NEW ZEALAND CONSTABULARY (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1884 Session I, H-01

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1884. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND CONSTABULARY (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Lieut.-Colonel Beadeb to the Hon. the Defence Ministee. g m , Commissioner's Office, Wellington, 31st May, 1884. I have the honour to submit to you a report, with statistics attached, of the Constabulary force for the year ending the 31st March, 1884. 2 The Police branch shows a strength on the 31st March of 465, being an increase of four on the previous year ; the Field force 492, a decrease of 142 on the previous year. The distribution of both branches is shown in attached returns. 3. In the above strength of the Police are not included 26 Native constables, at reduced salaries, ranging from £20 to £100 per annum. 4. The casualties in the Police branch amount to 44, as against 59 of the previous year, made up as follows : Eesignations 32, discharges 10 (three of which were on compensation, and one foi? medical unfitness), dismissals 2. _ 5. By the criminal statistics attached, an increase of minor offences m the North Island, to the extent of 406, is shown; and a decrease in the South Island of 244. 6. The statistics of drunkenness for past year show an increase in Canterbury of 211 cases, in Otago of 204, in Wellington of 165, in Auckland of 112, in Nelson of 30, and in Westland of 6 ; and a decrease of 31 in Hawke's Bay, and 29 in Taranaki. 7. I have given below, for your information, a return showing the proportion of police to population, and cost per inhabitant of this and adjoining colonies, showing the comparison favourable to New Zealand. 8. I am happy to be able to report most favourably of the general good conduct of the members of the force, and the zeal and energy disployed by both officers and men in the discharge of their multifarious duties outside actual police work, in connection with enforcing the by-laws of local bodies, as enumerated in former reports. 9. With respect to the Field force, in consequence of the harbour beacons erected by Captain Fairchild, of the " Hinemoa," having been destroyed by the Natives, a detachment of Constabulary, consisting of three officers and 111 men, under command of Major Tuke, with camp equipage complete, and provisions for two months, was despatched in the "Hinemoa" to Kawhia, in the early part of October last, to establish a Constabulary post on the north shore of the harbour, for the protection of the new beacons to be erected by Captain Fairchild, in lieu of those that had been destroyed. I visited the post shortly after in the " Hinemoa," taking with me, under your instructions, two troop horses, with a view of establishing a regular communication with Alexandra, and the materials for a small blockhouse, to enable a few men to protect the camp, should the main body be required for service outside of it. I found the camp pitched on an elevation, selected by you, commanding the Government reserve of 44 acres, where our landing had to be effected. Nothing could have been more friendly than the understanding which appeared to exist between the Natives and our men, notably on the part of the chief Hone te One, who, I found, had not only sent supplies to the camp, but had made over to Major Tuke a piece of cultivated ground, well fenced, as a kitchen-garden for the men, and also a fenced paddock of some forty acres for the run of any'horses we might require. Major Tuke, and the officers under him, deserve great credit for the arrangements they had already made for the comfort of their men. On my return to Wellington I was authorized by you to forward materials for the erection of a reading-room for the use of the men, a supply of books from the Constabulary library, and garden seeds ; and this was accordingly done by the next trip of the " Hinemoa." The materials for a six-roomed house for the accommodation of the commanding officer, and to assist his subaltern officers in the erection of their huts, were forwarded shortly afterwards. The necessary carpenters' work was done by members of the force brought up to the trade. In the course of the general reduction of the Constabulary in the quarter ending the 31st March, the strength of the Kawhia detachment was reluced from 114 of all ranks to seventy-nine. On leaving Kawhia I proceeded to New Plymouth by the " Hinemoa," and from there overland through Lieut.-Colonel Eoberts's district, that officer meeting me at Pungarehu, now reduced to a post of twenty men, who occupy the blockhouse which was erected

