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LAND FORCE
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1st. Class Constables. All are married and the large majority
have their wives and families residing in Hong-Kong.
2nd. Class Only five are unmarried. The wives of 34 reside
in the Colony and of 15 in China.
3rd. Class
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41 have their wives here,36 in China and 50 are
unmarried.
WATER
POLICE
Of the Sergeants 4 are married with their
wives in the Colony 6 have wives in China and 1 is un-
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married.
Of the 1st. Class P. Cs. the figures are 6,4 &
11, and of the 2nd.class 2,10 & 20 respectively.
There are no quarters for married Chinese
Constables or Sergeants.
It must also be remarked that the unmarried
men have for the most part relatives to support. Very few of
them are wholly unencumbered.
6. I am forced to the 'conclusion therefore
that the Chinese Police as a whole are underpaid, especially
having regard to the practice of early marriages among Chi-
nese.
7. To remedy this evil I would recommend as
follows:
(a) Grant to the Chinese Land & Water Police
on