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marked at the outstations where thereis no
one whose sole duty
it is to attend to these matters.
The circumstances of a Free Port added to the
difficulty of distinguishing and identifying native craft to- gether with the well known proficiency with which Chinese lie without hesitation makes it very improbable that we can ever
arrive at an absolutely correct return and obtain in all cases
our dues from every native craft which trades to and from this
Port, we therefore certainly cannot afford to relax our super- vision over them, and I am afraid that of late unknowingly we have given them facilities for evading the law and escaping
payment of our dues.
To remedy this state of things I would advise first, the appointment I have asked for of a temporary Junk Inspector; second, that the Captain Supt. of Police he requested to instruct the Harbour Police to be particular and vigilant in requiring all unlicensed Junks to be in the Junk Anchorages unless they are provided with "Permits", also that the Police while patrolling the harbour, occasionally board Junks underwe- igh and see that their papers are in order
With regard to the pay of this additional man
I would suggest that it should not be less than $40 a month which, seeing that under the present distribution of salaries there is lapsing a sum of $17.50 a month, will mean an addi- tional expenditure of $270 a year which I hope will be cover-
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