CO129-059 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [11-12] — Page 258

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1. Valuable Draft Ordinance prepared by the late Acting Attorney General Mr. Bridges but not yet laid before the Legislative Council, We may like this opportunity to state that, although in no wise opposed to the proposal of Our late Colleague Mr. Shilling Chief Magistrate of Police, to empower the ratepayers to elect a Municipal body into whose hand, the Control and direction of the Police force shall be confided, we are not persuaded of the readiness of the Community to undertake those responsible functions, and on that account forbear to press it.

16. Should the proposal to increase the constabulary be adopted, the number of Europeans in the Police must be greater than we have given above, but we have forborne to go into detail, as the time for this will have arrived when the basis of the System shall be settled, and we are of opinion that what we have now recommended may...

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252 1. Valuable Draft Ordinance prepared by the late Acting Attorney General Mr. Bridges but not yet laid before the Legislative Council, We may like this opportunity to state that, although in no wise opposed to the proposal of Our late Colleague Mr. Shilling Chief Magistrate of Police, to empower the ratepayers to elect a Municipal body into whose hand, the Control and direction of the Police force shall be confided, we are not persuaded of the readiness of the Community to undertake those responsible functions, and on that account forbear to press it. 16. Should the proposal to increase the constabulary be adopted, the number of Europeans in the Police must be greater than we have given above, but we have forborne to go into detail, as the time for this will have arrived when the basis of the System shall be settled, and we are of opinion that what we have now recommended may...
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1.aluable Draft Ordinance prepared by the late Acting Allorney General Mr. Bridges

but not yet laide best

yet laid before the

Legislative Council,

We may likes this opportunity

to state that, although in no trize opposed to the proposal of Our Cate Colleagued Mr. Shilling Chief Magistrale of Torice, to empower the ratepayers

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Municipal body into whose

hand, the Control and direction

of the Tolice force shall be confided,

not persuaded

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We are

readiness of

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undertake those responsible

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functions, and on that account

forbear to pross

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Should the proposal

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adopted, the number

in the Felice must

Europeans

be

& greater

than we have given

above, but we have fostorne to

ge into detail, as the time for this will have arrived

when the basis of the System

- shall be settled, and we are

of opinion that what we have now recommended may

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