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

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