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service or on

attaining the

age

being

of 45, care bein

taken to enlist

about or under the age of

2.5

years.

The ordinary rules

for the Civil Service as

regards

leave seem to be ample, but the

difficulty

iin

carrying

them out.

Men are

required

is that, the men

to provide a substitute during.

their absence.

Previous to the

year

1879 when the Police undertook.

there

the duty of guarding the Gaol

were one European. and twenty two Indians detailed for the Service, at present there are

Sikhs on the only 19 Sikhs

Gaol Guard

staff and it seems to us that if

Government would increase the

number.

every

one or two merr

by

now and

shah

again the Guards

could obtain the usual four months'

leave

į

Leave

or r

full and two mouths

half pay.

only

were

might

Aven

if

avve ira 11

effort

provided

be made to

at €.

ade to let each

Lita L

have about the same amount

of leave as the Indian Police, but under the ordinary Civil Service Regulations.

As regards the other matters of difference such as

bonus etc we do not re convenend

any

change, as considering ther the lot of the Gaol Guard.

salary,

would, if these recommendations be carried out, be fully

Ad

pleasant as that of the Sikh Policeman.

The Government

having approved the change from Policemen to Gaol Guards in 1879,

we do not to the old system.

recomvu vend,

6 reverting

The only char

changes

therefore

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