CO129-301 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [9-12] — Page 35

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Enclosure 1.

HongKong, 8th.March, 1997,

REGS 20 OUT 00

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Sir,

I have the honour to inform you

that at a meeting of the District Watchmen's Committee

held on the 4th. inst., it was resolved inter alia:-

That in accordance with the recom-

mendation of the Registrar General supported by the Crp-

tain Superintendent of Police, a station' be erected in

the Taipingshan Resumed Area for the accommodation of

the 51 District Watchmen for the Districts Nos.3,4,5, and

6 in lieu of the premises now occupied by them, and two

European sergeants be detached from the Police Force to

live in the Station, as to aid the Committee in exercis-

inge closer supervision over the District Watchmen's

Force.

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That the Government be requested to

grant a site in the said area to the east of the Po Leung

Kuk for the erection of the station, to furnish the Com-

mittee with an estimate of the cost of erection of the

station and to bear the cost of the quarters for the

European sergeants.

I beg therefore to request that is

Excellency the Governor may see his way to comply with

the wishes of the Committee.

I have etc.,

{st) ko look,

lion. Secretary.

Hon. J..Stewart-Lockhart,

Registrar General.