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(2) An increase in the Police Force.

(3) Improvements to Telephone communication.

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None of these questions have been solely raised on account of the recent outrage at the Victoria Hotel, though that occurren-

ce may to some extent have accelerated the consideration of

these subjects.

The Increase in the Police Force

This includes the subject of the regulations which I

will deal with together. Reference to the minutes of the

Council of Wednesday, 30th April, would show that this matter

was raised as far back as that date. It arose in this way: Numerous complaints were received, none the less cogent be-

cause they were made verbally and personally, as to the crowd- ed state of the Central Avenue and the increasing non-obser- vance of the ancient and time-honoured practive of reserving to the 571 residents, the only promenade available, namely the Front Fund. The landing steps had increasingly become crowded with all sorts and conditions landing from sampans and em-

barking thereon, In the case of the Central Avenue the pedes- trians were pushed aside by not only the laads of silk, silver, building and other material, but also by numerous bicycles. These are becoming increasingly popular for business purposes, partly owing to the slowness of the telephone system and partly jowing to the messenger system. In the latter case the swarms of campans both embarking and disembarking numbers of passen- gers had gradually led to the passage for motor boats already harrowed by the silt effected by causes out of the control of the Council-becoming so congested that not only was inconve- bience caused but it was even dangerous to hulls.

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The Council considered it to be its duty to ameliorate this, and searched for means to improve matters. Several means

ere suggested and during the deliberationg, which naturally ook the shape on the first instance of reviewing the Chinese police regulations, the police, acting with increased diligen-

e, brought into force certain old-established customs which

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