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British Police......$5.00 per diem each.

Russian Guards.

$3.00 per diem each.

Indian Guards..

$1.25 per diem each.

Chinese Guards......

.75 per diem each.

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The Guards are supplied at the flat monthly rate shown

This arrangement works very satisfactorily

above.

except possibly in the case of the Canadian Pacific

Steamships Ltd., whose Guards are not employed for half

of the month as there are not sufficient steamers

running between Hong Kong and Shanghai to keep them

fully employed. On all the other lines the Guards

are kept fully occupied.

4. All Recruits were given a month's intensive

training before being sent on board the ships and results

appear to show that the training was satisfactory. The new arrangements have now been working for 3 months

and the reports from the Ships Captains and the

Companies themselves are most satisfactory and

encouraging. Discipline is good and the wishes of the

Shipping Companies are met as far as possible.

results up to date confirm the opinion formed long ago

that there is nothing wrong with the Guards supplied by

the Police. Provided they receive adequate supervision

they are satisfactory but if left to themselves as were

the Indian Guards in the past they are certain to be

useless and unsatisfactory.

5.

follows:-

The rates of pay of the Guards are as

The

I. British Police Srgts.......£240 per annum

II. Northern Chinese Guards. Corporals, 1st Class Pcs.

or

£ 20 per mensem.

$336 per annum

or

$ 28 per mensem.

2nd.