source: Sydney Gazette, September 3, 1825
New Regulations Regarding the Police Service in Sydney, 1825.

The Superintendent of Police deems it necessary to give Publicity to the Orders he has 
received from His Excellency the Govenor, under Date 30th August, 1825.

1	The Governor has been pleased to direct the following Arrangements, in the 
	Police Department in Sydney,to have Effect from the First Day of September,1825

2.	That to enable the Principal Superintendent of Police to discharge the Duties 
	of his Department, and for the Collection of the Fees and Fines, there shall 
	be a Principal Clerk, with a Salary of £150 per annum: which Salary shall 
	be increased annually, at the rate of £5, but not to exceed  £175 pounds.

3.	That there shall be a Second Clerk, with a Salary of  £72 per annum; that 
	there be a Third Clerk, with a Salary of  £50 per annum; and that these 
	Salaries be in lieu of all Fees, Perquiestes, and Allowances whatsoever.

4.	That all Fees,received in the Police Offive,be paid to the Colonial Treasurer, 
	and a Return of the same made to His Excellency the Governor,at the end of 
	every Quarter.

5.	That the Out-door Police Establishment consist of the Chief Constable, with a 
	Salary of £130 per annum; of two Police Officers, at Salaries of £100 each,to 
	increase  £10 every year, until they reach the maximum of  £200; as also,£50 
	per annum, in lieu of Lodging and Fuel; and a Commutation in Money,in leiu of 	
	Rations,equal to  £13 per annum each; 
	of eight Wardsmen,with Salaries of  £60 per annum;of Sixteen Conductors,with 
	Salaries of  £52 per annum;and of Forty-eight Patrole Men, with Salaries of 
	 £40 per annum

6.	That each of the Wardsmen,Conductors, and Patrole Men shall have, at the 
	Expiration of Five Years' continued Rates of Pay, as above stated, provided 
	the Principal Superintendent of Police shall recommend the same, on Account 
	of good Conduct during that Period.

7.	That the Wardsmen, or First Class, shall, after 21 Years Service, be permitted 
	to retire on a Pension of 2s per diem; that the Conductors, or Second Class,be 
	permitted to retire on a Pension of.6d per diem,after the same Term of Service; 
	and the Patrole Men,or Third Class,on a Pension of 1s. per diem,after the said 
	Term.

8.	That such Pensions shall be granted only on Certificates from the Principal
 	Superintendent of Police, stating that the Individuals claiming the same,has 
	served the whole of the prescribed Period, and that, in his Opinion, their 
	Conduct entitles them to the Advantage named.

9.	That no Discharge take Place under Fourteen Year's Service; and then,that each 
	Constable discharged, be entitled, under the same Conditions as stated in the 
	preceeding Paragraph,to One half othe Rates of Pensions specified.

10.	That all Salaries herein before mentioned,shall be paid from the Colonial 
	Treasury,in Sterling; and that from the Date of this Order taking Effect, all 
	Allowances hereto fore issued from the Commissariat are to be discontinued.

11.	That the Constables or Individuals composing the three Classes aforesaid,shall 
	in Addition,receive a Uniform Clothing,consisting of one Jacket or Coatee, one
 	Waistcoat, and one Pair of Trowsers, and one round Hat, and a grey Great Coat 
	every second Year.

12.	That every Constable have a Staff of Office,and at Night be armed with a Cutlass 
	from the Watch-house to which he may belong,if such be considered neessary by the 
	Wardsman of the District.

13.	That no Constable, attached to the Police, be employed on any Duties but of 
	that Department, unless required by the Superior Court,or Colonial Secretary.

14.	That no Constable be employed,as heretofore,in carrying Official Letters,unless 
	in the Service of the Police Department;but,that such Letters being sent to the 
	Police Office before Three o'clock in the Afternoon, shall be enclosed in a Bag 
	kept for the Purpose by the Chief Constable, and be conveyed daily to the Coach-
	office, to be forwarded to the Chief Constable of each District.

15.	That in no Case shall the Superintendent of Police interfere with the Arrangement 
	of the Gaols of the Territory,as all gaolers and Constables employed at the Gaols, 
	are exclusively of the Appointment and under the Direction of the Sheriff; but 
	this Regulation is not so apply to Watch-houses,or Places of temporary Security.

16.	That all local Appointments in the Police,be submitted for the Approval of His 
	Excellency the Governor;and that the dismissal of any Individual be communicated 
	for His Information.

The Magistrates, throughout the Colony, are requested to give their Attendance in Rotation 
at the Benches within their respective Districts, as often as it may be requisite; as with 
them must chiefly rest the Power of establishing and maintaining the public Tranquillity, 
by a Promptness and Readiness on Occasions, wherein their Services are indispensable, 
towards the Adminstration of Justice, and the PUnishment of Crime.

That the Supreintendent shall prepare and submit to His Excellency the Governor, a new 
Division of the Town, into Eight Wards, and shall also submit, as early as practicable, 
a Code of Rules and Regulations, for the Guidance of the Constables of the Police at 
Sydney.
								Approved, THOMAS BRISBANE

				(signed) A TRUE COPY  F.ROSSI. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.