CO129-051 - Sir Bowring - 1855 [7-9] — Page 248

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growing up for whose instruction some provision ought accurately to be made.

Police

21. The Police is a costly, ill-located and inefficient body, and its reorganisation has been long deemed a most desirable object. I have a Commission of Enquiry sitting charged to examine into existing defects, to report on the means of removing them, and I hope to be able to introduce some useful reforms. The expenses of the Police last year in all its departments including facts, were £9368 - 9 - 2718

von 89.520 being nearly a third of the whole expenditure of the Colony,

22. The rate specially raised for the Police Force alone was estimated for 1855 at £3000, but may be safely stated at £3,670,- and there is balances of £2925 to be paid out of the general Colonial Funds. The ranks of the Police Europeans, the secondary officers half castes, Malays, Hindus, and other Orientals (not Chinese) and the lowest functionaries principally Chinese. From the imperfect acquaintance with Oriental languages possessed by the higher officers the intercourse is unsatisfactory, being carried on by interpreters, while the little knowledge which the subordinate

Corrections in red ink made at Sir J. Bowring's request. Desp 16 Oct 1855 A*148.

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44. 45 243 growing up for whose instruction some provision ought accurately to be made. Police 21. The Police is a costly, ill-located and inefficient body, and its reorganisation has been long deemed a most desirable object. I have a Commission of Enquiry sitting charged to examine into existing defects, to report on the means of removing them, and I hope to be able to introduce some useful reforms. The expenses of the Police last year in all its departments including facts, were £9368 - 9 - 2718 von 89.520 being nearly a third of the whole expenditure of the Colony, 22. The rate specially raised for the Police Force alone was estimated for 1855 at £3000, but may be safely stated at £3,670,- and there is balances of £2925 to be paid out of the general Colonial Funds. The ranks of the Police Europeans, the secondary officers half castes, Malays, Hindus, and other Orientals (not Chinese) and the lowest functionaries principally Chinese. From the imperfect acquaintance with Oriental languages possessed by the higher officers the intercourse is unsatisfactory, being carried on by interpreters, while the little knowledge which the subordinate Corrections in red ink made at Sir J. Bowring's request. Desp 16 Oct 1855 A*148. Aly 26595 Here is therefore Page information remains as is, if detected, but there is none in this text.

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44.

243

growing up for whore instructio some provision ought accuredly

to be made.

Police_

21. The Police is a costly, die located and inefficient body, and its recruitination has been long deemed muret deciable object. I have

a Commission of Requiry

い

Mutu

sitting charged to examine int,

cristing defects, to report on the means of removing them, and I hope to be able to introduce some useful reforms. The

he expenses of the Police

last year in all its departments including facts,

were

£9368 - 9 - 27 18

von 89.520 being me third of the

Corrections

in redint made at Sir I Barring

Sa request. Desp 16 Oct 155

A*148.

whole expenditure of the Colony,

22.

The

rate

He with specially raised for

Force alone.

the Politics

was estimated for 1855

at £3000, but may

sowy

stated

Aly 26595 Here is therefore

£3,670,- and there is

balances of £2925 to be paid out

the

general Colonial Funds. The hinde of the Police

Auropeans, _ the iccondary officers half castes. Malays, Aindors, and other Rientals (urt China) and the lowest functionaries principsity chinese. From the imperfect acquaintance with ricutal truques porsened by the higher officers the intercomce is unsatisfactory, beine carried on by interpreters, while the

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