THE IRISH POLICE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2540, 12 May 1881, Page 3

THE IRISH POLICE.

..The duties of the Irish constabulary are by no means confined -to its duties: as- a police force pure and simple'Leaving out of account their : duties as to'the prevention or detection of crime, the police have to act as water bailiffs/ look: after th 6 safety o,fthe roads, remove cattle found wandering, and summon for road, nuisance, (Serve ■ summons for attendance ofjurprs at assu-es, the same at Quarter Sessions, act’as game preservers; under the Poaching-Prevention Act, collect the census statistics, collect anhbally 'the agricultural statistics, issue and collect voting papers for the election bf* pboplaw' guardians, execute : loan funds warrants, keeps a register of all houses in, the district, numberof forge's, humberVof carts. IfyailabTo; for troops in base of licensed dogs ; and number of other duties not dreamt of by an English policeman; ■’ In fact, to understand what their duties are, one need, only add together the duties of every person in England connected with the connection of statistics, the preservation of fish or game, the supervision of the roads, and the; business of the police. Everything inis Ireland, from the muzzling of a dog to .the* suppression of a rebellion, is done by the Irish constabulary.