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when Pungarehu was our principal advanced camp. We then visited the Parihaka detachment, at that time consisting of two officers and sixty-five constables, under the command of Major Goring. Much work had been done since I last visited the post in comfortably hutting the men; and I found everything clean, orderly, and a credit to that officer. The next post visited was Opunake, the head-quarters of the district. This, like all other posts, had been greatly reduced in strength, numbering only fifty-nine of all ranks. The redoubt and barrack accommodation were in excellent order, and the men presented, as at the two former posts in Lieut.-Colonel Eoberts's command, that orderly and cleanly appearance which proves their being well looked after in their training. I visited the post at Manaia, which completed the inspection of Lieut.-Colonel Eoberts's district. This post had been reduced to seventeen men, occupying the valuable redoubt erected by the commanding officer, Captain Gudgeon: All expenses connected with Lieut.-Colonel Eoberts's district have been reduced to the lowest workable limits, and every assistance haa been given by that officer in this direction. 10. In the early part of March, under your instructions, I proceeded to Tauranga, to make arrangements for abolishing the Opotiki District as an independent one, on the retirement of Major Swindley from its command, and attaching it to the Taupo District, under command of Major Scannell. The old arrangement of keeping it a separate district was no longer necessary, as it was easier and cheaper for Major Scannell to work part of it, the Wairoa for instance, from Taupo than it had been from Tauranga. Of course this extended district could not be worked alone by Major Scannell; I therefore made the arrangements, approved by you, of stationing Captain Baker at Tauranga, to take charge of the northern subdistrict as far as Opotiki. This enabled me to effect considerable reductions in the working of the new district. 11. Agreeably to instructions from you, I then proceeded to the Waikato, with a view to closing Cambridge as a Constabulary station. I reached Cambridge on the 24th March, and immediately made arrangements for transferring the men at that post to Kihikihi and Alexandra, establishing Kihikihi as the head-quarters. In the few days I could spare to remain in the district I visited Kihikihi and Alexandra, with a view of arranging for working-parties being immediately available for the formation of the Alexandra-Kawhia Eoad, on the application of Mr. Hursthouse, the Engineer in charge. Before leaving Cambridge, my instructions to take down and remove all movable buildings to Kihikihi were being carried out, and the work promised to be completed within two months. 12. It is very gratifying to me to be in a position to speak most highly of the general conduct of all the members of the Field force. When it recently was found necessary to reduce the number by eighty men, it was decided as the fairest way to select by defaulter-sheets, and then by the juniors. The defaulter-sheets could not supply the number. 13. The casualties during the past year were 165, made up as follow: Transfers to Militia staff, 2; to Prisons Department, 1; recruits to police, 13; resignations, 64 ; reduction of force, 72 ; expiration of service, 1; discharges, 4; dismissals, 4; medical unfitness, 3; and death, 1. I have, &c, H. E. Eeadee, The Hon. the Defence Minister. Commissioner.

Return showing the Proportion of Police to Population, and Cost of Police per Inhabitant, in each of the following Places:—

