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Commission to be composed principally of non-official members of the community.

In his kespatch forwarding the Incurorial, the Lient : you? throws the responsibility of this state of things foron on the period, the year (the festival season) wt produces

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influck of bad characters from Chinia, If the hunding in Hongkong of a number of Tagabonds from Saigon, (on this fomit. another conres is going on ) 3/ that a

on) sudden increase of crime has produced an exaggerated panie, (an went not unknown in England under somewhat Similar concês) 4) that no changes Whatever in the force could be made withint further instructions from the Seci

of Stute. "He accuses the captain Inferintentant For Deane, & the police generally of in afficing, "advocated flogging banished Chiniese who

return to the Colony (on this point, beinishment, I sent on

yesterday two ordinances to

her Holland), states that the position of Hongkong is exceptionally bangerous, and ands that the statement of the public as to the member of the force is exaggerds, as to the demands on the force,

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under-rated. Fwither reports are promised from mers 25 Deane &

As regards the course to be pursued in answering the memorialists. » do not think we can assert that the

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force as at present constituted is very efficient. composed of Europeans, Sonks, Bengaleed, madrassees, & Chinese, it wants homogeneity, and is, & newr, useless for detective purface But any improvement of the coming will probably entail increased expendre That as regards flogging, it sh? not

be inflicted except on men whose original crime rendered them liable to the perishment. A cortain mumber of Onnies will in Hongkong, as elsewhere, escase detection. The position of Hongkong is doubt less exceptionally dangerous. but Sir R. Mae Donnell will be authorize to employ a leige portion of the accounted gambling fund for the increased police force, and the repression of crimil. Lord Kimberley had been exerting himself to procure good men for the police.. I we have failed in obtaining ughly educud men, we have succeeded in procuring

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