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Again it must be brine in mund that
the vast majority of the male population of the lower class
in the
Colony
the Coolid
class - earn their livelihood not on
shore but afloat. This section of the
character
population has earned for itself the
of being of a
a turbulent nature, and hence it requires surveillance
during
the day while at work and each earvillence
Can only be given it
No Water Police. The auth indicated abord is Police arck, and in
is best left in the hands of the Executive Police.
Moreover should
8.
my opinio
ang disturbance be created
the
by the members of the
such for example.
class in
do the
which occurred in
question, faction fights
March 1894, and
the strette which followed in the Spring
of this year
Much as
it is in the harbour as
on land that the Police have
to exert themselves to safeguard life and property and restore law
and
order.
In the 42nd paragraph of my sport the subject
dated the 13th of april lest on the
of the strette in connection with the
registration of
Common Lodging Houses,
I have invited special attention to the
Constant and close co-operation between.
the land and Water Police which an
necessitated by the incidents of the state.
I do not exaggerate when Jany that
had Instand the absolute and sole
Control
the
entire Police Force as at
of the
present constituted, it would have been
to devise a general impossible for
re
plan of action, to concert each new
Measures as the phases of the stike
lendered ne
necessary,
and to carry such
Measures swiftly into execution, had I
stently to consult and,
been obliged constan
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