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roads. Putting them on such duty had a good effect for a time,

but I think the effect has worn off and that they will be now quite as useful, and less likely to become "slack", if they return to the ordinary uniform duties.

6.

This will still leave 6 Indians and 4

Chinese to be provided, and 1 accordingly request authority to increase my Estimates for 1904 for the Land Police by that

number.

7.

With regard to the Water Police I think it would be an excellent thing to station a small force and a a pinnace at Capsuimun. This would enable a proper watch to be kept on Tsun Wan and other villages near it which are a very long distance from any of the existing Stations. There are goodquarters there already, I could spare an European to take charge, and the only additions required to the Estimates would be a Coxswain, and Engineer, a Stoker, a couple of

seamen, and a Station coolie. These additions I ask authority

to make.

8.

To sum up, the net additions and ex- penditure involved if the above proposals are approved would

be as follows:-

8 I.P.C. at $150

4.0.0. at $120

2 Seamen at $120

1 Engineer at $216

1 Stoker at $144

1 Coolie at $64 1 Coxswain

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$2,580 to which must be added about $1,200 to cover the cost of ration allowances, and Indians' remittance privilege. I should add that this increase if approved cannot be looked upon as final. A considerable portion of the Reclamation still remains to be

built over and both Hongkong and Kowloon are continuously

increasing