CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12] — Page 123

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"Victoria, Hongkong, 19th June 1858.

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 18th instant, enclosing a letter from the lloting Colonial Secretary to your addrews; _ both on the subject of additional Police protection at, or in the riemity of your lenders.

I bey, in reply to your letter, to aaquaint you, that it is altogether out of my paver, because the thongth of the Police Inea is clovely approximated to the duties it is called upon to perform, _ to station an additional Constable on the Road West of your house. I have, however, given direction that the Constable on the beat in the rome of Inifingshan shall patrol to the Western boundary of four ground.

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I wish to mention to you that only two constables are specially stationed at the house of the Registrar General and Protector of Chinese ; _ the third (who is the constable doing duty at the Registration Office, ) simply resides there,

instead of in a Police Station.

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In order to remove

any impression from your sand, that I give this special protection to the Registrar General, know that it to your Jou desirous that you thousan

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positive ndert

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of the Acting

Colomal Secretary to send the two Constables to the Registrar General, and that I did them, and

deem it

I should

t my duty now, (im Reference to your application for special protection) to report, that I have not me required for the necessary ond

"Constable more than is

defined duties of the Free.

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I shall be glad, when called upon by the_ Hmnable the Acting Colonial Secretary, to report

my views on the subject.

I have enclosed herein the letter of the Honorable the Asting Colonial Secretary before mentioned,

I have the honor, etc.,

(Signed) C. May.

Superintendent of Police.

The Hmorable. The Attorney General.