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aiready showed itself on the first appointment of the sissistant Harbour Master, but d.
with the
am impressed great difficulty
which
must be occasioned by the active
presence in the force of
arr
officer
under another Arief,
wtwo schveS whose hine is or
only partially at the disposal of the Police, who cannot attend to Police work when it may be required of him. For instance. The Captain Superintendent
may trave orders to convey to the Water
Police - as a matter of discipline
-
av west
(
if the suspector has an
750 urgent-
matter to report and in a short
seive the intervention of such an
Suspector would be practically
ignored
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crr
causing rexations and
-cessary delay:
this
I do not speaks vaguely
subject
et but from experience. For
years hast this Police Force was officered by two superior officers, the Captain Supermitendent and the Adjutant, Major Dempster,
who was also second in command
But Major Dempster
courtesy
these should be
대
the
conveyed through the Supermitendent_
be absent at Stanley
but he
Bay. duty
may
or elsewhere on Harbour Master's
and either important matters muish be
or the Captain
iguore
hein
delayed, Supernitendent must
and communicate direct with the Inspector. The
same would happen
was an
officer
Army Pay Department and :
had to attend to his office as such.
to resided in Police Barracks at Kowloon. But the practical resuêt of this dual apponitment became obvious, so that I believe the abolition
this office and apponitine
xf
ment of s
Cas
Deputy Superintendent recommended by a Commission
if