Revenues of Hongkong which they would be unable to bear; that moreover it was not necessary to the establishment of a Police in the Island, and that that object could be attained by appointing from this Country an Experienced Superintendent with two Inspectors to whom the organization and management of the force trained should be entrusted. Accordingly entered into Communication with The Commissioners of Metropolitan Police and at their recommendation have appointed Mr Charles May to be Superintendent - and Messrs Thomas Smithers and Sturgis McGregor to be Inspectors of the Police of Hongkong. Salary of the Superintendent has been fixed at £600 per annum and that of the Inspectors at £250 per annum. Each are included in the Estimate lately voted in Council for the Civil Expenditure of Hongkong. From letter addressed by my direction to Mr. Mayne Commissioner of Metropolitan Police of which I enclose you a copy you will learn the further advantages guaranteed to these Officers before they accepted the appointments in question. While these arrangements