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be available to take up the duties at Price Acad Quarters durin

during the absence of the Captains Superintendent

inspechow or otherwise. Such an

officer is the Aching Deputy Super. uitendent whose appointment was

- probation on 14 July 1890. But I conceive that much

revived ou

duties pertaining

1. Deputy

Cy

Ad

they

do to a

Ascistant Superintendent.

a

could not be performed by Supermiter endent of thater Police, he

could do wo more than superintend the duties of

the Water Police / a duty now and hitherto very efficiently performed by the Inspector of Water Police he would have no control over the Police at Yan

a

thority

M'ati, at Aunghan

-

or the land

Police at Isun tha Isin. A super-

intendent of Water Police would

therefore in

my opinion

on

become a

mere medium and an un

unnecessary

one

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one between the Captains Superintend out and the Inspector of Water Police. I therefore consider that

Long

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a

Deputy Supervitendent

is macritanied in the force the -

appointment of a Superintendent of Water Police is neither necess

recessary

however

nor desirable. Possuming

that such an officer was found to be me

recessary

or desirable / there

having at one time been three

superior officers in the force! I have

to observe that in

my opinion tobe of any

-real use his powers would have to be extended beyond the

L

mere supervision of the Water Police But even in this case I see the

gravest objection to an

officer

serving in the Sarboris department

other Departmerch)

for indeed wi

any

being apponited to the Police. I will not here more than barely refer to the friction likely to occur, and which

already

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