COLONIAL OFFICE.
32 men have sailed.
10 more have been engaged (9 of them in August) and their passages have been arranged via Canada from South- ampton on 20th November. These men have been paid nearly 2300 in expenses, bounties and advances;
and their passeges across the Pacific must be paid for whether they are used or not. (The cost of these passages is not yet known, but will probably be about £250) Several of them have had dental treatment and been vaccinated under our instructiona.
Three more have been engaged recently.
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3 NOV 19
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 15th September, 1919.
In reply to a telegram from Hong Kong, we cabled on 28th August that 42 men had been engaged, 32 had sailed and 6 remained to be engaged; and we do not understand
why the Government did not then cable instead of sending its despatch of 15th September.
The immediate question is whether the 10 men booked to sail 28th November are to be stopped. It is not clear from the despatch of 15th September whether the Government is prepared to take 48, 48 or only 32 men; but, in view of our obligations to the men, we suggest that the 10 Bailing on 20th November should be allowed to go, and the Government should be asked by cablegram whether the engagement of the other three should be cancelled.
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With reference to Your Lordship's Despatch No. 278 of the 30th May and provicus correspondence, I have the honour to inform you that it has been found that the 28 Police Constables asked for in my telegram of 27th March, 1919, 1957) have been enlisted in addition to those referred to in my
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It was intended that the former tel egrun should be read in conjunction with the latter and that 28 Constables in all should be enlisted.
It has been found however that there will
be several Police Officers due for pension in the near future and others are due for leave, so that, owing to the increasing development of the Colony, I am of the opinion that the extra number aant out, which will be about six in excess of the establishment, should be retained and I ask authority to increase the establishment accordingly.
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Claus Seven
Officer Administering the Government.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
VISCOUNT MILNER, G.C.B.,
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