as
የያ
Meer Y. PY.
No. 136.
B.
128
The Captain Superintendent's Office.
Police Department.
hongkong, 7th. Suptember, 1912.
sir.
In reply to your letter Ko. 3 in 4022/1.12 of the 4th. instant, I have the honour to submit the following remarks:-
onourable
(a). The arrangement by which the Sergeant in charge ot
Cheung Chau nas been allowed to sleep in catshed out- -side the station during the hot sonths is no recent one. It dates back for over neven ere, and I feel quite certain that I obtained the sanction of the Government for it at the time of its inception, though I„ have not been able to trace any docwents in support of this utatalent. The ratsbod is only aute Sut yards dis- -tant from the station, which it, overlooks, and the Sergeant could run from one to the other in I should say half a minute. In the summer months the awful neat, the absence of any free currant of fresh air, the pest of flies and the stench from the oighbouring distillery ronder the Bergeente cleeping room a place of horror for
hiawelf and unbearable for his wife. I am told that
nearly all the villagers sleep out of doors in the
quirer.
(b). The arrangement by dich thu Intian Constables live out
of the station lubay from ahout the game time. It has
always boon customary to allow solo of die Indians who
have wives and families to live out of barracks, es-
-pecially in the New Territories and other outstations where alone housing is rent mably cheap. I cannot deny
ue Colonial Secretary.
that
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.