CO129-047 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1854 [8-12] — Page 96

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Police duties

avere

e performed by

soldiere detached freun

the

tegiments then stationed in

the

Colony. On the 312? March, 18457) 71 soldiers volunteered pirmamently

to joi

the Police, and were

I be discharged from

were permis

the Amay;

and in addition to these

there

ww orn.

Indian and Chinese

Serve, rigt total.

71 Europecens

It was

51 Indians 51

Dovr

51 Chinese

discovered

that the intemperate habits of

+ of the Europeans this

most

obtained, rendered them invented

for the Police Services,

a

the

addition, that not a few of number had accepted the Poline

miaus

service as the a of obtaining discharge from

their regiment

the original letter from the

were misplaced

to

CAL

the year should be 1845 as it now stands, and not 1854

Superintendent of Police, there figures (*) Owing

mistake

the originale Despath.-

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Copy enclosed

the

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leorrection made

with no intention to Tomain in

the Police;

many

variations

cccurred through deaths, dismissals, und Vesignations, and at first it was attempted to compécie the European Forces

by filling the

vacancies sitte

Merchant scamer;

tie

6- perhaps

failing wous perceptible-

to an increased extent-in this

alues of men, and it

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found.

advisable at different times

so

the Indian Force, and

dverease

decrease the mumber of Cusseaus,

the Chinese, Sever was frund- excepting as Interprctère - live

Aerly useless and untrustworthy,

a great tednotion

was made in

their number and a testespending

increase to the Judian Force.