War
Land Board
Miscellaneous
I remember the year
dahobes now. This was during
two Governorships. I was about this year in connection with the gold escort troop. I was then severely wounded
in an encounter with bushrangers, I returned to England. I was afterwards Superintendent of Police in
(I am now nearly five years of age).
as
was connected with the London Police. It was as a Superintendent of Police and was attached to the Home Secretary's Office. I have performed special duties in various parts of England, Birmingham
& Manchester for instance. Altogether I was about ten years I suppose in these towns and in some of the English Counties. At that time the Police Act had just been passed and the services of experienced officers
were greatly in request. I was sent to various places & to form or perfect their Police forces.
I was afterwards sent to Scotland, where I was under the Sheriff of Lanarkshire. I held the local rank of Lieutenant which is equivalent to that of Superintendent. I was specially employed
in Edinburgh & other places in enforcing Forbes-Mackenzie Act. I was in Scotland less than two years. I sometimes acted as Deputy Procurator Fiscal.
In 1862 the Duke of Newcastle appointed Inspector of Police in the Mauritius, where I remained till I came to Hong Kong.
In my capacity as Inspector of Police, I commanded a Police district, I also acted as Commissioner and Deputy Procurator-General. I prosecuted all cases up to the Assizes. The appointment
of Inspector
Mauritius
is superior in every way to that of Superintendent
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Hong Kong. I had £800 per
Annum in all in the Mauritius
February 29th 1872.
The Regiment I was in was the Fifth
Dragoons. I was a
Cornet. This was in
1813
I was specially attached to the Home Secretary's Office with the title of Superintendent of Police. My
Salary was £200 per annum with travelling allowances. There are many Superintendents of
Police in London, I fancy the rank of Superintendent of Police at home does not equal that of Superintendent of Police
in Hong Kong. A Superintendent is higher than an Inspector.
I beg
leave to submit my printed testimonials. I was specially sent down from London to Birmingham
and Manchester & to obtain some
information for the Home Secretary. On one occasion, I was employed in
Lancashire, investigating disturbances which had taken place, for eighteen months.
My appointments are correctly reported in The Colonial Office List for 1871.
I was frequently sent about from County to County to organise the Police. I was sent to Sussex for instance, to Chichester. In Wiltshire I was at Devizes. At Brighton there
was a Borough force. In Berkshire I was at Reading.
I cannot state the year
in which I was in Lanarkshire under the Sheriff Archibald Alison.