# Memorial Regarding the Treatment of George Brearly
19. That acting upon this advice, the said George Brearly did return to his duty and submitted himself to the orders of the Captain Superintendent,
20. That on the following day, the aforesaid F. W. Mitchell, Esq., Acting Police Magistrate, inflicted upon him a fine of five dollars,
21. That the Government rescinded the obnoxious regulation.
22. That the said George Brearly, without having been charged with any further offence, was again summoned into the presence of the Captain Superintendent, and informed that he was dismissed from Her Majesty's service, for insubordination and mutinous conduct.
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This paragraph is inserted in this place so as to give an impression of the dates of the events. The Regulations were amended as follows after the dismissal of Brearly:
1. Rule 2 of Instructions to Constables is hereby repealed.
2. In case any Member of the Police Force shall become infected with Venereal disease, he shall forthwith report the same to the Colonial Surgeon; and if he shall fail to comply with this Regulation, the whole of his pay whilst he is in Hospital will be stopped, in addition to any Punishment to which he may become liable under Section 16 of the Ordinance (No.9 of 1862). In case he shall comply with the above Regulation, he will only incur the usual stoppage of pay for Treatment, viz.: Inspectors 70 cents a day; European Constables 21 cents a day; Indian Constables 17 cents a day; Chinese Constables 13 cents a day.
3. In case the Captain Superintendent of Police shall have reasonable cause for believing that a Member of the Police Force is infected with Venereal disease, he may order him to present himself to the Colonial Surgeon for inspection at such time and place as he shall appoint.
Approved,
A. E. Kennedy, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
Hongkong, 7th April, 1873.
"I informed Brearly that I had forwarded to the Governor a report of the proceedings...