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Command of the Police; authorized to replace the Superintendent when indisposed or absent." His pay (already voted) will be at the rate of : three hundred pounds (£300) per annum, including allowances. It will be remembered that this arrangement will secure not only far greater efficiency, but also greater economy than the previous arrangement, by which there was a Civilian Deputy Superintendent, whose pay and allowances amounted to £800 per annum; or than the new arrangement suggested by the Colonial Office in the despatch No 162 of 1883.
Hi I may -mention, in conclusion, that Captain Dempster is well known to, and strongly recommended by Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Herbert, K.C.B., the present Quarter-Master-General of the Army,
I have the honour to be My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, SMBowen
Gov 11681/83 Sue Governor's despatch No of May 36