Among the many branches of the local Police force, not the least interesting is the mounted section, At present the force consists of a trooper-inspector, Inspector Spottiswoode, a trooper sergeant and twenty-six Sikh troopers, whose duties comprise the patrolling of the outlying districts and roads on the boundaries of the Settlement. It will readily be recognized that thie work can only be done by mounted men, and as the districts have opened up it has been found necessary considerably to increase the numbers. In 1896 the force con:
isted of six Sikhs and one foreign reeper, but in the course of time men have been attached to the Principal "'out" stations, until today no fewer than six stations have troopers on the roll. There ai ten Sikhs and a foreigner at Bul bling Well, six Sikhs and a foreigner -Yangtszenoo, four Sikhs at
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