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Hon. Inspector General of Police,
According to your instructions we have held an
enquiry into the loss of these Badges. It appears that they were supplied locally by the St. John's Ambulance Society
not later than 1927. When they were received they were
found to be unsuitable for our purposes, and were put away
in a drawer in the Store. It seems a pity that they were
not returned at once to the St. John's Ambulance Society.
About September 1929 a new stock of Badges was received.
They were put in the drawer where the old Badges had been
kept for upwards of two years. The old Badges were taken
out of the drawer, where there was no room for them, and
put aside on a shelf at the back of the Store. They subsequently disappeared.
stolen, as the chances of pilfering are very remote. The
Chinese Staff of the Police Store are searched every evening
by the Store Keeper before they go off duty. Even the Dust Bin is examined daily in order to prevent any small articles
being concealed in the rubbish and taken away from the Store
in this manner. It is possible that the parcel containing
the Badges was removed inadvertently to the "unserviceable stores" room in the Upper Levels Police Station, and got mixed up with other metal which accumulates from time to time and is eventually sold by auction. The badges were valueless except as old metal. We recommend that they be
written off.
It is unlikely that they were
In our opinion there was a certain amount of
carelessness shewn by Police Sergeant Sabey. The Badges, although useless for Police purposes, were still a stock charge, and should have been properly looked after until condemned by a Board of Survey. We therefore recommend that Sergeant Sabey be called upon to pay a proportion of their
stock book value.
(Sd.) P. P. J. Wodehouse, (Sd.) W. Kent,
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