Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1860 – Chinese Protectors

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1860 – Chinese Protectors

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Explanations:
Columns:R [Role]; D is whether the role is Resident [R] or Visiting [V].
PM (Police Magistrate), GC (Gold Commissioner 1851-1855), GW (Gold Warden 1855-1929), CCL (Commissioner of Crown Lands), and CP (Chinese Protector) show the Golden Colony roles that each person held at the same time.
Roles: = Government Office (Paid); = Government Duties (Unpaid); = On leave; = TBD; = Agriculture; = Private enterprise; = Parliament;
= British Army; = Royal Marines; = British Militia; = Colonial Militia; = East India Company Army; = Royal Navy; = Other Maritime;
= Education; = Army Education; = Navy Education; = Immigration; = Emigration; = Other voyage.
Abbreviations: BB = Blue Book; CCL = Commissioner of Crown Lands; CP = Chinese Protector; CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions; GC = Gold Commissioner;
GR = Gold Receiver; GW = Gold Warden; JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate); PM = Police Magistrate;
FN = Footnotes; PSL = Public Service List; S/S1/S2 = Source; TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.
Appointments: = Appointed; = Reappointed; = Promoted; = Demoted; = Redesignated; = Succeeded/Replaced; = Transferred to; = Made permanent;
= Retired; = Dismissed; = Passed (Examinations); = Paid as (role).
British Army: = Purchase of Commission; = Exchange rank/regiment; = Reduced to Reserve list; = Retired by sale of Commission.
Assignments:The location or district the person was assigned to. A number in the OP column (Other Places) means that they also sat at that many other locations of Courts of Petty Sessions. The number of other locations changed from time to time as courts were created, abolished, or reassigned.
Sources (S, S1, S2): = Blue Book; = Blue Book derived; = Government Gazette; = Government Gazette derived; = Public Service List; = Public Service List derived;
= Report; = Book; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract; = Cemetery; = Census; = Legal;
= Newspaper family notice; = Newspaper article; = Magazine article; = Unconfirmed; = Military service record; = Internet.
Other Symbols: = External link.
Dates:Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format. Ongoing = Continues into next calendar year; New date; Date changed in source; Date died; Date to be confirmed.
"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed.
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Comments

Chinese Protectors as a separate office was abolished on 30 June 1860.
Anderson, Drummond, W H Foster, Hamilton, and Graham Webster ceased being paid as Chinese Protectors and joined their fellow Wardens as Wardens of the Gold Fields with the (unpaid) duties of Chinese Protector. Webster was also a Police Magistrate.

Chinese Protectors (Protectors of the Chinese)

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1860Anderson, Musgrave Wroughton(District) Chinese ProtectorR1859-03-061860-06-30Sandhurst District
V1860Belcher, William RedmondChinese Protector R1859-05-161860-04-30Belvoir Collector (Customs), Port Abert.
V1860Drummond, William Henry Murray(District) Chinese ProtectorR1857-08-171860-06-30Beechworth District
V1860Foster, William Henry(District) Chinese ProtectorR1855-09-011860-06-30Ballarat District
V1860Hamilton, John Prendergast(District) Chinese ProtectorR1855-07-011860-06-30Castlemaine District [01]
V1860Webster, Graham(District) Chinese ProtectorR1856-03-201860-06-30Maryborough District

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ According to BB1860, Hamilton was appointed PM at Smythe's Creek on 1859-05-02, but paid as CP until 1860-06-30. However, the Mount Alexander Mail reported on 1860-12-59 that Hamilton had not acted as CP at Castlemaine since his appointment as PM and was not replaced.

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1860; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1861 (VPARL 1861-1862, No 3) [BB1860].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1860.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-03-30Page and content created.