recently been raised, is as
follows
7
Constables
# 120 a year rising to $780 after three
years.
Lance d | Acting Sergeants
Xxx
Sergeants
$840
rising by two biennial increments to
$960.
2nd Class Inspectors $1080
"
$1200
NE
$1320
rising to $1440 after three
years
rising
Chief
Inspectors
$1620 to $1800 after
three
years
3. In addition to the above,
Constables in the Straits Settlements receive # you pay after
$700 three
years later, and all officers
below the rank of
Sergeants and Second
Class Inspectors receive
A
Ration Allowances for
wives
and
children.
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their
4. On the other hand officers in
the Hongkong Police Force receive
Language Allowances & Good-
Conduct Allowances which more
or less balance the Increment
& Ration Allowances granted in
the Straits Settlements.
5. As the European Police are
similarly
recruited
for
both
Hong Kong & the Straits Settlements, I consider it desirable that the
+
emoluments
of
the two Police
Forces in each Colony should be
as
nearly
as
possible the
same.