POLICE DEPARTMENT
V ' :,i ' PROJECTED SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION, IN EXPENDITURE. Very, careful consideration is being given by the Government to tho police force, with a view to maintaining tho required efficiency ujpoh tlio most economical basis, Tho expan, sion of the Dominion has necessarily re?' quired increasing police protection. These increases have amounted to an average of £11,000 each year since 1904. If tho Government are able, while maintaining the necessary efficiency, to make reductions in the present expenditure, it in their intention to reduce tho aVcragoincreaso by at least fourfifths, or a reduotiori of about £2000 on the amount of the previous year. Tho Minister in oharge of the Department states that it will bo recognised, of course, that with the absolute necessity for appointing additional conI stables throughout Now Zoaland.as population extends, to keep down expenditure to almost its present figures involves strict economy. . i . J. ■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 507, 14 May 1909, Page 4
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147POLICE DEPARTMENT Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 507, 14 May 1909, Page 4
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