English: This highly decorated missive was presented to Sergeant Lawrence Clare by the citizens of the Esk District when he was transferred in March 1909. Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum Collection. It reads:

To Sergeant L. J. Clare Together with a Purse of Forty Sovereigns From his many friends in the Esk Police District Dear Sir We, the residents of Esk and District, desire to approach you with the purest sentiments of congratulation at the close of your most efficient service of Ten Years as Constable and Sergeant in charge of our large District. Those who have been associated with you will long cherish your courtesy and untiring zeal in carrying out at all times your official duties with credit to yourself and the Department in which you are engaged. In presenting you with the accompanying gift we are deeply sensible that it is in no sense an adequate measure of your excellent qualities and labours; nor do we wish you to regard it in the light of a recompense but ask you to accept it as a mark of our regard. In conclusion, we sincerely wish that both yourself and your family will in future have every happiness and prosperity. Signed for on behalf of the Subscribers.

Alex Smith, Chairman Esk Shire Council