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Place. Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. Zealand *Iew South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia 1 to 1,263 1 to 609 1 to 425 1 to 774 1 to 745 s. d. 3 3 6 7 11 10J 5 14 6 6

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1882, and Year ending 31st December, 1883.

Offences. © © © ss« .0 to a © a © a a lr © o Committed for Trial. Persons Apprehom Summarily Convicted. led, 1882. Discharged. © ol h © ©-a a © a p. a a o o © •4 o» II i Committed for Trial. Persi ms Apprehei Summarily Convicted. ided, 1883. Discharged. © Sh q © O O Gi © a © tn © i © Q M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Nobth Island. Abduction Absconding from bail Abusive language Accessory to a felony Adulteration of Food Act, breaches of Arms Act, breaches of Arson Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults on constables Assault and robbery Assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm Assault with intent to ravish Auctioneers Ordinance, breaches of Bankruptcy Act, broaches of Bawdyhouse-keeping Beer Duty Act, breaches of Bigamy.. Bestiality Brands and Branding Act, breaches of Breaches of the peace Breaking and entering a store Breaking and entering, and stealing therefrom Burglary Burglary, attempted Burglary with attempt to ravish .. Cattle-maiming Cattle and horse-stealing Cattle-stealing Child-stealing Cattle Trespass Ordinance, breaches of Cemeteries Act, breaches of Concealment of birth Coinago Act, offences against Conspiracy Contagious Diseases Act, breaches of Contempt of Court Constabulary Force Ordinance, offences against Corporation Waterworks Act, Auckland, breaches of Counties Act, breaches of.. Cruelty to animals Cutting and wounding Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, offencos against Customs Laws Consolidation Act, breaches of Dostitute Persons Act, offences against Debtors and Creditors Act, breaches of Demanding money by threats Deserting from H.M. service Diseased Sheep Act, offences against Disobeying summonses Disobeying maintenance orders Disorderly conduct Distillation Act, offences against .. Distress and Replevin Act, breaches of Dog Registration Act, breaches of .. Drunkenness Education Act, breaches of Electric Telegraph Act, offences against Embezzlement Employment of Females Act, breaches of Escaping from legal custody Exposure, indecent Explosives Act, offences against .. False pretences Fish Protection Act, breaches of .. 1 1 33 3 4 5 17 480 8 98 2 12 3 2 1 12 7 3 128 3 17 16 2 1 1 48 1 3 1 1 4 2 9 2 4 "l 11 7 "l '23 "l 3 1 2 4 1 2 1 22 "2 1 316 '79 "l 12 2 105 1 "l "l "3 4 'l7 "4 "2 "2 7 2 2 1 2 132 4 12 3 1 1 1 19 3 2 6 1 1 "2 1 13 2 1 1 1 1 33 2 4 5 4 480 8 96 2 12 3 2 1 12 7 3 128 2 14 9 1 29 1 3 1 1 4 2 1 11 5 22 487 14 100 3 18 2 3 1 4 2 "70 23 6 5 30 11 3 2 1 20 11 3 6 9 3 "2 9 3 2 10 "l "8 "l "2 278 '88 3 4 '51 "l 2 8 1 "l3 *21 "3 "8 "l "l 1 "9 3 1 "'l "l "3 "4 1 156 8 9 1 5 2 "9 "2 "l "3 '20 "ii "5 14 478 14 100 1 17 2 3 1 4 "2 '70 9 3 "3 22 11 3 "2 "l 18 4 10 2 "2 "l "l 5 7 6 2 1 "3 "2 1 *22 3 "5 "l 2 **8 7 3 58 3 10 2 1 18 1 3 4. 2 8 8 12 7 7 10 9 1 10 3 2 <1 52 7 2 4 38 3 "2 'l2 2 2 4 52 7 8 56 "5 41 "3 14 "1 "8 56 4 4 2 1 i "7 3 3 3 3 6 5 1 6 6 6 6 84 53 2 26 2 83 79 50 2 25 1 78 5 3 1 6 8 5 13 12 8 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 "l 4 8 1 9 12 5 "l "2 1 i 8 4 11 12 8 2 15 2 20 23 8 "l 6 8 17 3 "3 2 9 1 8 4 5 "1 1 1 15 2 20 23 8 "7 "7 11 "3 "3 143 2,601 5 95 2,204 2 "2 253 43 127 3 '2 17 142 2,601 5 1 133 2,818 14 89 2,346 11 371 1 44 91 3 'io 1 133 2,818 14 1 217 9 'io "23 "3 11 *6 "20 1 30 "5 1 20 "4 1 29 1 71 » • 1 2 27 1 1 20 1 2 26 3 2 1 3 2 "l "3 1 2 15 6 69 12 3 33 12 6 65 "2 12 "52 1 2 '29 "4 13 1 48 1 "9 "l "s 17 "5 "6 17 "1

