The difficulty soon began to be felt. In June a Commissioner was appointed for the Eastern Division, Mr. St. G. Tucker, from the Punjab. In August and September three more commissionerships were constituted, to one of which, the Northern, was appointed Mr. Burgess (the late Mr. G. D. Burgess), of the Burma Commission; to the Central Division, Mr. F. W. Fryer (now Sir Frederick Fryer), from the Punjab; and Mr. J. D. La Touche (now Sir James La Touche) from the North-Western Provinces to the Southern Division. The Chief Commissioner delegated to them, in their respective divisions, the general control of the district officers and the revision of their judicial proceedings, including the duty of confirming sentences of death. The administrative divisions of the province, excluding the Shan States, then stood as follows:-- 1. The Northern Division Bhamo Katha Shwèbo Ruby Mines Mandalay 2. The Central Division Sagaing Kyauksè Yeu Chindwin Ava 3. The Eastern Division Meiktila Yamèthin Ningyan (afterwards called Pyinmana) 4. The Southern Division Myingyan Pagan Minbu Taungdwingyi This organization enabled the Chief Commissioner to attend to his own work and brought the task of governing the whole of Burma within the powers of an energetic man. It enabled him to give sufficient time to the organization of the revenue and of the police and to the exercise of that control without which there could be no united action. The attempt to govern without an authority intervening between the executive officers in the districts and the head of the province was due to a desire for economy, and to the belief that in this way there would be closer connection and easier communication between the Chief Commissioner and the executive officers. In fact, the contrary was the result, and in all such cases must be. The framework of a civil administration had now been formed. It remained to give the district officers such armed support as would enable them to govern their charges.