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and supported by the Captain Superintendent of Police, whose
experience in the Colony entities his opinion to great
consideration.
Shortly after taking over the manage-
ment on the Gaol in April last I was forced to believe
that the present System of enlistment in such a narrow
the field was far from successful in obtaining that class of
men that an English Government would desire; and it is ap-
parent that no mere increase of salaries would be sufficiert
without obtaining a larger field for recruiting. Applicants
in present circumstances are mostly discharged sailors
who look on arunkenness and consequent neglect of duty
as venial offences and who regard dismissal from the Service
ore as an inconvenience than anything else. As a result
during the last four months there have been more than ten
changes in dtotal of thirty-five Turnkeys and assistants,
and besides three have been covicted in the Police Court
on graver charges than those simply meriting dismissal.
I have come to the conclusion that
under the present syste. Officers, generally, obtain far more
than they are personally worth while the posts are insuf-
ficiently paid if hela by reliable and well concucted men.
I hould therefore recommend that the
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present staff be disposed of in various ways,v
,viz:-
(1) By allowing certain Officers to join under
the new conditions.
(2) By compulsorily retiring those who have ada
comparatively long service but who are not up to the new
standard.
(3)