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effective Men to transfer their services from the 55. Regt. to the 9o Regiment to be Employed as the Hong Kong

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Police, and he has to each Volunteer three Evincas as Brunity.

the question theresne appears to be in what manner these men are to be accounted for, whether they are to be contermed

in the strength of the 2, or to be discharged and paid as Police Mov If they are to be contined upon the strength of the

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9o00 Regiment, they must-

necessarily be under Military Law, and under the Command of the Officer's of that Regiment.

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might be productive

of serious eirconvenience

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if these Soldiers of the 95: were to be kept supone Militan Boiy.

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or in other words.. when the Establishment. of their Regerent, and be placed gelusively under a Police Superintend.

such a proceeding could also deprive the Military Force at Hong Kong of go effective then, of one complete Company In this view of the matter therefore, the Commander en Chief is of opinion that as the Services

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are regeured exclusively Police Constables, they should not remain apoin the effective strength of any of the Regimento Composing the Garrison at Hong Kong, but be

King discharged from the

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