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11. I may mention that efforts are being made to rear the Eucalyptus tree, so that trees of this species may be planted near the stations, but it is feared that their want of strength during their first two or three years of growth will prevent any extensive use being made of them.
12. Notable benefit has arisen from the erection of the new station at Shau-ki Wán. The old building was located among the trees on the hill side, and the cases of fever among the men were both numerous and fatal; but now Shau-ki Wán compares favourably with other stations in villages.
13. Since the Yau-ma-ti station has been built, the village has nearly doubled in size, and crime has greatly diminished. The Tsim-tsa-tsui station has again become useful, owing to the numerous bungalows that have been erected in its vicinity.
14. The city of Victoria has increased so much to the westward that the accommodation at No. 7 station is far below the wants of the men. The Lock-ups are crowded in a room that is little better than a barn.
15. The want of better accommodation at the central barracks has been so often reported upon that it is needless to do more than merely to allude to it in this report.
16. In forwarding the draft police estimates for 1876, I attached a memorandum in which I drew attention to the low value of the dollar as compared with the rate at which the men are paid. This appears to press with great hardship on the men who joined from England and Scotland, as they were engaged at the pay of 40l. a month, which they were told, and at the time with strict truth, was equivalent to 100l. a year. The lowness of exchange now causes a loss of between 4 and 5 per cent. on all moneys that they may desire to remit home. I think, therefore, that the men merit some compensation on this point.
17. The conduct of the force has been, on the whole, very satisfactory, and the number of men leaving, compulsorily or otherwise, less than in 1874.
The Hon. Gardiner Austin,
SIR,
Colonial Secretary,
Hong Kong.
I have, &c.
W. M. DEANE,
Captain Superintendent of
Police.
Government Civil Hospital,
Hong Kong, March 15, 1876.
I HAVE the honour to forward my Annual Report for the year 1875 concerning the health of the Colony and the working of the different establishments under my supervision.
In the past year a number of improvements have been made in the sanitary arrangements of the town, but I have little to add to the information I gave the Government in my last year's Report, and regret to say that things remain in much the same condition as I then described.
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11. I may mention that efforts are being made to rear the Eucalyptus tree, so that trees of this species may be planted neat the stations, but it is feared that their want of strength during their first two or three years of growth will prevent any extensive use being made of them.
12. Notable benefit has arisen from the erection of the new station at Shau-ki Wán. The old building was located among the trees on the hill side, and the cases of fever among the men were both numerous and fatal; but now Shau-ki Wán compares favourably with other stations in villages.
13. Since the Yau-ma-ti station has been built, the village has nearly doubled in size, and crime has greatly diminished. The Tsim-tsa-tsui station has again become useful, owing to the numerous bungalows that have been erected in its vicinity.
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14. The city of Victoria has increased so much to the westward that the accommodation at No. 7 station is far below the wants of the men. The Lokungs are crowded in a room that is little better than a barn.
15. The want of better accommodation at the central barracks has been so often reported upon that it is needless to do more than merely to allude to it in this report.
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16. In forwarding the draft police estimates for 1876, I attached a memorandum in which I drew attention to the low value of the dollar as compared with the rate at which the men are paid. This appears to press with great hardship on the men who joined from England and Scotland, as they were engaged at the pay of 40% a month, which they were told, and at the time with strict truth, was equivalent to 100l. a year. The lowness of exchange now causes a loss of between 4 and 5 per cent. on all moneys that, they may desire to remit home. I think, therefore, that the men merit some compensation on this point.
17. The conduct of the force has been, on the whole, very satisfactory, and the number of men leaving, compulsorily or otherwise, less than in 1874.
The Hon. Gardiner Austin,
SIR,
Colonial Secretary,
Hong Kong.
I have, &c.
W. M. DEANE,
Captain Superintendent of
Police.
Government Civil Hospital,
Hong Kong, March 15, 1876.
I HAVE the honour to forward my Annual Report for the year 1875 concerning the health of the Colony and the working of the different establishments under my supervision.
In the past year a number of improvements have been made in the sanitary arrangements of the town, but I have little to add to the information I gave the Government in my last year's Report, and regret to say that things remain in much the same condition
as I then described.
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