CO129-156 - Sir MacDonnell - 1872 [1-3] — Page 253

as

Protector of Aborigines and Registrar General, and the other, as head of the Police Force, have had ample opportunities of comprehending correctly the position of affairs and

for and anticipating the tactics

of the opponents of the Law. I would associate with them two Chinese Assistants. They have recommended

Chum Sing

Office

and So Chow for that

and those men should be

sworn in

as

Constables provisionally

to clothe them with the necessary authority, or if it thought preferable I

can

under Section 20

of

Ordinance

No 9 of 1867, give each of them special authority.

5. I know well that I am

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devolving in Messrs. Imich and Deane

a most

onerous

responsibility and... a

most disagreeable duty, but they

will remember that it is also

very important duty. I do not

moreover

ask or

expect

them to

perform it wholly without remuneration, and

I am prepared to allow $5 per month respectively pending further instructions from Her Majesty's Secretary of State, and also to allow their Chinese Assistants

$40 per month each, with occasional extra rewards, when they may

appear to deserve them by extra diligence

and

success in discharge

of their duties

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Protector of Aborigines and Registrar General, and the other, as head of the Police Force, have had ample opportunities of comprehending correctly the position of affairs and for and anticipating the tactics of the opponents of the Law. I would associate with them two Chinese Assistants. They have recommended Chum Sing and So Chow for that Office and those men should be sworn in as Constables provisionally to clothe them with the necessary authority, or if it thought preferable I can under Section 20 of Ordinance No 9 of 1867, give each of them special authority.

5. I know well that I am devolving in Messrs. Imich and Deane a most onerous responsibility and a most disagreeable duty, but they will remember that it is also very important duty. I do not moreover ask or expect them to perform it wholly without remuneration, and I am prepared to allow $5 per month respectively pending further instructions from Her Majesty's Secretary of State, and also to allow their Chinese Assistants $40 per month each, with occasional extra rewards, when they may appear to deserve them by extra diligence and success in discharge of their duties.

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