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1882, and Year ending 31st December, 1883— continued.

Offences. .-. o ■a 1 o§" ,Q -r, as a a o Committed for Trial. Persoi ts Apprehem Summarily Convicted. led, 1882. Discharged. © b o © rt .O © § Oi & » A^ $ a 0 o © \J sg og. a "> a © a a 1 , © A SA 0 Committed for Trial. Persi is Apprehem Summarily Convicted. led, 1883. Discharged. © te S la A *\ % m o o © M. F. M. F. © © H o C M 6 § a M. F. I M. I F. M. I F. M. F. Nobth Island — continued. Forcible entry Foreign Seamen's Act, breaches of.. Forging and uttering Forgery Furious driving Friendly Societies Act, breaches of Gaming and Lotteries Act, breaches of Harbour Regulations, breaohes of .. Highways Act, breaches of Housebreaking Hawke's Bay Police Act, offences against Illegally on premises Impounding Act, offences against .. Industrial Schools Act, offences against Larceny Larceny from vessels Larceny from dwellings Larceny as a bailee Larceny from the person Larceny as a servant Licensing Act, breaohes of Libel .. Lunacy Local Boards Act, breaches of Lord's Day Act, breaches of Malicious injury to property Manslaughter Masters andApprentieesAot.breaohos of Married Women's Property Protection Act, breaches of Municipal by-laws, breaches of Municipal Police Act, breaches of .. Murder Murder, attempted Naval Discipline Act, breaches of .. Obscene and profane language Obstructing and resisting police Obstructing surveys Pawnbrokers Act, breaches of Perjury Protection of Animals Act, breaches of Prisons Act, breaches of .. Public Works Act, breaches of Public Domains Act, breaches of .. Public Health Act, breaches of Rape Rape, attempted Railway By-laws, breaches of Rabbit Nuisance Act, breaches of .. Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of Receiving stolen property Rescuing goods seized by bailiffs .. Resident Magistrates Act, breaches of Riot Robbery from the person Rural Police Act, Auckland, breaches of Sending threatening letters Sheep-stealing Stripping and Seamen's Act, breaches of Sheep Act, breaohes of Slaughterhouses Act, breaches of .. Smuggling Soliciting alms Sodomy Sodomy, soliciting to commit Stamp Act, breaches of .. Sureties of the peace Suicide, attempted Sunday trading .. 16 38 31 3 30 1 6 18 8 15 '"38 260 94 772 11 53 8 25 238 1 174 38 218 7 3 7 418 69 6 1 142 7 9 4 11 2 '28 3 "1 16 7 13 2 5 "3 4 "6 1 i '25 - 21 1 4 18 1 3 23 221 61 335 8 2 6 163 *93 36 iio 2 3 338 66 1 85 4 "l 8 27 37 "2 'ii '32 13 io 14 "3 "7 2 2 4 14 30 4 133 10 2 1 56 1 42 2 75 2 1 4 67 3 1 ■2 99 "l 8 "5 4 1 1 16 25 31 3 28 1 6 18 3 9 38 280 94 543 7 34 6 13 238 1 172 38 205 7 3 7 416 69 6 1 142 7 9 4 11 35 29 29 5 10 12 22 33 2 40 65 96 744 46 17 20 7 285 4 191 38 2 251 1 7 457 51 2 2 24 173 15 21 11 5 "5 27 8 5 5 2 "l '1; 1 "2 i i 1 i i '25 2 "5 9 15 "i2 . 2 28 47 63 286 2 1 7 2 175 95 35 2 131 3 6 372 35 8 115 15 "6 3 32 38 "2 "2 16 '38 'l9 4 14 i 10 "5 3 7 "2 "e 15 149 4 8 4 85 3 44 3 '82 3 1 81 12 "3 "2 1 19 2 "l 9 "l4 1 4 1 35 29 26 5 10 12 22 22 2 40 65 96 520 19 14 17 7 285 4 191 38 2 239 1 6 7 457 51 2 2 8 173 15 19 "2 6 4 '18 2 2 2 "9 7 47 3 17 "2 33 3 "39 2 23 31 8 ••9 2 •« ••3 195 28 11 7 "5 "6 '18 4 38 16 3 ':! 43 'l4 "l "2 9 1 6 "2 9 "9 "5 I 4 18 i "l 1 5 "4 17 "2 7 28 4 78 16 2 56 11 1 16 1 '2 28 3 78 29 4 89 5 3 5 1 86 28 24 2 66 2 5 2 L8 5 29 4 86 5 3 5 1 86 28 1 4 'ii 5 7 8 6 103 37 3 1 "5 2 3 5 10 16 7 6 6 103 37 2 "3 "4 3 5 17 9 91 21 2 69 22 "l 3 1 16 6 6 8 "2 3 3 3 2 6 8 9 10 3 2 52 2 "2 8 1 1 4 3 1 47 3 9 10 3 2 52 1 3 2 3 2 45 2 • 7 7 5 1 7 "l 19 2 2 17 2 19 5 3 2 5 14 2 "2 2 6 "3 "3 "6 4 135 8 5 1 3 70 7 5 1 3 22 1 92 8 5 1 3 213 19 7 1 6 1 123 15 0 1 4 1.9 4 1 142 19 7 1 6 1 78 11 2 "l "l "l "3 1 2 4 3 11 "l "3 "l i 2 4 3 11 17 10 5 5 'ii 5 2 5 "2 i "l 5 "l "2 "2 6 4 1 "l 17 10 5 5 'l3 7 ' 6 4 "5

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1882, and Year ending 31st December, 1883 — continued.

