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Enclosure 8.
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Rece Rece23 DEC 12
To His Excellency Sir Frederick John Deal try Lugard, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the lost Honourable Order of the Bath, Com
-panion of the Distinguished Service Order, Governor and Commander-
-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong, and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same.
The Hundle petition of the undersigned European Members of the
Police Force of the Colony of Hongkong, sheweth as follows:-
At a General Meeting of the European Members of the Police
Force, held at the Central Police Station on the 17th. day of
January, 1912, and a Committee was formed consisting of two men of
each rank, and the following propositions were unanimously decided
up on.
That a petition be drafted, to be submitted to His Excellency the
Governor, praying:-
1.
That the European Members of the Force be granted an increase
of 40% on their rate of pay, the same to be ensionable.
In support of the same Petitioners humbly submit "That the
cost of living now as compared with the year 1902, when the
present rate of pay was introduced, has increased from 30% to
40%. That the cost of clothing and boots have increased over 50%,
and to all appearance will continue to increase.
2. That the attention of the Government be called to the good
conduct allowances which at present is considered unsatisfactory.
That Petitioners consider that the following is a reasonable
suggestion and on the recommendation of the Captain Superintendant
of Police:-
That after 15 years service a 4th. Class Medal be granted,
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and that these be made pensionable from the time granted.
Petitioners claim that 15 years service in a Colony like Hongkong
with a clean record is equivalent of the same service in the Navy
or 18 years in the Army, and which, in either of the mentioned