CO129-213 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [12]

COMPARATIVE RATE OF PAY.

$

$

HONGKONG.

AT PRESENT.

$

PROPOSED,

Rank. SHANG-HAI, per month. HONG-KONG, per month. No. of Officers. Amount. No. Per month. Amount. Chief Inspector, 1st Class 150.00 120.00 1 1,440.00 1 160.00 1,800.00 100.00 4 4,800.00 4 100.00 4,800.00 2nd 85.00 80.00 3 2,880.00 3 " 85.00 31 85.00 3,060.00 1-3rd 75.00 60.00 4 2,880.00 4 75.00 3,600.00 Sergeant, 60.00 45.00 11 5,940.00 11 60.00 3rd 55.00 10 Constables, 45.00 Allowance to 10 P.C. 10.00 2.50 Actg. Sergeants, 42,240.00 300.00 Corporals 52.00 48.00 78 6,864.00 5,760.00 45.00 42,120.00 1st 60,480.00

DRAFT.

"Hongthing no.

39

Sir G. T. Bowen §.6.M.§.

MINUTE. 13 Feb.

Mr. Johnson 14

Mr.

$ 68,004.00

T. C. DEMPSTER, Captain, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

(2.)

CENTRAL POLICE BARRACKS, HONGKONG, 21st November, 1883.

I have the honour to bring to your notice some points concerning the efficiency of the Hongkong Police Force, to which it seems desirable to draw early and serious attention.

2. The European and Indian portion of the Force number nearly 300 strong, they are armed with rifles, and it is very essential for many reasons that they should be a drilled and disciplined body capable, when required, of united action. These reasons arise partly from the nature and ordinary functions of the Hongkong Police, partly from the duties which might fall to their share during a time of emergency.

3. In dealing with this force it would be well to dismiss all recollections of the corresponding body in England. The Hongkong Police, however, presents a close analogy to the Royal Irish Constabulary. Like them they are an armed force; like them much of their duties lie amid a passively or actively hostile population, while the Lily and Triad secret societies organisations are more widely spread even than the Fenian Brotherhood, or the band Invincibles. The Hongkong Police are, moreover, often called on to cope with not only individual criminals, but with bodies of armed men organised for the sake of crime. A short time ago a shop in the centre of the town was attacked by a large band of men and everyone acquainted with Hongkong knows how frequently the Police have been called upon to encounter armed gangs of pirates and smugglers.

De Robeck 1/4

Mr. Wingfield.

Mr. Bramston.

XM

Mr. Meade.

Sir R. Herbert.

Mr. Ashley

16.

Lord Derby. ~16.

353

183 Hongkong 1972/84

Sir,

258

17 Feb. 84

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 353 of the 26th of December last, reporting that you had decided for the future, and except in cases of urgency or of special instructions from Her Majesty's Government, all votes of public money in Hongkong should as a general rule forthwith be...