7. I attach a table shewing how the pay of
the European portion of the Police Force would then compare
in sterling with the pay of the London Metropolitan and
Glasgow Police from which forces it is mainly recruited.
The comparison certainly does not preponderate in favour of
the Hong Kong Force. That the sterling value of the pay of our
European Police should at any rate approximate to that of
the principal forces at home is a matter of no little im-
portance, not only with view to successful recruiting in
England but in order to keep the men contented in the Colony.
The Police are in the habit of looking at their salaries
from the sterling standpoint and comparing their position
with that of the men in the forces at home to which the
majority of them have formerly belonged.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.) F.H. May,
Captain Supt. of Police.
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7. I attach a table shewing how the pay of
the European portion of the Police Force would then compare
in sterling with the pay of the London Metropolitan and
Glasgow Police from which forces it is mainly recruited.
The comparison certainlyaoes not preponderate in favour of
the HongKong Force. That the sterling value of the pay of our
European Police should at any rate approximate to that of
the principal forces at home is a matter of no little im-
portance, not only with view to successful recruiting in
England but inorder to keep the men contentea in the Colony.
The Police are in the habit of looking at their salaries
from the sterling standpoint and comparing their position
with that of the men in the forces at home to which the
majority of them have formerly belonged.
1 have,30,,
(Sd.) F.H. May,
Captain Supt. of Police.
324
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