the estimates for 178 show a cost £36000 wonder this head
There were
7
over
affarently about 450 on the
dand police and about 170 in the water
police
But out
the 450 about 100
• Conse-
are engaged on special savices, only indirectly connected with police dectics proper. quently not only does the strength of the police look longer than it really is: but also the police vote pays for services which should be charged to other Separtmente. This seems to prove that the Honglong police
are neither so numerous
nor
Is costly as it first sight they appear.
The Special point of is the night duties
д
the Commission the police : It is
contended that Hong Kong is cender policed At right! Mi Deane seem page 6 of Affendix] seems to think that it is not to have so lange a proportion of necessary police at night duty in Hongkong
rather that their day dution
elsewhere, or
as
are more important in proportion in their colony; *
but I think i'n
any
town.
in
ане
fact of
the world the night must be the time
When the frotice the most
required.
and
in any decently civilized community required
in the daytime.
theg
are for less
To strengthen the police at night there are
2 possible plans.
(i) adding to the numbers of the force 11. Working the present men harder
100
M: Dease, who ought to know best, is strongly in favour of 1, he says the Cand police is decidedly too low and might be advantageously increased by 100.
Sce hage 15 of Evidence
-
M: (reagh agrees with him. See page 49. On the other hand In: Deane since be was refused the increase estimated for in 173. has not pressed for an addition and seems to have been
With the nerabers which
fairly happy
he had.
the
ii, is the plan recommended by
commission and the governor ide . The force are to be on duty from
of