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of pay now sanctioned are not sufficient to attract the
class of men by whom the police force has been recruited
in past years, and inadequate to meet the enormous increase
in cost of living.
4. In transmitting this Minute for your favourable
consideration I have the honour not only to express
my entire concurrence in the views of the Captain Superintendent of Police but to state that my opinion is shared
by every member, without exception, of my Executive Council,
by whom the whole question of police salaries was most
carefully considered.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant.
Stanley Arthut
GOVERNOR, H.K.