1907-09-27 · 新界
1907年9月27日,港府將新界助理警司與警察裁判官兩職合併,改設理民官,由夏理德出任,負責新界政務,其辦事處稱理民府。
On 27 September 1907, the Hong Kong Government merged the posts of Assistant Superintendent of Police for the New Territories and Police Magistrate into a District Officer, with Charles McIlvaine Halliday appointed to the post responsible for New Territories affairs, and his office was called the District Office.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事)(香港地方志中心) · p.193