The New Police Act of 1891 was not the final piece of legislative reform within Natal’s police institutions, but it provided the catalyst for the final formalization of the police that had eluded the colonial government of Natal for the past five decades. The early 1890s retained much of the uncertainty and lack of clarity within the police system synonymous with Natal’s formative period. However, the New Police Act allowed for some sense of finality to the members of the police force, By July 1894, the Natal Mounted Police, Native Magisterial Police, Railway and Water Police, European and African constables, messengers at magistracies, gaolers, warders, and convict guards all amalgamated into one force under the title ‘Natal Police.’ By 1895, this process was complete. The tapestry of organizations, institutions, and authorities that defined policing in Natal finally fell under a single authority.