18
At the present moment it is not easy to induce Chi- nese to join the Force and the Captain Superintendent of Police has only recently reported that he has not been able to fill several va-
cancies, as no candidates
have come
forward. The or dinary coolie is paid at The rate of $7 a month in Hongkong.
(3) An addition to the ex-
isting staff of
two
more.
Chinese
439
19
Chinese Sergeants of the 1st class, entailing an expendi- ture of $600 per
annum.
(4) An increase of the pay of the 1st class Sergeant- Interpreters from $25 to_ $30 a month. There are such officers, and the addi- tional expenditure would there fore amount to $420 per It is impossible
num.
an_
to
obtain reliable Interpreters
at the present rate of salary.
6.
As against the extra: expenditure