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completed his training course in England in July, 1939, having

been selected the previous year, he would normally have reached

the Colony at the end of August or early September, 1939. I

think it is only equitable therefore to place him in the

seniority list immediately below Mr. Fay.

7.

Next to Mr. Wright-Nooth will be the officers

appointed in the "war group". Some appointments are still

subject to acceptance by the officers concerned, e.g., Messrs.

A. Pittendrigh and G. Leys. The application of the principles

laid down in Colonial Office pamphlet R.D.W.6 to this group

will produce the following order of seniority by age:-

A. Pittendrigh

G. Leys

A. D. Monkhouse

H. S. Haig Brown

J. T. MacKenzie

N. G. Rolph

This I consider satisfactory. Following these officers will

be Messrs. Chester-Woods, Whant and Binstead in that order.

8.

You will observe that I have included Messrs.

Monkhouse and Rolph as Assistant Superintendents of Police.

In their letters of appointment they are described as Police

Cadets. They are in fact on the Assistant Superintendent

of Police incremental scale and I consider they should be

regarded as Assistant Superintendents of Police on probation

instead of Police Cadets. At the time they were appointed

there were no firm vacancies for Assistant Superintendents

of Police, but the approved increase in the Senior Officers'

establishment has altered the position and I would prefer

to regard the two posts of Police Cadets as vacant for the

purposes of further recruitment.

9.

In order to demonstrate the order of seniority

produced by my proposals above and the actual establishment

position, I attach a list showing the proposed order of

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