THE POLICE FORCE OF THE DOMINION (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

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1911. NEW ZEALAND.

THE POLICE FORCE OF THE DOMINION (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

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

The Commissioned of Police to the Hon. the Minister of Justice. Police Department, Wellington, 18th July, 1911. 1 have the honour to present the annual report on the Police Force, for the year ended the 31st March last. Strenoth of Fokck. On the 31st March last the strength of the Force was 788 of all ranks, being an increase of 13 during the year. The total is made up as follows : — Inspectors .. .. . . .. .. . . .. .. 9 Sub-Inspectors .. .. .. « .. .. .. .. 6 Station sergeants .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Sergeants .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 88 Constables .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 634 Chief detectives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Detectives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 Acting-detectives .. . . .. .. . . . . 14 In addition to the above there werePolice surgeons .. .. . . . . .. .. . . 4 Matrons .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 District constables . . . . . . . . . . .. 17 Native constables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '.» Stations. New stations have been opened at Blackwater, Diuitroon, Fitzrov. Globe Mine. Maungaturoto. Mohaka, Remuera, and Whangamomona. The district constables at Herckino and Tokaanu have been replaced by regular members of the Force, and flic following stations have been closed : Ngapara, Pahi, and Waikaremoana. The boundaries of the Christchurch and Dunedin districts have been altered so that the Oamaru subdistrict, comprising Oamaru, Duntroon, Hampden, and Kurow stations, which formed portion of the Christchurch district, is now included in the Dunedin district. Casualties. The following are the casualties for the year ended the 31st March last: Retired under Public Service Superannuation Act, 13 ; died, 9 ; resigned voluntarily. 24 ; dismissed, 1 ; called upon to resign. 13 : total, 60. This is 3 less than in the preceding year. Criminal Statistics. The criminal statistics (Appendix A) deal with all offences reported to the police during the year ended the 31st December last, and show an aggregate net increase of 1,176 on the figures of 1909. The proportion of offences to the population was 2-39 per cent., as against 232 the previous year.

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The principal increases during the year appear under the following headings, viz. : — Burglary, breaking and entering, &c. .. 97 Malicious injury to property .. .. 26 Cruelty to animals . . . . 43 Obscene language . . .. 119 Deserting wives and families .. .. 77 Obstructing and resisting police .. .. 43 Deserting merchant ships .. .. 55 Receiving stolen property .. . . 16 Disorderly and riotous conduct .. .. 17 ; Refusing to quit licensed premises .. 19 Drunkenness .. .. .. ..1.061 Suicide, attempted .. .. .. 13 Failing to support relatives .. .. 36 I Theft by servants .. .. 33 False pretences .. .. .. 15 I Theft from dwellings .. .. .. 38 Furious riding and driving .. .. 22 Trespass .. .. .. ..20 Indecent exposure or behaviour .. .. 54 The principal decreases were — Abusive and threatening language .. 14 Gaming offences .. .. .. to Assaults, common .. . . 131 Illegally on premises . . .. 39 Assaults occasioning bodily harm .. 13 Introducing liquor into Maori pas .. 14 Assaults on police . . . . 13 Sly-grog selling .. . . 35 Assaults and robbery .. . . 18 Soliciting prostitution .. .. 51 Bankruptcy offences .. .. 16 Stone-throwing .. .. 28 Breaches of the peace .. .. ..50 Theft (undescribed) .. .. ..107 Forgery and uttering .. .. 44 Vagrancy . . .. .. 15 Fortune-telling .. .. .. 23 The percentage of arrests or summonses resulting from all offences reported during the year 1910 was 95-39, the figures of the preceding year being 95-61. The following return shows the number of offences reported in each Police District during the year, the number of cases in which arrests or summonses resulted, and the number in which no prose cution followed :—

Serious Crimes. The following is a return of the number of serious crimes as compared with the preceding year : —

During the last ten years the number of serious crimes as above described has varied from 520 to 759, so that the present total (738) does not call for comment.

