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island under a Europeon Sergeant to assist the Penghulu in 

 keeping order, and in March, 1875, Inspector WARNE was 1875. 

 sent to take charge of the Station. After remaining there six 

 months, he was relieved by Inspector COOPER in September 

 of the same year, and the latter was in charge till April, 1877, 1877. 

 when Captain Lloyd, who was appointed Superintendent of 

 the Dindings on the 29th March, took charge. 



On the 26th October, 1878, after only eighteen months' 1878. 

 service, Captain LLOYD was brutally murdered by some of the 

 Chinese coolies from the Lumut Estate, who, being thrown out 

 of employment, naturally turned to their favourite pastime of 

 gang-robbery. The details of this crime are familiar to most 

 people in the Straits, and I will not dwell on them here. 



After Captain Lloyd's murder, Mr. R. R. Bruce, then an 

 Inspector in the Perak Police, was placed temporarily in 

 charge of the Dindings. He was appointed Superintendent 

 at the beginning of 1879, and continued to hold that post till 1879. 

 15th September, 1882, when he nearly lost his life under the 1882. 

 following circumstances. One Haji OSMAN BIN HASAN had 

 gone "amok" at Telok Sera and wounded four boys, and had 

 then been killed by the Penghulu and Assistant Penghulu. 

 On going into the case, Mr. BRUCE found that one Haji 

 HASAN, who was then at Taiping, was required as a wit- 

 ness, and had him brought to Pangkor. On the 15th Sep- 

 tember, Mr. BRUCE examined Haji HASAN in the old "balei" 

 or court-house at Pangkor, Captain Lloyd's former resi- 

 dence. Haji Hasan knew nothing of the "amok" at Telok 

 Sera, and at first Mr. BRUCE did not tell him about it, but 

 subsequently he did so. One of the boys who had been 

 wounded was related to Haji HASAN, and the latter seemed 

 much disturbed and put out by the news. He asked leave 

 to go at once to Telok Sera and see the boy, but as he was 

 not reported to be dangerously wounded, Mr. BRUCEtold Haji 

 HASAN he could go as soon as the enquiry was finished. He 

 said nothing further and seemed satisfied. Shortly afterwards 

 Mr. BRUCE and Inspector McKeon of the Perak Police ad- 

 journed to an inner room for breakfast. They had not been 

 there long, when Inspector McKeon happened to look up, 



