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to the entire satisfaction of the ruler. This
service of Mr. A. J. Dunlop is in no way inferior
to the services rendered by him to the State in
the Revenue Department at the head of which
he remained as Director-General till his retire-
ment in 1911. He was succeeded by Mr. G.E.C.
Wakefield, C.I.E., O.B.E., anotherfine officer and
a man of great practical ability. He too, like
Mr. Dunlop, spoke Urdu fluently with a correct
accent, and had a courteous and pleasing manner
which made him popular.
Mr. A. ^C Hankin
Soon after my final return from England in
1896, I was staying with my father at the Waran-
gal Subedari and there I met Mr, Hankin* one day
at lunch. He had been appointed Inspector-
General of the District Police a short time before
that, and was on his inspection tour in the Warangal
Suba. I was favourably impressed with what
I saw of him and felt that we should be friends
in future ; and so it actually was, all the years that
he remained with us. Our friendship not only
continued, but increased. We did not meet very
often, but whenever we did meet, it was as old
friends between whom there was no barrier
of formality.
Mr. Hankin's service to the State can never
be forgotten or overestimated. From the wretch-
ed condition of inefficiency in which the District
Police had remained for years, since the departure
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