District. Number of all Offences reported. Number of Offences Number in which in which Arrests < no Arrests or or Summonses Summonses relesulted. suited. Auckland Thames Napier Wanganui Wellington Greymouth Christchurch Dunedin Invercargill 6,385 726 2,070 2,563 5,737 896 3,984 2,167 57* 6,385 726 2,070 2,563 5,737 896 3,984 2,167 57* 6,111 274 700 26 2,027 43 2,498 65 5.476 261 850 46 3,787 197 1,956 211 544 34 6,111 700 2,027 2,498 5,476 850 3,787 1,956 544 25,106 25,106 25,106 23,949 1,157 23,949 23,949

1909. 1910. Crimes. Number of dumber of Offences ? fle . n f S m * I Number o« Number of Offences ?? e . no . es "1 reported. wh,ch f " ests r resulted. Arson Assault and robbery ... Burglary (breaking into shops and dwellings) Forgery and uttering Murder „ attempted Rape Receiving stolen property Shooting with intent 28 57 361 186 7 5 8 35 6 27 55 242 176 7 A 8 35 6 29 39 461 142 6 2 7 51 1 23 38 359 130 5 2 7 51 1 696 560 73S 616

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Indecent and sexual offences were as under :—

Drunkenness. There has been an increase of 1,06] in the number of persons prosecuted for drunkenness during the year as compared with the previous year. From the following table it will be observed that 37-81 per cent, of the males and 65-98 per cent. of the females had previous convictions recorded against them, and 5-44 per cent, of the males were not permanent residents in the Dominion.

Return showing the Number of Persons charged with Drunkenness during the Year 1910, and the Number of Previous Convictions against them, so far as is known.

The number charged with drunkenness in 1909 was 10,657 (9,875 males and 782 females), whereas in 1910 the number was 11,718 (10,898 males and 820 females).

Return showing the Number of Persons arrested for Drunkenness within each Principal Centre during the Years 1909 and 1910, the Number convicted, the Number discharged or otherwise dealt with (Males and Females shown separately), and the Total Increase in Arrests.

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Crimes. loon. 1909. 19K 1910. Assaults, indecent Bestiality Carnally knowing girls Carnally knowing, attempted .. Concealment of birth Incest Indecent exposure or behaviour Rape Rape, attempted Sodomy Sodomy, attempted .. 55 2 18 7 4 2 317 8 12 6 1 57 1 22 3 3 5 371 7 13 3 6 432 491

District. Not Previouely Convicted. One l'le- Two Pre- Three Pie- Four vioue Con- vioue Con- vioue Con- vioue viclion. victions. victions. victic L'iu- Fivo 3on- vioue >ne. victii :'ie- Over Five Con- Previous me. Convictions. Totals. Z I. i o *~> <- to ffg M. F. M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Auckland Thames .. Napier Wanganui Wellington Greymouth Christchurch Dunedin Invercargill • 1,364 23 181 I 729 17 I 874 68 i 1,780 9!) : 247 1 : 981 47 ! 456 19 165 1 312 16 31 .. 235 7 195 10 462 09 76 l| 202 28 95 3 36' lj 1,644 130 293 15 78 68 212 23 107 56 15 293 14 112 12 15 .. 6 .. 78 2 36 I 3 68 7 44 I 6 212 49 136 34 23 .. ! 10 .. 107 9 61 8 56 2 34 2 15 .. 7 1 867 83 446 66 14 112 12 6 .. 2 36 3 7 44 6 49 136 34 .. 10 .. 9 61 8 2 34 2 7 1 8£ 24 14 6J 'i a 21 r t 281 89 8 24 14 69 7 42 21 7 19 1 2 47 64 3 15 14 14 5 27 13 4 14 i 12 274 17 59 ia 68 12 183 82 16 G9 2,508 261 4 1,176 .5 1,222 7 2,741 380 49 1,603 ■1-1 757 250 167 4 35 UK 317 2 143 51 3 147 1 48 4 14'J 21 111 97 15 i 1 3 2 6,777 27!) 867 83 446 66 281 74 159 32 724 156 10,898 S-α 598

Number Number Number Number discharged or arrested, 1909. arrested, 1910. convicted, 1910. j^J""^ 1910. Total : Total Increase Decrease in in Arrests. Arrests. Centre. M. P. M. F. M. P. M. P. M.andF.M.andP. Luckland and suburbs ... 1,180 96 Vellington and suburbs 2,039 j 224 ihristchurch and suburbs 771 109 )unedin and suburbs ... 581 G6 1,942 2,194 790 562 163 ' 1,942 289 2,194 107 790 47 560 162 289 107 46 ...I 1 "a "i 829 220 17 38 Totals ... ... 4,571 495 i 5,488 606 j 5,486 604 2 2 1,066 38 ital incn lase, 1,028.

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Return showing the Number of Persons arrested for Drunkenness on Sundays within each Principal Centre during the Years 1909 and 1910 (Males and Females shown separately).

