Hong Kong, 24 August 1869.
(Received ... )
Captain Superintendent (Walter M. Deane)
Colonial Secretary (H. J. Gardiner Austin)
European Police Force :
Report on - with reference to a suggestion for the enlistment of men from England
Enclosure in Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch A0770, 24 August 1869
PRINTER FOR PARLIAMENT
8 October 1869
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 770 of the 7 August, in which you proposed that 30 trained English Policemen should be sent out to Hongkong.
I observe that you consider that the Colony could not afford the contemplated expense of this increase of the Force, were it not understood that the Fund derived from the Licensed Gambling Houses would be applied towards it.
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