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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 17th July, 1914.
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I have the honour to recommend that provision be
made in the Estimates for 1915 for the resumption of the pro-
perty, shown on the enclosed plan, lying between the compound
of the Central Police Station and Hollywood Road; and for the
building on it of the following accommodation for which there
is urgent necessity owing to the large increase of the Police
Force which has taken place since 1903 when, on the recommendat-
ion made in paragraph 6 of Sir H. Blake's despatch No.511 of the
6th of November in that year, the addition of a storey to the
main building was sanctioned: -
(a). Quarters for 94 Chinese Police.
Forty-six of these men are at present housed in
a most undesirable
a temporary matshed in the Police Compound
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and dangerous arrangement owing to the risk from fire. The
remainder are allowed to occupy rented quarters out of Barracks
another undesirable arrangement owing to lack of supervision
and difficulty in assembling the men on emergency.
(b).
Quarters for 50 Indian Police.
Of these thirty-four are at present housed in a temporary matshed at what is known as No.2 Tank. This site is
ear-marked for married quarters for European Police and part of it is at present being built upon. It is very necessary that these men should be brought into barracks. The remainder are housed in No.8 Police Station where there is undesirable over-
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&C.
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&C.
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