The large increase in the number of prisons charged with drunkenness calls for notice, but no definite conclusions can be drawn from the figures. Offences of this nature are governed by a variety of conditions, such as increase of population, an influx of strangers, prosperity of the country, and last, but not least, the vigilance of the police. The following table shows the convictions for drunkenness per ten thousand of the population, for the years, L 907, 1908, and 1909, in Australia and New Zealand. These are the latest figures available at tlic time of writing : — 1907. l<loB. L 909. Commonwealth .. .. .. 1277 119*5 1191 New Zealand .. .. .. LlO-8 112-2 11(11 Prosecutions against Hotelkeepers. The number of prosecutions (256) against hotelkeepers during the year shows an increase of 43 as compared with the preceding year.

Return showing the Number of Prosecutions against Publicans in each District during the Year 1910 as compared with 1909, the Number convicted, and the Number discharged or otherwise dealt with.

Return showing the Number of Prosecutions against Publicans within each Principal Centre during the Year 1910, the Number convicted, and the Number discharged or otherwise dealt with.

Number arrested, 1909. Number arrested, 1910. Number convicted, 1910. Number discharged or otherwise dealt with, 1910. Centre. M. K. M. P. M. P. M. P. Auckland and suburbs ... Wellington and suburbs... Christormroh and suburbs Dunedin and suburbs M. 23 32 11) 9 F. 6 8 2 ~r M. 13 33 15 11 __ F. 5 7 1 M. 13 33 15 11 P. 5 7 2 1 M. P. Totals ... 83 II 72 15 72 15

„. . District. District. Prosecutions, Prosecutions, I Convictions, or iqnq iqin ' iqin otherwise dealt 1909. 1910. 1910. with lgi0 ~nd ... fhames Napier iVanganui ... Wellington ... ireymouth ... 3b net church Dunedin invercargill... I l_ ; 49 40 10 30 ... 8 16 7 9 ... 13 12 7 o 19 21 10 11 28 47 20 27 55 82 45 37 24 22 18 !) ... ! 16 16 10 6 ...! i ; Totals ... 1 . 1 213 256 122 134 213 I 256 122 134 i

Centre. Proseoutions. Convictions. Discharged or otherwise dealt with. I Auckland and suburbs Wellington and suburbs ... Christchurch and suburbs ... Dunedin and suburbs 14 17 9 1 1 6 6 13 11 3 1 Totals 41 18 28

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Sl,v-(;i!OGi There were 19<i prosecutions during the year for ely-gTOg selling, resulting in 117 convictions, agamet 235 prosecutions and 154 convictions during the preceding year. The police are often blamed for failure to detect illicit sales of liquor, and I therefore repeat what 1 said in last year's report—viz., that "the difficulty in obtaining evidence in support of charges of sly-grog selling is increased by the disinclination of the general public to afford the police any assistance in this respect, and lor this reason it is found necessary to resort to methods which are distasteful both to the public and the police. There is, however, no alternative unless the law-bieakeia are to be allowed to go their own way unchecked." The legislation of last session has had a good effect in abolishing the bogus locker system, which was used in some districts to defy the law : while the extension to the " proclaimed Native areas " of the provisions of the Licensing Act requiring notice to be given of liquor sent into no-license districts lias materially assisted the police in gaining control of the liquor traffic in these areas. L regret to observe, however, that there has been a disposition on the part of many dealers in liquor to disregard the provisions of the Act in this respect, or to regard them as vexatious requirements to be disobeyed "i evaded. It is a very valuable provision, as it enables the police to promptly trace liquor consigned to persons within the prohibited districts, and to follow it up before it has been disposed of illegally. A number of prosecutions for breaches of this section have taken place, and as there can now be no excuse thai ih,. law is not generally understood, further prosecutions will follow whenever the circumstances warrant that course being adopted. Legislation is required to control the output and sale of New Zealand wines. 1 have received reports which show that grave abuses result under the present law. The lines imposed on ely-grog sellers during the year 19J0 amounted to el 862 as anainsi 12,358 15s. in 1909. The amounts of tines in the various districts are as follows :— £ s. .1. Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 412 0 0 Thames .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 267 10 0 Napier Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 302 0 0 Wellington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 0 0 Greymouth (Jhristehureh . . .. . . . . . . .. . . 295 10 0 Dunedin .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 82 0 0 Invereargill Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £1,862 # 0 0 The direct cost to the Dominion in detecting and prosecuting sly-grog sellers during the year was £B<K) 19s. 6d., this being £1,061 Os. 6d. less than the amount of fines imposed. Gaminu Offences. There were 206 prosecutions, resulting in 169 convictions, during the year under the gaining laws, against 231) prosecutions and 208 convictions in 1909. The Gaming Act of last session has pretty well cleared the streets of the undesirables who hung about certain localities in the cities, and there has been a marked improvement in this respect. Betting still goes on, and will continue to go on ; but it is confined to fewer individuals, and has been made more difficult. 1 regard the gaining law of 191(1 as a distinct advance upon previous legislation. Criminal Registration. On the 31st March last the iinger-print collection consisted of the impressions of 10,905 offenders, being an increase of 986 on the previous year. During the year 148 offenders, whose antecedents were unknown to the police of the districts in winch they were in custody, were, by the means of their finger-impressions, identified as previously convicted persons, showing an increase of 8 over last year." The following table shows the steady increase of the finger-print collection, and prisoners traced thereby for the past seven years : —