•6 •atj o© S« as a a © o Persoi is Apprehended, 1882. ■a © I* dg *g a. © © as a a Afa o Porso: ns Ap; jrehem led, 1883. © "3 3 as Offences. Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. •S'S 3 a Dis- 3 g iharged. A <} 1° M. F. S Committed for Trial. Sumn Conv larily icted. Dischaiged. 3a O O © fa © 00 © © a H © © i © p M. F. M. F. M. F. u. V. M. F. Nobth Island— continued. Threatening language Tramways Act, breaches of Trig. Surveys Act, breaches of Unnatural offence Uttering counterfeit coin... Vagrancy Volunteer Act, breaches of Wife desertion Waste Lands Act, breaches of Weights and Measures Act,broaches of 93 2 3 480 47 2 313 6, "l '76 '71 35 2 5 15 98 2 8 '475 77 9 8 4 4 587 4 21 7 10 I •■ i " 1 "2 '4 29 1 8 865 3 7 7 io 7 ioo 35 8 "2 106 1 13 6 'ie 77 9 8 4 4 587 4 20 7 10 7 5 4 4 107 4 8 7 10 16 "l3 6 ' 6 1 "l2 I lv I I Totals .. 7,857 185 12 5,364 579 1 1,172' 1 1 iio 7,431 8,263 201 11 5,423 729 1,329 134 7,827 1,006 600 Sooth Island. 1 1 Abduction Abusive language Adulteration of Food Act, breaches of Absconding apprentice Absconding from hired service Absconding from bail Absconding witness Accessories Act, breaches of Administering a noxious thing Arson Arson, attempted Arson, supposed Assaults, aggravated Assaults on bailiffs Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults on constables Assault and robbery Assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm Assault occasioning bodily harm .. Assault with intent to ravish Assault with violence Assault with intent to rob Auctioneers Ordinance, breaches of Bankruptcy Act, breaches of Bestiality Beer Duty Act, breaches of Brands and Branding Act, breaches of Bigamy.. Breaches of the peace Breaking and entering premises Breaking into premises and stealing therefrom Breaking into and stealing from dwellings Breaking into an office Burglary Burglary, attempted Carnally knowing a girl between the age of 10 and 12 years Cattle-maiming Cattle- and horse-stealing Cattle-stealing Child-desertion Child-stealing Concealment of birth Contempt of Court Conspiring to defraud Copyright Act, breaches of Constabulary Force Ordinance, offences against Contagious Diseases Act, breaches of Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, offences against Counties Act, breaches of .. Cruelty to animals Cutting and wounding Customs Laws Consolidation Act, breaches of .. Damaging constable's uniform Damaging public property Dangerous Goods Act, breaches of .. 1 1 "4 i 1 1 10 7 1 7 1 1 7 "2 1 10 7 1 'io 2 5 1 6 5 1 2 5 3 1 5 6 '2 2 6 4 1 1 2 1 1 "l 1 47 2 1 6 "8 i "l 9 "l9 4 55 4 8 '3 "l "2 4 14 4 8 "2 1 4 "l 5 5 1 300 13 89 4 "l 2 1 195 2 82 "2 5 1 299 13 89 3 347 14 139 18 1 9 1 5 195 2 126 1 i7 7 338 14 139 14 79 5 6 2 "l 118 3 10 c "e 'is 'i2 47 1 50 14 2 "1 "1 10 2 4 9 3 4 5 2 25 5 2 5 3 "l 4 5 2 1 10 2 4 9 3 4 4 2 25 3 2 4 1 2 2 4 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 4 3 7 "2 2 2 "l "2 1 8 1 2 1 2 2 "4 1 "2 "l i7 "8 25 2 164 5 140 2 4 'l9 i 164 2 2 1 169 10 i "2 i28 '15 * " 23 2 "3 2 1 169 5 "2 "5 5 "l S 20 11 3 2 16 9 6 2 8 11 24 1 21 1 3 5 12 20 41 3 19 1 2 1 26 17 "l 14 4 "l "5 r I 1 "l "l 2 1 2 2 1 6 4 7 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 3 10 1 3 10 4 10 1 "l 3 "l "4 1 1 i 2 2 1 13 4 'is 'l3 4 2 12 "9 1 2 "l 12 2 "l 4 4 "4 "4 4 4 1 28 1 '24 '4 1 28 1 6 1 5 "l 1 6 '22 5 i 1 5 1 o 6 1 3 52 1 "3 5 "78 9 3 '2 64 1 14 2 '78 8 3 52 1 "l '46 '26 8 2 Q 2 I 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 • • — —■ —-

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1882, and Year ending 31st December, 1883 — continued.

