Handwriting.
2 Dictation.
3 Arithmetic.
4 Composition, sufficient for keeping Occurrence
Book.
5 Duties of a Constable.
6 Knowledge of Town and Sections,
7 Knowledge of Police Regulations.
8 Knowledge of Drill.
3. Every man in the Force must now learn one language other than his own. The Europeans have to study Chinese, and the Indians and Chinese must learn English. To carry this out every facility in the way of Teachers, Books, &c., is afforded them, and many have made considerable progress.
4. Indian and Chinese Constables are encouraged to make progress by the promise, that, if they obtain Certificates for a competent knowledge of English they will be recommended for "good conduct" allowances. I trust that this inducement holds good with regard to such Europeans as make corresponding progress in
Chinese.
to exempt men from School attendance.
Police to learn one lan- age on their
own, and means afforded to enable them to do so.
Inducement offered to the
men to study.
5. The progress during the year is satisfactory, but it is inuch retarded by the frequent transfers from Progress of the scholars. the Central Barracks to the numerous out-stations. This is lessened as much as possible by allowing those transferred to take with them their School Material, so that, if they are inclined to study, they have the means at hand to enable them to do so. Those who are more constantly near enough to attend School, necessarily, make the greatest progress.
Gu board Police Hulk.
6. It is the intention of His Excellency the Governor to establish a School for the benefit of the large School to be established number of men stationed on board the Police Hulk, thus affording them means for instruction, and employ- ment of time, which, as they are situated, must occasionally hang wearily on their hands. Next year I hope to be able to report favourably on the result of this scheme.
the men while in School.
7. Of the conduct of the men while in School, I can only speak in the highest praise. As a whole they satisfactory conduct of are desirous of instruction. Of course, in a large body of men, there are some who look upon the School as a nuisance, because it curtails their spare time; such only come because they are obliged, but even these are most orderly and attentive.
8. I have found the teachers diligent and attentive to their work.
9. Of School Material we are, at present, very deficient, for the following reason.
In making my requisition for School Stores for the past year, I applied for only sufficient to meet ordinary wants. In consequence of the changes made as to attendance, I had to supply three times the usual amount; but for the assistance rendered by the Head Master of the Central School, in lending stores, we should have been badly off indeed. Stores are expected from England shortly, which will, I hope, supply most of our wants.
Teachers.
Present deficiency of School material explained.
for School purposes
10. In consequence of there being no suitable place within the Central Barracks, the use of some of the Proper accommodation rooms within the Police Magistracy was granted for the evening classes. No better arrangement, as a ceded. temporary measure, could then have been devised, but it is not suitable now, What is really wanted is one room, large enough to accommodate all, where the scholars will be constantly under the supervision of the European Masters; and as it is absolutely necessary that the School should either be within, or close to, the Central Barracks, in case the services of the men should be required on any emergency, I would suggest that, in the event of any alterations in, or additions to, the Central Barracks, a suitable room be provided for School purposes.
11. In the following Tables of Attendance, you will observe a great increase in the numbers, as com- Increase in attendance. pared with last year's Report. Compulsory attendance will, in a great measure, account for this.
In the beginning of the year, the numbers on the On the 31st December, they were:-
Class Rolls stood :--
Europeans,
Indians, Chinese,
398
42
40
28
Total,...... 110
Europeans, Indians, Chinese,
81
123
.118
Total,.
-322