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The Chairman of the Municipal Coun€il: As a ratepayer and without haying any stress on the point, I would like to propose this resolution. For your information I would remind you that if this resolution is carried it will require a tax of .6214 per cent. on house and .0689 per cent. on land, which put together amount to one-third increased tax for this year, In subsequent years $8,000 will be required annually, representing a rate of .8285 on house tax and .0919 land tax.
Mr. Riggio seconded the adoption of the resolution. At this stage H.B.M. Congul-General read out again the amendment which was proposed by Mr. Browne. The ques- tion, Mr. Browne said was whether they were to increase the force by Chinese or Sikhs. It was a matter requiring care- ful consideration, There were many objections to the em- ployment of Sikhs, which were well-known to everybody.
In the first place it was a well-known fact that when it came to the handling of Chinese they were not aaarly so gentle in their methods as they might be. Then again if Sikhs were employed they would soon turn the place into a haunt for unregistered money-lenders. Experience in other parte of the Far East had shown that they were not a succese. Sikh police had been engaged in hongkong and Shanghai and this had led to trouble. If there had been trouble in these ports there was far more likelihood of trouble here where they had to deal with Chinese in such large numbers. They had to remember that there would be that there would considerable difficulty experienced in enforcing the new traffic regulations and if tact was not used there was just the possibility of trouble. They all know what had happened in Hankow where demonstrations were held in the Native City owing to this sort of thing. And here in Shameen it would be far more difficult to deal with Sikhs than in Shanghai or Hongkong. If tact was not
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