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123.
District Watchmen
The
practice of employing
such a body of men as the Chinees
District Watchmen for the performance
without establishing of ordinary
Police duty.
them any effective supervision over is so very objectionable that although it might be tolerated with a Defotove Police service could not I submit
be countenanced under effective Volice arrangements.
12/44.
The
employing these
I see of
only way these men with advantage would be by amalgamating them with the regular Polices, and thus placing them under some sort of
supervision .
I am clearly of opinion
125.
that
any good services performed
by
them
are more than counterbalanced
that in
by their serieus shert.
- comings,
fact; they only bring forward a very small percentage of
under
Cases
their notice, and
coming
those
only
from which they derive some benefit.
126.
I annex one
of the
the
of these
men,
and would
many reports made respecting
conduct of
invite special attention to the remarks
made
on
bez
the Leinor Police Magistrate
the case.
" Memorandum :
"Charge
11th
Room 4.577
AAJU.
July, 1871.
" Ser a chung Wead Watrowean