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Offences, "i Fersoi «s •gp, n £ Comj." mitted g g for Trial. a a tj. © A tt O M. F. is Apprehon Summarily Convicted. •6 Sed, 1882. 'g'l !4 © , „~—. © rj X © a Dis- § a charged. A <| +. a o o M. F. B I fa T3 .-< o «g o 0 X 01 a « a © a a o Committed for Trial. Persoi is Apprehended, 1883. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. •2 © u © ©5 3a o o © Pi. © m a © a © Q © Q M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. South Island— continued. Default of bail Destitute Persons Act, breaches of.. Default of payment of penalty Debtors and Creditors Act, breaches of Disobeying summonses Disorderly conduct Disobeying orders of Court Dog-stealing Dog Registration Act, breaches of .. Drunkenness Education Act, breaches of Embezzlement Employment of FeinalcsAct,breaohes of Escaping from legal custody Exposure, indecent False pretences Fish Protection Act, breaches of .. Forcible entry Forging and uttering Forgery Furious driving Furious riding Gold-Mining Act, breaches of Gaming and LotteriesAct,breachos of Harbour Regulations, breaches of .. Housebreaking Housebreaking, attempted Horse-stealing Hawkers License Ordinance, breaches of Illegally on premises Impounding Act, offences against .. Industrial Schools Act, offences against Inciting prisoners to resist Infanticide Inspection of Machinery Act, breaches of Keeping houses of ill-fame Larceny Larceny of post letters Larceny from dwellings Larceny as a bailee Larceny from the person Licensing Act, breaches of Libel .. Lunacy Local Boards Act, breaches of Malicious injury to property Maliciously killing a cow Maliciously wounding a horse Maliciously poisoning dogs Manslaughter Manslaughter, accessory to Municipal Corporations Act, breaches of .. .. Masters and Apprentices Act, breaches of Murder Murder, attempted Obscene and profane language Obstructing and resisting police Obstructing public roads Perjury Police Ordinance, Christchurch, breaches of Protection of Animals Act, breaches of Placing stones on railway-line Prisons Act, breaches of .. Public Works Act, breaches of Public Health Act, breaches of Printers and Newspapers Registration Act, breaches of Poisons Act, breaches of .. Rabbit Nuisance Act, breaches of .. 1 72 3 4 5 31 14 2 146 4,259 "37 11 6 45 86 1 45 1 8 2 32 50 1 "ll "35 2 281 1 1 "2 'l7 "s '41 "l "5 'l i "a 1 ■9 30 9 1 118 3,498 7 4 3 37 38 "l 6 2 31 30 22 1 173 1 "2 331 "2 3 "l 1 549 1 "7 "l 85 "2 88 '21 1 3 3 1 28 178 " 8 5 2 7 20 "l "l 2 "l 21 "l 'll 1 16 1 1 34 1 "9 5 1 05 3 4 5 81 13 2 ! 146 ! 4,259 "32 11 5 44 76 1 42 1 8 2 32 51 1 6 "34 2 279 1 1 1 47 12 1 6 70 11 5 83 4,710 1 39 12 8 25 59 1 187 1 1 1 1,074 12 52 10 18 198 2 273 37 241 1 1 1 4 1 24 1 2 2 14 50 3 1 3 19 2 14 'ie "1 "7 'ie 1 "1 1 21 11 1 4 62 10 3 49 3,931 1 14 3 1 23 28 2 15 48 2 1 9 1 99 1 1 1 403 "5 1 1 1 "4 1 "2 587 4 "2 63 '19 "1 4 1 32 162 i 1 2 13 1 "3 1 2 'ei 1 "3 "3 15 "1 '29 3 ' 1 8 1 41 12 1 0 70 11 4 83 4,709 1 38 12 3 25 53 1 19 2 2 2 15 109 3 9 1 14 1 186 1 1 1 693 2 1 "9 "l 39 "3 451 1 2 1 "l "3 "3 8 '25 "3 "3 "63 3 20 27 "l 21 6 'is "21 94 "l "7 8 965 1 73 10 21 163 3 315 17 330 1 "2 21 *2 150 16 8 606 - 40 i '92 138 'l6 ioo 11 '12 '9 20 5 4 91 "3 6 3 5 51 2 43 4 38 5 1 4 13 48 9 19 163 3 315 17 309 2 2 3 19 2 5 99 "2 "l 24 5 9 198 2 273 37 210 *21 "l 5 2 1 "l 6 "l 1 "9 'at 1 3Q 1 30 "9 "35 "3 "l 42 196 12 247 63 13 1 4 177 86 164 59 ' 7 "20 "1 'l9 "2 'is "l *89 "1 "l 1 1 4 1 "3 "l 1 "e 1 543 496 6 40 543 625 588 4 30 3 625 82 "2 1 1 7 "4 1 1 5 1 4 3 3 207 51 3 7 140 47 O '48 1 1 15 3 "i 2 2 207 51 3 7 '215 62 152 58 '42 1 15 3 "6 2i5 62 "8 11 "3 "3 3 "3 "l i "2 "4 4 4 86 63 6 16 85 80 64 4 12 80 6 17 2 4 105 7 8 1 9 17 2 4 104 7 23 1 1 52 1 21 2 23 1 1 51 1 6 I 3 53 6 "l 1 "l 11 *89 4 "3 4 12 3 "39 "1 "l 1 1 4 1 "l 1 J 4 1 1 "l5 'ii 1 "l2 "4 "ii •• I

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1882, and Year ending 31st December, 1883— continued.

Return showing the Distribution of Field Force on the 31st March, 1884.

