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Note on the Police and Fire Brigades.
The strength of the police is as follows:-
Captain-Superintendent
Deputy British force
Indian
Chinese
39
"
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Total
Horses
Steam-launches
Steam-pinnaces
Whaie-boats
--
They are organized as land and water police as follows:-
British
Indians Chinese
Chinese
Total
Total
Grand total
:
LAND POLICE.
::::
:
..
1
142
350
249
743
Chief Inspector and Inspectors.
Sergeants
and
Police Constables.
Total.
Acting Sergeants.
16
49
77
142
1 (Jemadar)
16
833
350
7
242
249
17
72
652
741
WATER POLICE.
Chief Inspector
and Inspectors.
Sergeants and Acting Sergeants.
Engineers, Stokers and Seamen.
Total.
17
76
137
141
137
141
789
882
The Europeans and Indians are armed with M.E. carbines and sword-bayonets; the Chinese with swords only.
In case of war with any Power other than China, it is anticipated that 50 European and 100 Indian police, all trained to the use of arms, and the majority marksmen, can be spared to give assistance in the military defence, besides 100 Chinese who would be useful only for patrolling and obtaining information, but invaluable for the latter purpose.
With China as a hostile Power, the Chinese could not be counted on, and the European and Indian police could not be spared for military work.
In any case the southern shores of the island from Mount Davis to Shiako Bay, including Cape D'Aguilar, will be patrolled and watched by the police.
A system of police patrols has already been tried and found to answer well.
Fire Brigade.-A fire brigade exists, composed of 1 Superintendent, 1 Assistant- Superintendent, 10 British and 3 Chinese Engineers, 7 British Foremen, and 22 British and 48 Chinese Firemen.
There are also attached to the brigade an Inspector and Assistant-Inspector, for the purpose of attending to the storage of dangerous goods, but they do not do any other brigade work.
The brigade is manned by members of the police force, who receive extra remunera- tion, and are available for attending fires when off duty only. The places of most of the policemen would have to be filled in war time by civilian volunteers, who would, it is assumed, come forward in large numbers to supplement the brigade, which forms an efficient nucleus.
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