CO129-047 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1854 [8-12] — Page 97

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On the subject of the Chinese Police, I may here mentine that.

during the

year

1853. il vo

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found impossible to get Indians, and fourtion Chinese

were

therefore

substituted to do the legulur duty

beats ; the result has fully confioned the opinion before : xpressed that the Chinese

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inclese with the exception stated.

The superior utility of the

Indian Force

ao

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readily apparent ;

they formed a very

serviccable

preventive Police, at the same

time that they

wvere

comparatively

inexpensive .. It is scarcely necessary, but I venture to allude to the foot

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fact

established, that, owing to the

owing

peculiar circumstances

situation of this Colony by ste

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contignity to the mainland, thoroughly preventive

itive force

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the only description of Police applicable;

vvv vvcaus

of detection

exist; and it is therefore absolutely

essential to preclude as for

possible the

He cerro

of

being committed, although this

calls

for a great expence, it ia undoubtedly the mo

most satrafactory

systion aurperhaps the most economical. – In the

years 18117

and 1848, a very serviceable Force

existed in the Colony

the Colony - the

story being

The Indian Force whe

being sufficiently _ but not to well paid - gave satisfaction :

year

the

1848, the force consisted of.

43 Curopeans, 1/4 Indians, 23 Shinest at this period it wous considered