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that I have not been able to akrove, by which a Bice Courtable on

retiring receives a

character roll

marked" Very Good", though within two years bevious to his retirement

he had been twice fined for neglect of night duties, one of those fines being for "Grop neglect of duty"

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This case illustrates what

seems to me to have been

a

Defect

in the Shire Regulations of Hougtong,

and one not unlikely to account

for

some Capity in the

performance

by the Price of tight duties.

My attention was drawn to it in the following way : — W. Deane

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the Curtain Suxerintendent wrote

to the Colonial Secretary

Justant,

asking

on the jel

me to decide

whether ņ @ John Freeman who

C.

Police Force ten

was enlisted in our

a

Years ago in Hongkong, and who is now retiring on pension, should receive the three months' pay (as int of gratuity in addition to the pension) amounting to $120, being the sum he can receive under

section 3

Ordinance 1861869,

of

or whether the greater favor of

giving

Lim

$250 / payable to

Constables enlisted in the United

Kingdom) should be allowed to him.