To maintain order in the city there is a chief of the police (military officer) with one assistant and required number of policemen. To keep order on the river, and amongst the junks there is appointed a guardship under command of an officer, and with sufficient number of river policemen. Besides maintaining general order in the City, the police are charged with making reports of the numbers of the population, houses, and public institutions. The River Police are ordered to refuse ad-pittance to the port of junks with arms, Chinese soldiers, and munitions of war.
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