The Chairman of the Watch Committee alludes to the growing number of robberies taking place in the back streets of the Settlement, to which his attention has been drawn by a ratepayer and by numerous Chinese, He connects this state of affairs with the shortness of the foreign strength of the Force, to remedy which steps have boon and are being taken, The Council confines itself at present to recording the view that the careful and sustained attention of the Police should be devoted to the matter.
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