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Registrar GENERAL'S OFFICE, 13th December, 1889.
This is to artify that Urrex Sisen, Police Constable 586 (now Acting Sergeant), served in this Department as Assistant Collector of District Watchman's Rates from May, 1885, to April, 1889, and gave satisfaction.
N. G. MITCHELL-INNES,
ACTING RECOTRAR GENERAT
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I have known Acting Sergeant No. 586, Urrez Srson, of the Hongkong Police for about eight years, and I consider him a man of very good abaracter, sober and stondy. He has beon Drill fustructor to the Indians of the Force for some time.
HONGKONG, 16th February, 1891.
T. C. DEMPSTER, MAJOR,
ADJUTANT, HONGEON POLICE,
SIR,
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Hongkong, 12th March, 1897.
I bave the honour to hand you with this my Petition respecting the matter of my dismissal from the Police Service, which I request you will be pleased to place before His Excellency the Governor for his kind and favourable consideration.
It is very hard on me that after eighteen years of any hard, tithful, and honest service in the Force I should be suddenly dismissed, and deprived altogether of the emolaments I have honestly and faithfully earned, and I therefore humbly pray and entreat that my respectful representation to His Excellency will meet with that consideration which is due to n Government servant of my long standing.
I have the honour to be,
Fir,
Your most obedient servant,
UTTER SINGH. LATE INDIAN SERGEANT-Mason
HONGKONG POLICE FORCE.
To
THE HONOURABLE
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
COLONIAL SECRETARY, HONGKONG.
Το
HIS EXCELLENCY
HONGRONG, 27th May, 1891.
Acting Sergeant 586, Ure Stri, has served in the Police Force under me fur twelve years, aud during that time he has given me entire satisfaction, and I can strongly recommend him as an futerpreter from the English language to the Coloquial and his owa: in all I have found him a good and honest man, and as for the performances of his duties I can testify be can with care carry them out in any respect.
J. CRADOCK,
ACTING CHEF INSPECTOR.
SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG AND ITS
DEFENDENCIES AND VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME,
THE HUMBLE PETITION OF UTTER SINGH, OF No. 12, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, LATE SERGEANT-MAJOR IN THE POLICE FORCE.
MOST RESPECTFULLY BREWETH :---
1-Your Petitioner enlisted in the Police Force of this Colony on the 10th day of December, 1878, as n Police Constable of the 3rd Class, and from that date obtained nine promotions, antil on the 1st day of April, 1825, he became a Police Sergeant of the 1st Class and Indian Sergeant-Major or Jemadhar of the said Police Force. The following is a statement of the promotions of your Petitioner as entered in the Books of the said Police Parce.
DATE Wars JOINED
CENTRAL POLICE SEATION HONGKONG, 20th March, 1884.
This is to cortify that I, the undersigned, have known Sergeant 586, UTTER SINGH, during the fifteen years he han been in the Police Force of this Colony, and have unich pleasure in testifying that I have always found him au intelligent, realous, and reliable officer, who always performs his duties to the satisfaction of bis superior officers.
W. STANTON,
INSPECTOR OF POLICE
RANKS.
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10 December, 1878.
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Sergeant-Major
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CENTRAL POLICE STATION, 17th June, 1895.
The bearer, Sergeant-Major DeveR SINGH, has done duty under me for the past sixteen years, during which time I always found him an honest, trustworthy man, and always very attentive to his duties as Constable-Sergeant, and he now holds the rank of Sergeant-Major.
A. MANN,
INSPECTOR.
2.---- From the said 10th day of December, 1878 to the 3rd day of December, 18:6. when your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force as hereinafter mentioned, your Petitioner's conduct, to the best of his krawledge and belief, was uniformly good; he was never guilty of misconduct or breach of discipline, he performed his duties satisfactorily, and bore a very good character, as could be evidenced from the copies of certificates, marked A to E, herewith attached. Your Petitioner begs to cite here only Major Dempster's venmarks as given in his certificate dated the 16th February, 1891, that "J consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady," and your Petitioner further hegs to add that during the tenure of his service from December, 1878, to Derembes, 1896, he never applied for and never ind had even such a short leave of absence as even a month's leave in the interval.
3-On the mid 3rd day of December, 1896, your l'etitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force by the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police, but your Petitiono honestly believes that he is aware of no such misconduct or neglect of duty on his part as to belit him for such a summary dismissal as has been given him, without any recognition of his full eighteen years' services in the Force.
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