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rates of pay are more than sufficient.
I may mention that whereas when I took charg
of the Force in 1893 I had a long roll of candidates for
the Chinese Police on the books, the difficulties in recruit
ing have been increasing ever since, and I have to-day 10 va -
cancies in the Land Force which I am unable to fill.
7. The pay of the Chinese Sergeants I regard
as sufficient, but I am of opinion that there are too few of
them in proportion to the number of men. There are but 5 in
the Land Force.
Three are really required as Barrack Ser-
geants at the Central Station, East Point and West Point.
That leaves only two for duty which is not
sufficient.
I recommend that 2 more Chinese Sergeants of
the 1st. Class be made additional to the existing establish-
ment. This will entail an expenditure of $600 per annum.
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8. Finally I consider that the pay of the
7 lst.class Sergeant Interpreters be raised to $30 a month
each.
As a rule the 2nd. Class Sergeant Interpret-
ers are employed at out-stations where they get allowances
of from $4 to $6 for attending to the Telephones. The first
class men are as a rule employed in the Central District
where they have no such allowances.
I find it difficult to get good interpreters
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