Correspondence from H G Allen of St James's Place, London, to Mr Roch concerning "the two disallowed legs of the Chief Constable's charger" ----- "reasons for no increase such as the very little for the CC (or Inspector) to do, the sparse & decreasing population and its orderly demeanour, the absence of crime & the fact that the officers can get to most places by rail, except St Davids, where we do not often have insurrections or even burglaries & seldom even a petty larceny." "I see our Surveyor has succumbed in his struggle and this morning's post brings me some applications from men wishing to be his successor; I suppose all have the qualification of having failed on their own farms, which is the most usual guarantee for success in managing the public affairs." 1897