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A. F
1/8
No. 315.
Hongkong.
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sir,
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100
Rece
heat 30 JUL 03
Government House,
Hongkong, 26th. June, 1903.
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Tell you that the whole question of the pay of the detective force at the Straits
is
**
under consen & approve what be proposes, or
bject to the limitation at
present in force at Straits (see par 10
ence 12 of 53280)
of
5073/0
I have the honour to request your authority
to make provision in the Estimates for 1904 for an increase of
$3 a month in the allowances paid to Chinese detectives in
the Police Force. At present they receive $2 a month only,
beyond their pay as constables, and I am of opinion that this
is insufficient, and that the suggested increase will lead to
greater zeal and efficiency than exists at present in the
detective branch of the Force. I understand that $5 a month
is the allowance paid to Chinese detectives in the Straits
Settlements Police Force, and that the result in that Colony
is sufficiently satisfactory to justify a similar rate in
Hongkong. The increase in annual expenditure involved is
$2,304.
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
* • *
80.
Ecc...
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
Governor, &c..