14.
728
15.
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did not reply to a
question pet who
and
#
it
constantly.-
was the Officer in Command
of the Fire Brigade..
4. That the present Management
of the Brigade is faulty: a proper Fire Commission such as exists in Shanghai and other places should
be appointed : it being most un= desirable that one person only
should have the control
of the
O
expenditure
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as from mista then
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careful Engineer to attend to
5th That the Drill
is not such
efficient
-one
much more
as
of
the Brigade
if an
to wake
in event of a fire :
being needed to that
end than merely turning out
#
the force
once
a
month and
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#1
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economy
on his part much damage
may result, and I am informed
that a valuable Engine the property
of the public has been rendered
almost useless in consequence of
+ being a properly qualified
there not
量
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feebly pumping
and into
water out of
the harbour for the
space of a quarter of
such instruction
Men
to
Car
COPLA
hour,
never fit
-cope successfully with
the difficulties to be encountered
serious fire..
at a
P. Ryrie.
- HongKong 16th November 1874.
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