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this Colony.
The Captain Sheperintendent, (Mr Deane), reports that there will
vacancies in
probably be eight the European portion of the m Force by December next.
3.
The Estimates provide for eighty-eight (88) European
Constables, and there are at
" present only eighty-four (841). It is therefore extremely probable - that the additional eight men will be required before the expiration of the current
year.
4.
4.
on
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As the Crown Agents,
previous occasion,
a wish that
expressed enlistments might be -made by a Police Officer
Chief
of the Colony interested, I would suggest to your Lordship that, as Inspector Horspool of the HongKong Police Force is in England, he might directed to put himself
is now
ht be
in communication with the Crown Agents with a view
to
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