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The other post was that of Second Police Magistrate. When this vacancy occurred I was a candidate for the post of First Police Magistrate, which was also vacant; and having the assurance of Sir Henry May's strong support "I will push

you all I can" it was unnecessary to weaken the position by applying for the second post as well. I therefore asked that my name should not at the time be entered as a candidate for the post of Second Police Magistrate. I heard no more of the matter till the information as to the final appointments reached me while on sick leave in England: I at once visişted the Colonial Office, only to find that the appointments of both First and Second Magistrates had been already made, and that my attitude with regard to the post or Second Police Magistrate had been misunderstood.

Circumstances had altered

but I had had no opportunity to adjust my application to fit

them.

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If therefore promotion is now denied me, I shall after

14 years' service, which has been seriously affected to my

disadvantage by the official encouragement given me to main-

tain my connection with the Police Force, find myself on the

same third class salary that I have drawn unchanged since

1903; while cadets as much as two years junior to myself have

been for some time holding second class appointments. All the

second class posts are now filled with juniors, so that my

chances of promotion have become exceedingly precarious

at best very distant. In the normal course, if now debarred

from the position of Deputy Superintendent of Police, I can

look forward to no promotion for at least ten years to come,

and before that time my prospects may perhaps be still further

limited by the exclusion of the post of Captain Superintendent

of Police from the preferential list. The posts of Captain

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