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would also supervise the sanitary matters of the

territory.

10.

A Police Force

of

the

Chinese under a European officer to supplement, present village police. This force would be held together at 1 or 2 central points, would be armed with carbines, would num- ber 50 at first and subse- quently be raised to 100.

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Besides the land

police

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police there should be 2 –

launches with

European

Coxswains and each armed

with a maxim, one

for the

Western shore and Lantao

and the other for the Mirs

Bay side, crews Chinese.

12.

cations.

Roads and Communi-

The important work of

improving and opening mods should be under the Direct.

or

of Public Works, the only Hongkong official, except

the