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Rent and other revenue the Assistant District Officer takes
his instructions from the District Officer who remains gen-
erally responsible to the Treasurer for their prompt and
efficient collection.
10.
The questions of the performance
of such Police supervision as is still required in the New
Territories forms the chief difficulty. I consulted the
Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, Captain Lyons,
who
has experience of similar conditions in the Federated Malay
States and found him strongly in favour of my proposals. I
attach a copy of his Minute.
Mr. Hallifax who for some years
has held the appointment of Assistant Superintendent of
police (now District Officer) in the New Territories and
has a more intimate acquaintance with the circumstances
than anyone else is also strongly of the same view.
These
officers are of opinion that the efficiency of the Police
will be in no way lessened and that the District Officers
will be able to exercise a supervision and control no less
effective than the present, since the Sergeants in Charge
of Police stations already communicate direct and take
their orders direct from Headquarters in Hongkong.
Mr. Clementi who formerly held the
post of Assistant Land Officer in the New Territories and
has
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