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means which exist

of giving effect to

Your

wishes;

but

I find that the

Police Commissioners

are

at

the present

moment desirous

of strengthening to

the utmost the

Police force of this country, and I entertain little

hope that I shall

be able to procure for the service of Hongkong a supply

of suck

of training

Bru

and estab

lished character

as to meet

yout.

3

250

Sxpectations.

Under

these cir

: cumstaners I desire to know whether,

supposing that I should prove unable to engage

f

the service

trained Poberman,

You we

would with an

selection to be made

of persons who,

though not members

of the English Irish force,

مة

would

appear int

from their health, intelligruce, and character capable of being made useful

Hongkong under