To the Editor of the "Norra Cura Dary New Sim,—I have not had an opportunity of examining the complete Police Report, bat [have read the abstract appearing in your paper this morning. and I am led to inquire, What are the suggested status and prospects of those Butterflies of the Force, the Police pending reorganiza-
Tt was my understanding at one time that these men were understudies and prospective successors to the: heads of the force, but it seems very unlikely that one of these men (let alone three) would be willing to mark time for the ten or fifteen years necessary for him to achieve the mature sears now required of the Superintendent. Atleast that in my sum i the cadets remade and dition During" several years' residence in Shanghai I do not recall that mention has been made of but two lines of work in which these men have been engaged, tone along jaunt to India for Sikh recruits, and the other, duties of a more or less clerical nature in the Mixed Court.
Tam, ete., A Cortous Rarerayen, Shanghai, August 16.
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