however refused to move
finally
Mr Hallips and decided that he should
remain
in the New Territory
with the rank of Deputy Supt and that
Cadet
Shines be appointed to assist Capt. Lys headquarters. This decision was only reached just before he sailed. No candidate's name has been mentioned nor was I invited to suggest one, and meanwhile his work was given
to
another department. I supposed, however, that So Henry had
some
care taken in his work and would
be of some assistance, though not to be compared
with Mr Hellifer. But it would seem that this part of the arrangement was never carried out (why, I do not know) and that Capt.
Lyons
was left permanently
short-handed, a state
of affairs which was not contemplated by me. If the pressure of work after
his
departure had not been during
anything like the few months preceding it,
it is a marvel
how it can have disposed of at all.
32. The salient points of Mr May's
report, (putting aside his Police) appear
to be
the
determination of a morale
in the European police.
This he dates from
the instructions
the measures. He does not
praise himself
(and I am
the last to do so)
when I took over
that charge
from
Sows
except
in the
matter of nonchalant & want of smartness
in bearing
& appearance, he does seem
to reveal that they are
better behaved now
than they
were.
(The man who "Checked.
Brinse, by the
way,
has not
(2). The unsatisfactory state
of the Chinese
force,
rightly
attributes to the insufficient
attractions of the pay
in the service. The standard
of