(A. 18.)
PARTICULARS of the Office now vacant at the
Central Police Station
in the Colony of Hongkong.
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1. Duties of office, and qualifications required for their performance.
Clerical duties, copying, letter-breaking, etc. Required a knowledge of English or Chinese. The first four rules of arithmetic, good handwriting and spelling.
2. Salary and emoluments, and whether secured by a permanent law.
$720 per annum; voted annually in Estimates.
3. Other circumstances affecting the value of the office.
Have required us to the present, but considering the conduct of the late holder of the office, I think some security advisable.
4. Nature, number, and amount of securities required, and mode of them.
Whether any, and if any, what provision is made from public funds for the passage from this country, or elsewhere, of the persons sent out to fill the office.
No such provision is made.
Acts or Ordinances making provision respecting any of the above matters, and especially respecting the permanency of the emoluments, and the particulars of the security required, with references to the sections in which such provision is made.
The Police Ordinance, 1862, applies to this Department General.
H.. Dempster, Captain
Acting Supt of Police