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ADDITIONAL POLICE PENSION REGULATIONS

Made by the Governor in Council under Section 17 of "The Police Force Consolidation Ordinance, 1887," on the

28th day of January, 1895.

1. In estimating the conduct of subordinate officers and constables for pension purposes the expression "good" and "uniformly good" will be deemed to be synonymous terms.

2. The conduct of any subordinate officer or constable will be deemed "good" and will, subject to the report of the Captain Superintendent of Police, entitle him to full pension if he has not obtained during his term of active service an average of four black marks per annum under the Police Regula- tions for the time being in force.

3. If any such officer or constable has obtained during his term of active service an average pr annum of four black marks, his conduct will, as a rule, but subject to the report of the Captain Superintendent of Police, and unless the Governor in Council shall, in any particular case, otherwise determine, be estimated and his pension calculated upon the scale following

Black marks.

Four and under six black marks per anuum,

Six and under eight

Eight and under ten

13

Ton and under fourteen

14

COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG.

Scale.

Conduct.

Deductions from fali pension.

very fair.

&

fair.

30

indifferent.

15

very indifferent.

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J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

No. 141

Sir,

Enclosure

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Captain Superintendent of Police to Colonial SecretarY.

Police Office,

Hong Kong Suth. April 1395.

I have the honour to report that the system of attach-

ing black darks to punishments has had a marked aeterrent

effect on the commission of offences against uiscipline oy

the Police.

For the first quarter of 1894 when the system was not

in force the number of reports against men of the force

was 175. The strength was 639 which gives a percentage of

27.

For the first quarter of this year with a strength of

686 the number of reports was lil or 18 per cent.

The comparison with the average of the last five years

would be still more striking to juage by the amount of fines

collectea,

Unfortunately the Defaulter Book for some year. pre-

vious to 1894 has been mislaid and I have been unable to

fing it.

There is no system of good marks as these would be

very aifficult to assess anu tabulate but under section 5

of the aaqitional Pension Regulation of the 28th, January

the estimate by the mark 'system of an officer's conduct

for pension purposes is subject to the report of the Dapm

Captain.

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