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I am not aware that reasona have weighed with For com stating this
Robinson in
preference. It can hardly be that dissatisfaction with the men recruited from the London Metropolitan Police to one of them,
them, for up to the Late of myleaving the tolong had with only
Those
men
two exceptions gimen greatest satisfaction.
the
The two exceptions belonged to the batch of recruits which arrived in the Colony early in 1894 - the first batch in recruited from Recent years the Metropolitan Force
and one of those men had before I lift the lolong given evidence of a determination to improve his conduct. They
both bore excellent character in
the London Force, but as so
were led into often happens
the temptations which beset
Europeans in the
all
Far Cant.
the other men
two
wertig
None of in the last one year,
from London had
recruited from
been reported for angoffence. up & the date of my beving the Colong.
My
own reason
for
recommending
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the discontinuance
Festland and
Glasgow, was
Sucommending of recruiting particularly in that I found from experience. and from
An
examination of
the film fapuseably large precentage of
defaulter sheets
Scotch men
particularly Glasgowmen
"were much addicted to
dronking.
I note from recent annual reports of the moputor Gencial
f
Police in
recruiting
Singapore that Glasgow for
the Straits Police has bun discontinued also, and I belave the benson to be the
same.
Moreover I am of opinion
that Englishmen
are moth
intelligent than Scotchmen.
I therfore strongly
that
on
this occasion
the past two
recommeat
years, afflication
be made to the London
Metropolitan Police toad for candidates for the Hongkong Police, and if my
Recommendation is
Ishall hold myself affeared
in readiness to proceed London, should it be Considered necessary for to do so, to inspect the
al
Candidates and select the
Most
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