CO129-152 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1871 [9-10] — Page 273

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

100

all

these in Hong Kong

Hong Kong who were

deemed suitable and willing to join.

149.

its

Avas

to be expected

some of these have turned out

well and are

fast becoming good Policemen, while others proved:

themselves to be very

bad characters

indoed .

150.

over

the

On searching Defaulters Book for the six months

314

ending 8pt December 1870, I find that the conduct of these men compares very favorably with the charactie roll of the Exuropeans

enlisted here.

ATS.

Of the 37 taken on,

are 25 left, the remaining 12

Chere

272

having either refused to swear in

for 5 years, or been dismissed for

misconduct ; and of those left, there are 7 whose

names do not appear

in the Defaulters Book & against

whome

only

trivial reports have

been recorded, and ten with one

or more serious reports

152.

Detective Force

If the Wongstang Police

Force could attain such

state of efficiency

08

A

high

succeed

-

to entirely

in its primary functions, – the prevention of crime, it would not

need a Detective service; but until

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