off a ? Persons Apprehended, 1882. © © © X •30 ■3 r~. © .—. -« ag ,a m as Porso] is Apprehem led, 1883. ?* G ll ■3 § o o IHg © fa_ Offences. Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. O M. F. M. F. o o © _Pa __. © O M. F. 6 © © a O O b © n SI. F. M. F. U. F. South Island— continued. Rape Rape, attempted.. Railway By-laws, breaches of Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of Registration of Electors Act, breaches of Receiving stolen property Refusing to give evidence Refusing to enter into recognizance Rescuing prisoners from police Rescuing goods seized by bailiffs .. Sacrilege Salmon and Trout Act, breaches of Sending threatening letters Seal Fisheries Protection Act, breaches of Sheep Act, breaches of Sheep-stealing Shipping & Seamen's Act, breaches of Shooting with intent to murder Shooting with intent to do bodily harm Slaughterhouses Act, breaches of .. Sodomy Sodomy, accessory to Soliciting alms Stamp Act, breaches of .. Sureties of the peace Suicide, attempted Town and Country Police Ordinance, Otago, breaches of Threatening language Trespass of Cattle Ordinance, breaches of Trespass on lands Unnatural offence Uttering a forgeryVagrancy Weights & Measures Act, breaches of Wife-desertion Wounding with intent 1 2 4 226 10 1 116 5 54 12 1 1 4 1 6 6 1 ",3 1 •• '. "l 58 4 36 5 . "l 3 '. "2 1 2 ! 143 t± 6 .. 5 1 1 1 .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. 2 3 3 .. '49! 3 4 18 "l "4 "3 12 3 1 5 9 1 5 116 5 54 3 12 1 1 4 1 1 6 1 2 4 155 1 10 12 277 1 10 "94 36 5 1 1 1 "8 9 . 86 . 25 1 5 . 185 "2 6 1 1 2 "3 6 .. "3 1 1 .. "l 5 2 14 1 2 "2 5 10 93 36 "5 1 1 1 10 10 199 1 31 "l 1 8 8 51 1 "l 22 54 7 1 4 1 6 2 5 ! "5 2 2 5 1 4 1 1 '. "3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 17 ' "1 1 "l 1 1 1 16 "l 1 1 1 15 "l "l 1 1 14 "2 "7 7 "l 2 i "4 6 "l *2 132 45 112 24 ! 1 6 132 ! 45 83 35 t 19 1 13 2 > . . 76 25 4 2 3 ! 8 83 35 ! .. 49 10 84 6 75 4 9 1 i 84 6 59 6 1 I .. 58 4 1 1 59 6 1 1 .. 25 "l "l "l 1 765 5 25 5 376 2 14 3 199 67 3 5 1 27 669 5 19 5 524 45 18 4 "l 267 42 5 2 198 41 3 3 'l7 524 45 8 4 "l 241 '40 "1 "2 "7 1 Totals .. .. : 10,756 217 9 7,2891 Jl,2001 1,154 170 10,039 10,512 1771 7,4721 1,143 959 134' 9,9001 1,035 15 1,279

Stations. 01 © o •i: O Non-com-missioned Officers. Con- Total stables. lota1 ' Stations. jjj Non-com- c © missioned „,. , , I Officers. stabios - o Total. Waikato District, — Cambridge Alexandra Kihikihi.. Kawhia District,— K.awhia Te Puti Road Taranaki District, —• New Plymouth Urenui Pukearuhe Pungarehu Parihaka Patea District,— Opunake Manaia Waihi 2 1 1 2 1 2 7 11 4 6 3 28 59 16 31 36 4 1 25 9 54 37 71 21 129 39 40 79 6 1 30 11 61 Taupo District, — Taupo Opepe Tarawera Roads .. Tauranga Opotiki Te Kapu Onepoto Ohuka Ormond Rotorua Road 1 1 5 1 1 2 1 1 18 4 5 9 8 5 4 1 1 4 24 5 6 12 9 6 4 1 1 5 i 4 2 5 2 "l 109 47 13 6 Depot 1 6 29 73 36 2 1 5 2 1 40 10 5 Totals 18 68 I 406 492 66

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Return showing the Strength and Distribution of the New Zealand Constabulary (Police Branch) on the 31st March, 1884.

