that these proposed alterations have not as yet received Your Lordship's sanction. Should they be approved
I would recommend that the conditions be printed, and that all men who are henceforth enlisted for service at Hongkong should be called upon to sign them, in order to avoid any disputes on their arrival in the Colony.
Enclosure no. 2
Colonial Secretary's minute on this subject is annexed
Proposed Conditions for the Police Force.
# See Conditions.
Perg Amer in Hongkong white paper attacked
New rule recommended: No married man will be enlisted
by Mr. March's letter No. 292 of 1883.
This is the rate $60, $40
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient humble Servant,
S. M. Bowen
Now the rule is:
No married quarters will be provided until after promotion to the rank of Sergeant.
The pay is $480 per annum, in monthly payments of $40, which at the present Bank rate of exchange is worth £87.
3. Full pay will be drawn from the date of