some testimonials that I have received
from high officials who have had
special experience in the Colony
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I have the honour to be
Sir.
Your most Obedient Servant,
Testimonials.
Letter of thanks written by command of His Excellency
Sir Arthur Kennedy, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief from 1872 to 1877, and printed in the Hong Kong Government Gazette of 2nd March, 1877.
Copy
No. 46. Government Notification:
The following letter addressed to the Captain Superintendent of Police is published for general information.
By command.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong. 14th March 1877.
(signed) J. Gardiner Austin. Colonial Secretary.
No.126.
Sir,
Hong Kong Department of Police.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong,
28th February, 1877.
I am desired by His Excellency the Governor to beg you will accept and convey to the Officers and Inspectors of the Force his high appreciation of the aid they have afforded him in the maintenance
of law and order during his administration.
His Excellency trusts that the Force will long maintain the high character for honour and efficiency, which they have attained to.
I have the honour to be
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) J. Gardiner Austin,
To W. M. Deane, Esqre Captain Superintendent of Police.
Colonial Secretary.
Letter from Sir Brocke Robertson, K.C.B. formerly Consul at Canton and Consul General at Shanghai.
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Athenaeum Club: Pall Mall.
London, 22nd May, 1880.
Dear Mr Deane
I have had ample opportunities of seeing the Police Force of Hong Kong from the time you took charge of it, until I left China in 1878, and can
state the state of discipline and efficiency to which you brought it;
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