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o o © ft CO fl M ■go; ■c-a 3° ______■ Ph fl 3.° a © o3 co Pt O O CO © © © ft co +3 © I! ■ og o CO © ■S aJ cd 01 ~A a O O Stations. 1° CO CO 3 M og CD m o d to O O tf. CO CO I .23 £3 g § ll « J « 1 « Og»g B n o o Stations. Nobth Island. Auckland, —> Auckland Cambridge Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Freeman's Bay .. Grafton Grahamstown .. Hamilton East Hamilton West .. Helensville Hokianga Howick Kawakawa Kamo Maketu Mangawai Mercer Mercury Bay Mongonui Newmarket Newton Ngaruawahia Ohinemutu Onehunga Opotiki Otahuhu Paeroa Papakura Parnell Ponsonby Port Albert Raglan Russell Tairua .. Tauranga Te Aroha Te Awamutu Te Kopuru Waiuku Warkworth Waterford Whakatane Whangarei Whangaroa' Wood Hill 1 'l 8 1 23 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 3 1 35 1 2 1 1 1 1 11 1 2 1 1 Hawke's Bay,— Napier Taradale Clive Hastings Havelock Waipawa Makatoku Woodville Porangahau Danevirk Port Ahuriri Wairoa Gisborne Tolago Bay Awanui Mangaiti Tokano Waiohiki Mohaka 1 2 "l 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 "l "l 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 "l Totals South Island. Dunedin, — Maclaggan Street King Street North-East Valley South Dunedin .. Caversham Anderson's Bay .. Portobello Roslyn Mornington Green Island Mosgiel Outram Port Chalmers .. Blueskin Hawksbury Palmerston Macrae's Milton Balclutha Clinton Tapanui Lawrence Roxburgh Waipori Waitahuna Oamaru ,. Hampden Ngapara Duntroon 1 5 22 1 29* "l 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 "5 "2 "5 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 "l "l 20 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 2 27 11 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1 i "l Totals 1 13 4 4 19 93* i "l i 1 74 Wellington,— Wellington Newtown Lower Hutt Featherston Greytown Garterton Masterton Tenui Johnsonville Porirua Pahautanui 1 t5 28 1 1 1 1 1 2 •1 1 1 1 2 36 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 Totals Southland, —• Invercargill North Invercargill Gampbelltown .. Riverton Otautau Winton Lumsden Orepuki Wyndham Mataura Gore Waikaia Half-Moon Bay .. 1 1 1 2 11 1 "l 1 64 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 82 9 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 1 6 2 48 39 Wanganui,— Wanganui Marton Bull's .. Feilding Palmerston North Foxton Otaki New Plymouth .. Waitara Nomianby Hawera Mamitahi Patea Waverley 1 1 1 L "l 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 2 1 2 1 Totals LakeClyde Alexandra South Arrowtown Cromwell Naseby.. Ophir Pembroke Queenstown St. Bathans 1 1 3 1 : 17 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 'i 1 1 22* 4 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 1 "l i "l "l 2 3 ! 23 1 30 Totals 1 3 1 Totals 14 L .. 18* * District and Native constables not included in total. t Including sergeant compiling Police Gazette.

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Return showing the Strength, &c., of the New Zealand Constabulary (Police Branch) — cont.

Total, North Island .. .. .. 200 Total, South Island .. .. .. 265 465

* District and Native constables not included in total.

Eetubn showing Casualties in the Ahmed Constabulary Field Foece during the Year ended 31st March, 1884. Transfers to Militia Staff .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Transfers to Prisons Department .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Recruits to police .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 Resignations ' .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 64 Discharges on reduction of the force .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 Discharges on expiration of term of service .. .. .. .. .. 1 Discharges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Dismissals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Death .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Medical unfitness .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 165

Eetubn showing Casualties in the Police Bbanch of the New Zealand Constabulary during the Year ended 31st March, 1884. Resignations .. .. . • • • • • • • .. .. 32 Discharges on compensation .. .. . • ■. .. .. .. 3 Discharges .. .. .. .. ■ ■ • - ■ • .. .. 6 Dismissals .. .. .. .. •. .. .. .. .. 2 Medical unfitness .. .. . • ■. • • • ■ .. .. 1 44

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Stations. OS I 3 3 g A° I—I Io S I S'5? ° $ Mi2 ISO co © s 02 CC g CO o > o -J O a CO CO 43 © © .S3 g3 2 ot d 03 H o o O E-f Stations. b ■« • © CD ft -2^ 3 W cb to 03.2, * & CO co to © 3 cS 0". a o O „: to" to" S -"2 ©5 £ -si g: s +> >h o! ■« ca © +J4J 4_. 4J © co co o3 co ■g S a fe a ® R o o n o o "3 o South Island— continued. Christchurch, — Christchurch Addington Sydenham Phillipstown Bingsland St. Albans Papanui Lincoln . .. Lyttelton Akaroa Little River Southbridge Leeston Malvern Coalgate Bealey Kaiapoi Rangiora Oxford Amberley Hurunui Waiau Kaikoura 1 1 "l 1 : 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 31 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 South Island — continued. Westland, — Hokitika Kumara Waimea Stafford Kanicri Rimu Ross Okarito Greymouth Brunnerton Dunganville Ahaura Reefton Boatman's Lyell Westport Charleston 1 1 "l 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 7 2 1 1 1 J. 2 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 "l "l Totals 1 5 26 1 33 Totals Timaru, — Timaru Ashburton Waimate Rakaia Geraldine Albury Temuka Pleasant Point .. Methven 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 49 8 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 63* 11 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 Nelson, — Nelson The Port Spring Grove Collingwood Motueka Motueka Valley.. Moutere Takaka Blenheim Havelock Pioton 1 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 5 1 3 "l Totals 1 3 16 4 21* Totals 1 3 21 26