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other Steps I am taking for the improvement
of
the Force I have written to Sir Richard
Mayne to ask him to select for
me
Six men of the class of Sergeants in the London Police to join the
Colonial Force should such men
be
found willing to come to Hong Kong.
The inducements I offer are free
passages out, £130 a
year
with free
quarters on
arrival, and a
yearly
increase
of £5 for each
year of Service.
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and Oriental Company's Steamer.
I have the honor to be,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient Servant,
Richard Graves MacDonnell
Governor
Should Sir Richard Mayne
succeed in procuring the men I require,
I trust
Your
Lordship will cause the
necessary instructions to be
given to the
Crown Agents for providing them
with 2nd class passages in the Peninsular
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