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hongkong

16th October, 1891.

Major General Whitfeild,' Lieutenant - Geverner-

to

The Right (Ammable

The Paul of Kimberley

WongKong Police Pore- Transmits Reports from Mofe? Deans and Rise upar-

with remarth

۱ سال به بیم

former by

the Colonial Secretary.

3 Indama

You? 157 Hongkong.

11839

by

204

MINUTE PAPER.

Eur mead

This despatch encloses reports

For Deane & Price on the state of the Police.

For Deane admits the increase of crime

and the inefficiency of

the Police. He assigns

Parious reasons - the bis allowance of the

Deportation onde.

– the influx of bed

characters from China and Saigon. the numerical insuffiency of the Police. for the various duties imposed

on them

including fire brigade services _ want of disciplinery authority in the Captain Superintendent. He arts to be entrusted with larger powers over his men __ that police employed by public departments should be paid by those lepartments, (it affears that 13 men are attached to foot House as ordorhies on constibles) and that various changes should be made in the numbers, distribution, and enflegmat of the Force. He also advocates the adoption of corta in clauses of the Habitual