Regarding the enlistment of ten European recruits from the Glasgow or London Metropolitan Police Force as soon as possible for service, and adding - "HongKong, that the men should have clean defaulter sheets, and that their selection should be entrusted to Mr. Badeley, Deputy Superintendent of Police, who is at present on leave in England.
The men should also be unmarried, and if it is not possible to obtain the required number from either or both of the Police Forces mentioned, the Captain Superintendent of Police suggests that permission be asked for to recruit from the large number of candidates for the Royal Irish Constabulary and London Metropolitan Force, who have passed the necessary qualifying...