49
European Force
Indian
do.
Chinese Contingent do.
Chinese Force....
TOTAL...
received iter day from the Acting Superintendent.
MORNING STATE OF THE HONGKONG POLICE,
INSPECTOR, AND
CHINESE CLERK,
INTERPRETER, SERJEANT MAJOR AND SERJEANTS.
17th January,
Captain Superintendent.
Assistant Superintendent.
Clerk and Accountant.
Present.
"
Sick.
Deficient.
Total.
Present.
Sick.
Deficient.
Total.
Present.
Sick.
Deficient.
Total.
ACTING SERGEANTS,
TOTAL CONSTABLES.
FORCE.
Deficient.
Total.
Present.
Sick.
Sick.
Deficient.
Total.
Authorized Strength.
Actual Strength.
Deficient
7 42 416 69 89 72 17 60 377 555 22 12 261 12 222 95 19 59 108 33 30 2 1 12 - - 12 24 - - 2 31 26 - 1 27 470 385 25 598 557 41 171In addition to this decrease in strength occasioned by ordinary wastage and the difficulty of finding fit recruits to fill vacancies as they occur, a considerable number of men enlisted in Barley are expected to avail themselves of that privilege.
It has therefore been a matter of much anxiety to devise means of replacing them. I have been engaged in correspondence with the West India and have obtained such information as I could in reference to the probability of recruiting the force from the Northern or Tartar Chinese population, but I found it impossible to effect any satisfactory arrangements in either of these directions. Under these circumstances, I turned my attention to the probability of obtaining recruits from the local population and from India, and learning that a number of men are entitled to their discharge.
A young gentleman, Mr. Cough, with a school family...