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Captain William Lonsdale of the 4th King's Own Regiment to 

 be Police Magistrate for the district. A week later he advised 

 the Colonial Office that he had promptly despatched the Rattle- 

 snake, Captain Hobson, to convey Lonsdale to his new sphere of 

 action, and had arranged for the necessary military guard and civil 

 staff. 



