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convenience, and deficient in that kind of appearance which is the prestige of authority and power. I regret to add the
ours
observation of the
testimony of my dilapidated and dirty condition of the
two hill stations in Victoria,
durrounded
by the stagnant drainage of their now filth; besides which, their remotences from common
an injurious influence
observation exerts an,
on
the minds of the tenants, who become in their seclusion neglectful of those decencies of life which are as eccential for health as for physical and moral, efficiency.
are on
they are
The duties of the Police, I would
• presume to observe, demand a better sustenance than the pay of the natives will afford. They
- night duty, through every inclemency of weather, for six or nine consecutive hours, besides being liable to extraordinary services, in pursuits of pirates, suppressing disturbances, and attendance to prefer charges at the Police
Court: they
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are also liable to fines for neglect of
an
empty
duty. Attenuated muscles and stomach are certain promoters of debility, fatigue
and drowsiness; it is often excusable, therefore, to find
a native policeman more concerned about the shelter
of his cold and feeble body than the protection of property indefinitely under his charge. Notwith- standing this unfavorable physique of the Hongkong Police, they have not been the subjects
of extraordinary mortality, when it is remembered that statistical
6. fact's deduced from
are in a state of exaggeration.
small numbers
Table. Nr. 4.__. The vital statistics of the Police Force in
Hongkong, computed
over the past years.
over.
Fichnues to
Deaths
Hverage
Rate of Rate of Proportion of Proportion Strength. Sickness. Mortality. Strength. Strength.
184 193
10
104-89 PC 5.43 7.C.