Extract from Colonial Office List.
Deene, W.M.-Graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1862. M. A. 1866. Elected Student Interpreter, Hong Kong, March 28, 1862, Extra A. D. C. 10 Sir Hércules Robinson ; 1864; passed as Interpreter 1865, Private Secretary to
the Administrator Hon T. Mercer, 1865,
Justice of the Prace 1865, Acting Registrar General 1865. Acting Captain. - Superintendent of Police, Oct. 1866, confirmed July 1868. Wounded severely on duty 1878, Acting Colonial Treasurer 1881, to February 1882. Born 22nd June, 1840.
Additional Testimonials.
Testimonial from His Excellency Sir George Bowen, SC.M.G Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong.
Sir George Bowen, G. C.M. G. Severnor of Hong Kong, having
heard that Mr Doane the Captain Superintendent of the Police Corps in this Colony,
leave of absence in England, is a Candidate for the office of Chief Constable of Somersetshire; has much pleasure in bearing his testimony to the merits and services of that gentleman .
Mr Deane was educated at the University of Cambridge, and afterwards entered the Colonial Service by competition examination in 1862. After
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holding some minor posts under the Government of Hong Kong, he was appointed to the important office of Captain-Superintendent of the Police, which he has now hold for seventeen years, to the entire satisfaction of the Colonial Government and of the general Community. The Police Force consists of over seven hundred men, and its efficiency in this peculiar society, could not have been maintained, if its Head had not known how to combine strict discipline with considerate attention to the requirements of the men, and a capacity for understanding their individual characters. Moreover, Mr Deane has acted temporally occasions, as Colonial Secretary, and Treasurer, and has thus acquired a sound official education, that could not fail to be of practical use in any office to which he may
be appointed. Mr Deane has maintained cordial relations with the departments of this Colonial Government, with which his duties bring him into contact, and with the Chinese Authorities of the neighbouring mainland. Previous Governors have been of opinion that Mr. Deane's high standing as an
as an officer and gentleman, and his special aptitude for unravelling complicated cases, together with his legal,
- acumen, make him valuable in the detection of crime, and in the conduct of criminal cases.
While wishing him every success in obtaining suitable employment in England, the Governor and the Colonial Government would regret the loss Mr. Deane's services in Hong Kong:
of
(Signed) Sir G. Bowen, Government House, Hong Kong,
March 144 1884.