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(21,442). Wt.32,686—3. 6000. 2/10. A.&E.W.

CONFIDENTIAL.

Hongkong.

My Lord,

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Reo 1 OCT 10,

Government House,

Hongkong, 31st. August, 1910.

With reference to my Confidential

po Despatch of the 9th. instant, I have the honour to trans-

-mit the enclosed copy of correspondence with the Chief

A. + B. & C.

Justice.

2.

I am not in accord with the

Piggott's

suggestion made in the 4th. paragraph of Sir F.

letter. The system in the Hongkong Police is the same as

that which obtains in the Royal Irish Constabulary which

is recognised as being one of the best regulated Police

Administrations in the world.

This system is that the Executive

Officers of Police and in minor cases the Inspectors of

Police (in Ireland called Head Constables) conduct all

prosecutions except such as present legal difficulties

of the nature that demand legal assistance, or such as are

of such importance that legal assistance is considered

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREWE,

&C...

&c. *

&C -

desirable.