74.
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The Districts of Bowrington, Wanchai, and Saiyingpoon have been laid out and partially built upon. Nothing has been done at Kowloon, except to have it surveyed, which appears to have been very satisfactorily executed by Mr. Bird, late of the Royal Engineers, who was temporarily employed for that service.
This work was commenced in the end of 1862, but was only finished a short time back.
The Government Gardens begin to show signs of the labour that has been bestowed upon them. Seeds and Plants have been obtained from England, Australia, and elsewhere, and I hope by the end of this year they (the Gardens) will be sufficiently advanced to afford some enjoyment to the Community.
Police.
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On the first of May last, a body of 150 men, natives of India, arrived and were incorporated with the Police Force of the Colony, which had just been reorganized under Ordinance 9 of 1862. A year has elapsed, and although the experiment has not perhaps answered to the full expectation,
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