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Chief of Police, for without sleepless vigilance he 

 is liable to lose a notable percentage of his crop by 

 " lifting." 



In this connection an authoritative opinion is 

 well worth quoting : 



" The man to be selected should not only know 

 personally every individual under him, his likes and 

 prejudices, how he fares and how he conducts 

 himself, even to the cares and little worries of his 

 family, but he should have in mind, like the doctor 

 in the hospital, a note of each tree and its progress, 

 as well as a shrewd idea of what produce, stores, 

 and implements are on the estate, and how it goes 

 with the animals and livestock generally. He 

 should not be unduly pestered with nerve-racking 

 worries of lesser importance that can be well 

 attended to by his assistants, nor asked to elabo- 

 rate too frequent official reports and investigations, 

 which are irrelevant to the matter in hand, but 

 which may be demanded by a nervous Board not 

 well up to the work personally, and therefore at 

 the mercy of some over- zealous shareholder or 

 scientific faddist at home." 



This subject may be left with the final remark 

 that money spent by any Board on the housing 

 and general welfare and comfort of the manager 

 and his staff will always prove a sound investment. 

 Some companies are sufficiently generous and well 

 advised to encourage the development of amuse- 



