[52] Mrs. Postans, Western India in 1838, Vol. I, p. 92.
[53] Mrs. Postans, Western India in 1838, Vol. I, p. 27.
[54] Bombay Times, Feb. 22, 1845.
[55] Ibid., July 31, 1844.
[56] Report of Bombay Chamber of Commerce, 1854-55, pp. 11, 12.
[57] Bombay Times, December 14th, 1850.
[58] Bombay Times, October 18, 1851.
[59] Report on the Administration of Public Affairs in the Bombay Presidency for 1855-56. “During the year 1855 great reforms have been effected in the Police within the jurisdiction of His Majesty’s Supreme Court. Complaints were made by the Chamber of Commerce of the venality of the European constables and of the inefficiency of the general force. These complaints, and other circumstances which induced suspicion, determined Government to place in immediate command of the Police, Mr. Forjett, the most active and efficient of the Mofussil Superintendents, a gentleman who had once been a Foujdar, and who had risen to high and responsible appointments, solely through his own remarkable energy, acuteness and ability. An enquiry by this gentleman soon showed the existence of corruption among the European Constables, a corruption which impaired the efficiency of the whole force. A considerable number were summarily dismissed, and a thorough reform in Police arrangements throughout the Island was commenced by the new Superintendent. These are still in progress: but the Government has been assured that a feeling of entire security as to life and property is now entertained by all classes of the community.”
[60] Mr. B. Aitken in Old and New Bombay states that Forjett was partly of French descent, and that the family name was originally Forget. Owing to constant mispronunciation, Forjett eventually anglicised the name in the form now familiar to students of Bombay history.
[61] See General Adm. Report, Bombay, 1855-56 and 1858-59.