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DRAFT.
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(Passed Cadets are largely employed in filling posts
of officers on leave.)
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Colony there is too much work
for one officer and too little
A som Extent work for two, inviting redistri- bution of duties but forbidding
any extensive abolition.
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10 You are at liberty to re-
duce the number of Cadets to two.
that number should hereafter
be found insufficient to supply
the vacancies which arise, whether
in permanent or acting appoint-
ments, it will be easy to increase
the number again.
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As to the Police, I would refer you to the 3rd para- graph of my predecessor's Confi- dential despatch of the 5th August, in which stress as laid upon the
necessity for great circumspection in dealing with any proposals for reducing the strength of the force. You might however consider whether any changes are advisable. in the specially favourable Pen- sion Regulations of the Police, all of whom (European, Indian and Chinese alike) are allowed to re-
tire after only 15 years' service.
In the Straits Settlements there
is an additional proviso to the
effect