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123.

District Watchmen

The

practice of employing

such a body of men as the Chinees

District Watchmen for the performance

without establishing of ordinary

Police duty.

them any effective supervision over is so very objectionable that although it might be tolerated with a Defotove Police service could not I submit

be countenanced under effective Volice arrangements.

12/44.

The

employing these

I see of

only way these men with advantage would be by amalgamating them with the regular Polices, and thus placing them under some sort of

supervision .

I am clearly of opinion

125.

that

any good services performed

by

them

are more than counterbalanced

that in

by their serieus shert.

- comings,

fact; they only bring forward a very small percentage of

under

Cases

their notice, and

coming

those

only

from which they derive some benefit.

126.

I annex one

of the

the

of these

men,

and would

many reports made respecting

conduct of

invite special attention to the remarks

made

on

bez

the Leinor Police Magistrate

the case.

" Memorandum :

"Charge

11th

Room 4.577

AAJU.

July, 1871.

" Ser a chung Wead Watrowean