He is Public Treasurer, as keeper of the Cantonment Fund.
He is Registrar General, for he must keep a register of all residents.
He is the local London County Council, as he regulates all streets and buildings. You may not cut down a tree without the permission of the Cantonment Magistrate.
He is the Highways Committee of the local London County Council; he constructs the roads.
He is the Local Government Board, for the work of the public department in England in the matter of sanitation is at Zungeru discharged by the Cantonment Magistrate.
He bears another duty of the L.C.C., in issuing licences to domestic servants, who are all males.
He does what is performed over post-office counters in England at certain times, for he gives a licence to keep a dog.
He supervises the native quarter of Zungeru.
He is the outside Master of Ceremonies of Government House, as he arranges communications and interviews between the local native notables and the Governor.