[41] Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island, Vol. II, p. 143. [42] One Thomas Holloway appears in the Annual Register as “High Constable” in 1827. [43] The Supreme Court supplanted the Recorder’s Court in 1823, and was opened in 1824. [44] F. D. Drewitt, _Bombay in the days of George IV_. [45] P. B. Malabari, _Bombay in the Making_, p. 283. [46] _Times of India_, September 22, 1894. [47] Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island, Vol. II, p. 224 (note 2.) [48] Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island, Vol. II, p. 146-7. [49] S. T. Sheppard, _The Byculla Club_, p. 5. [50] Mrs. Postans, _Western India_ in 1838, Vol. I, p. 27. The _Pagis_ received about Rs. 7 a month for prowling about the compounds of houses by night. [51] Ibid., Vol. II, p. 222. [52] Mrs. Postans, _Western India in 1838_, Vol. I, p. 92. [53] Mrs. Postans, _Western India in 1838_, Vol. I, p. 27. [54] _Bombay Times_, Feb. 22, 1845. [55] Ibid., July 31, 1844. [56] Report of Bombay Chamber of Commerce, 1854-55, pp. 11, 12. [57] _Bombay Times_, December 14th, 1850. [58] _Bombay Times_, October 18, 1851. [59] _Report on the Administration of Public Affairs in the Bombay Presidency for 1855-56._ “During the year 1855 great reforms have been effected in the Police within the jurisdiction of His Majesty’s Supreme Court. Complaints were made by the Chamber of Commerce of the venality of the European constables and of the inefficiency of the general force. These complaints, and other circumstances which induced suspicion, determined Government to place in immediate command of the Police, Mr. Forjett, the most active and efficient of the Mofussil Superintendents, a gentleman who had once been a Foujdar, and who had risen to high and responsible appointments, solely through his own remarkable energy, acuteness and ability. An enquiry by this gentleman soon showed the existence of corruption among the European Constables, a corruption which impaired the efficiency of the whole force. A considerable number were summarily dismissed, and a thorough reform in Police arrangements throughout the Island was commenced by the new Superintendent. These are still in progress: but the Government has been assured that a feeling of entire security as to life and property is now entertained by all classes of the community.” [60] Mr. B. Aitken in _Old and New Bombay_ states that Forjett was partly of French descent, and that the family name was originally Forget. Owing to constant mispronunciation, Forjett eventually anglicised the name in the form now familiar to students of Bombay history. [61] See General Adm. Report, Bombay, 1855-56 and 1858-59. [62] Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island, Vol. II, p. 244. [63] The Annual Adm. Rep. Bombay Pres. for 1858-59 mentions that only one case of burglary had occurred in that year and that “robberies with violence have entirely disappeared”. [64] Annual Police Returns, showing state of crime, for 1859-61. (India Office Records).