TABLE E.
RETURN shewing the STRENGTH, ENLISTMENTS and CASUALTIES in the Police Force during 1893.
77
Strength of the Force.
Enlistments.
Deaths.
Resignation through Sickness.
Resignation through expiry of
Dismissals
Total Number
or
term of Service or otherwise.
Desertions.
of Casualties.
European,
118
12
1
13
6
32
•
Indian,..
226
14
2
2
12
11
41
Chinese,
357
59
3
1
33
35
131
Total,..
701*
85
6
3
58
52
204
* This number includes the Police paid for by other Departments and Private Firms but is exclusive of :-
1 Captain Superintendent,
1 Deputy
Do.,
1 Paymaster,
› Grand Total, 759.
3 Clerks,
52 Coolies,
Police Department, Hongkong, January, 1894.
Enclosure.
F. H. MAY, Captain Superintendent of Police.
POLICE SCHOOL, HONGKONG, 1st February, 1894.
SIR, I have the honour to submit the following remarks on the Police School for 1893. The attendance has been very much the same as in previous years, and, considering the conditions under which the School is carried on, has been fairly satisfactory.
The attendance at school is at all times necessarily subordinated to Police duties proper, and the nature of these duties, which involve periodical changes and transfers from time to time, will always prevent regular and unbroken attendance. The limited time of three hours weekly is thus much curtailed, and results usually obtained in ordinary schools cannot be looked for.
During the past year it was thought advisable in the Indian and Chinese classes to give Reading and Colloquial Lessons by means of easy sentences referring to the actual duties of the men, as the text reading books were compiled for the use of very young children and not well suited for Asiatic adults.
These text books will not be renewed as the Captain Superintendent has now in press a simple reading book from which the teachers anticipate most favourable results.
The most important step with reference to the school has been the introduction of a scheme of examination whereby Indians and Chinese may obtain an allowance for a knowledge of English.
I do not anticipate that many will pass the standard fixed, but the good effect of the scheme has already been noticed in the increased attention given by many of the men attending school.
The scheme has given great satisfaction and supplies a stimulus long required. Several changes have occurred in the teaching staff during the year.
Mr. CHAN WING KIU retired and was succeeded by Mr. ALLI BUX.
Mr. LUK KING-FO, a most zealous and efficient teacher, discontinued his services at the end of the year and it has been thought unnecessary to fill the vacancy thus caused.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
F. H. MAY, Esq.,
Captain Superintendent of Police.
Your most obedient Servant,
W. M. B. ARTHUE,
Master in Charge.
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