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you refer to im as a "well qualified officer".
He was trained in Police duties in India,
speaks Canton ose, Urdu and Punjabi, has made
a special study of the system of identification
by means of finger-prints (see Er Lyttelton's
despatch T0.93 of the 5th of May 1905) and
has now had 10 years experience of police work
in Hong Kong. I may add that, according to the
Hong Kong Civil List, he entered the service
before r Hallifax, though it is true that he
was employed at first in a subordinate capacity.
7.
If Ir Wodehouse were now passed over he
could look for no promotion until Mr Badely re-
Badely
tired (in 1923 at the earliest)since I should
not have been willing to a ree to Mr Hallifax
reverting to the Cadet Service after he had
once joined the Police Force; and the position
of the Police Probationer, Ir 7.H.King, would
have been even more unfortunate. Er King, who
entered the service by competitive examination
in 1904 and has undergone special training in
police duties,has now been a probationer for
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over six years and would have good
ground for complaint if, owing to the
appointment of a Cadet officer to be
(
Deputy Superintendent he were to be
/
compelled to remain for another
twelve years without a substantive
appointment.
8.
I propose therefore that on
the retirement of Captain Lyons, Ir
Wodelouse should be appointed to be
Deputy Superintendent of Folice and
that the resulting vacancy for an
Assistant Superintendent should be
filled by the promotion of Ir King. I
presume that in these circurs cances
0
it will be necessary to select a
Folice Probationer in the results of
this year's examination, but before
making any communication to the India
office and the Civil Service Commis-
sioners I will await definite infor-
mation as to the date wherf Captain
Lyons