by being assiduous.

for the meritorious conduct of that Superintendent.

No:5.

Sir,

107

Chief Magistrate's Office,

Victoria, 15th February 1845.

Since the appointment of Mr Hillier,

Assistant Police Magistrate,

to the

Superintendence of the Southern District

in June

the Island in

Regulations

other

t... last, partly owing to the

now in force, and partly from other

causes, crime there has so much

diminished, that the continuous presence

of a Magistrate does not

appear to be as imperative as it was then.

added to this,

the improved bridle path to Chekcher, and the Road to Shek-pai-wan, have made these two villages, for which Police superintendence was so much required,

more accessible

The Honorable

P. M. d'A. Bruce,

Colonial Secretary,

Vc.

from

Victoria than they were

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