CO129-256 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [8-12] — Page 373

killing . Inspectors and

only

Sergeants

longer. The

who have less severe night duty

child as a rule serve

- duty of a private constable is very heavy

and in this climate most_

trying to Europeans. It is indeed for

them as a rule only six hours in

but it is

mostly

the twenty-four, night duty.

and it is almost always

the duty exposing

man to the influence of climate, sun, rain, cold, heat, night childs, often for hours in damp clothes; they have practically no relief beyond authorived furioughs, from continuous work in an u uncongenial climate. When we remember that.

British soldiers; who have generally at least five nights

in bed, and

much of whose service is passed

in temperate climates, are

worn art.

by

the time they reach

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readily understand that cous.

tables after 15 years service in this country, most of which is night dirty, are pretty

• pretty will exhausted, and have, we'l earned their pensions

(b) Chinese. In

my opinion the

dinate allowance and bous to_

Chinese constables is not,

hood. It is no

A justifiable

any grounds, except that it is granted to others. Chinese constables undisted in Hongkong wither belong to this place or its immediate neighbour.

expense to them to visit their homes and friends and they live and serve in their native climate. A mouth's leave annually on half pay.

ther

ad

the

would be as much to

quinquennial leave or

bonus to Europeans and Indians. Pensions to Chuires constables after

- genera ly

15

years service

appears to

to me absurd.

consider a

Chinese constable should

cats

serve

the pensionable service of 21 years,

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