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especially in the drill and discipline of the English and Sikh Constables.

of speak plainly, this matter stands

thues:- The taxpayers of Hongkong

are, above all things, anxious to

maintain an

efficient Police for

the protection of their lives and

properties; they believe that the "Police

* These form

san best be made efficient

" with

the entire force of

form 300 out of the entire

700, and it has been shown that if

: properly armed and disciplined, they could deal with a Chinese mob or outbreak, while,

in

:war, General Sargent has stated that

supply a

they

would

a valuable addition

to our little garrison of about boo effective soldiers.

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with the help of a Military

"Adjutant; and they ash permission " to spend three hundred & un "(£300) of their own money,

of

soney, out

an annual revenue of £220,000, " to secure that object of primary

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simportance ?

General Sargent, the

Officer Commanding Her Majesty's Froops on this station, has shown, in a

letter

and

"General Sargent has stated that £300 a year would be sufficient for the pay

of a Military Adjutant. The late Deputy Superintendent received £800.

allowances