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British Police......$5.00 per diem each.
Russian Guards.
$3.00 per diem each.
Indian Guards..
$1.25 per diem each.
Chinese Guards......
.75 per diem each.
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The Guards are supplied at the flat monthly rate shown
This arrangement works very satisfactorily
above.
except possibly in the case of the Canadian Pacific
Steamships Ltd., whose Guards are not employed for half
of the month as there are not sufficient steamers
running between Hong Kong and Shanghai to keep them
fully employed. On all the other lines the Guards
are kept fully occupied.
4. All Recruits were given a month's intensive
training before being sent on board the ships and results
appear to show that the training was satisfactory. The new arrangements have now been working for 3 months
and the reports from the Ships Captains and the
Companies themselves are most satisfactory and
encouraging. Discipline is good and the wishes of the
Shipping Companies are met as far as possible.
results up to date confirm the opinion formed long ago
that there is nothing wrong with the Guards supplied by
the Police. Provided they receive adequate supervision
they are satisfactory but if left to themselves as were
the Indian Guards in the past they are certain to be
useless and unsatisfactory.
5.
follows:-
The rates of pay of the Guards are as
The
I. British Police Srgts.......£240 per annum
II. Northern Chinese Guards. Corporals, 1st Class Pcs.
or
£ 20 per mensem.
$336 per annum
or
$ 28 per mensem.
2nd.