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officer acting as Magistrate's Clerk in place of an officer of the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff and two officers at present absent from the Colony who were Magistrates of the Central Magistracy immediately before proceeding on leave. Even if a Cadet officer continues to act next year as Magistrate's Clerk there will only be

three Cadet officers in the department.

The

Under "Special Expenditure", Magistracy, Kowloon, $1,000 is provided for the purchase of law books. Kowloon Magistracy has always been starved in this respect and it is considered that the Magistrates should be provided with the nucleus of a Law Library to which they can refer.

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There are appreciable reductions in "Personal

Emoluments" and "Special Expenditure" and a small increase in "Other Charges". My Honourable friend, Mr. Wolfe, who

is described in the Estimates as Cadet Officer, Class I, retires early next year and the post of Inspector General of Police makes its first appearance in the Estimates, the scale being that recommended by the Salaries Commis- sion for Mr. Wolfe's successor. With Mr. Wolfe's re-

tirement the Colony loses the last of what I may term the older generation of its Cadet Officers for Mr.Wolfe was appointed in the last century and there is a gap of nearly six years between his appointment and that of the next oldest member of the service. Mr. Wolfe will have completed nearly thirty five years of service under this Government during which he has devoted himself whole heartedly to the various duties which have fallen to his lot. The present efficiency of the Police and the Fire