Year. Prints in lection Number of Increa8eon prisoners traoe,! Prints m Col- p= Y as Previous lection. Previous Year. Oifcnders li Pr aorease i >vious Y on : fear. -I Previous lenders. 1VVV1VU' ' Ml II [ >. 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 L910 .911 .. I 4,200 5,000 6,151 7,622 8,718 9,919 10,905 > ! i 700 800 1,151 1,471 1,096 1,201 986 72 88 104 123 138 140 148

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Finger-prints of persons in custody here have been identified in the Australian States and London as those of persons previously convicted in those places, while prints of persons in custody in the various States of Australia Lave I n identified here as those of persons previously convicted in New Zealand. As a detective agency the tinner-print system is of greal practical assistance to the general police. and in several instances ii has been the sole means of establishing the identity of the offender and securing Ins conviction. In one case, which occurred during the early part of this year, no suspicion was attachable to any one. lint a small finger-marked piece of ulass which was found at the scene ol Ihe crime revealed to the tiiiuf r-I>i illl expert the identity of a man whose presence in the district was unknown, and resulted in the subsequent apprehension and admission ol guilt of the culprit. The general police are now required to take the finger-impressions of all deceased persons whose identity is unknown, and submit them for search and comparison by the finger-print experts: and within a period of three months the identity of two such persons was ascertained in this way. The system of registration of the criminal history of all finger-printed offenders has undergone material improvement during the year, and this section furnishes much valuable information to all branches of the Department. During the year the portraits of 1.162 Australian criminals have been received, recorded, and distributed to the principal cities in the Dominion ; those of .".HI New Zealand criminals have been circulated and filed; and 653 photographs have been taken, for general police purposes, by the photographer at headquarters. As the collection of finger-prints, criminal histories, photographs, fee., is increasing, the general search is becoming proportionately slower and more difficult, and the existent pressure of work in the bureau indicates the consistent expansion of the system of identification, the more general recognition of its value, and the increasing advantage which is being taken of its usefulness. Candidates for Force. Seventy-three men were taken on during the year, their nationalities, religipns. and occupations being as follows:—Nationalities: Australia, 11; England, 6; Ireland. 14; New Zealand. :i r > ; Scotland. 7. Religions: Church of England, IT: Methodists. I: Plymouth Brethren. I: Presbyterians, 30: Roman Catholics. 20; Wesleyan, I. Occupations: Artillerymen. I: asylum attendants, 2 ; baker, I; blacksmith, 2 ; carpenters, 3 : clerks. 2 ; coachsmith, I: contractor. 1: creamery-manager, 1: drivers, 2 ; ex-constables. Hi: farmer. I: farm labourers, 8; gasfitter, I: grocers, 2; joiner, 1: labourers. 15: miners.! , : painter. 1: ploughman. 1; railway porters, 2 ; salesman. 2; sawmill hand. 1 ; shepherd, 1 ; storeman, I ; tram conductor, I. First Am to the Injured. During the year ended March. 1911, fi(i probationers presented themselves, at the conclusion of their course of training a 1 the depot, lor examination in " first aid to the injured," the examinations being held under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance Association. Of the 66 men who sat. all passed. The maximum number of marks was gained in six eases, the average of those who passed being 8845. (Maximum. KM) : bare pass, r>o.) The lecturer was in each case Dr. Henry. Police Surgeon, and the examiners different medical men appointed by the Association. Stations, etc. During the year the following works have been completed : New Builditfgs. Poaaaroa. Greymouth (police gaol). Blackball. Motueka. Johnsonville. Christchurch (Matron's quarters). New Buildings in course i>l Erection. Wellsford. Whaiigamomona (lock-up). Otaki. Frankton. Parnell. Morrinsville (lock-up and office). South Invercargill. Properties purchased. Reinuera .. • • Station. Islington .. .. Site. Waitara .. . • » Waitati .. .. ~ New Plymouth (Fitzroy) „ Napier .. .. ~ (Inspector's residence). Te Puke .. • • Site. I Owhango ..

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Additions, Improvements, <tV. Auckland. Eden Ter- Cass .. .. Hut erection. race .. .. Alterations, <fee, made. Waitotara.. .. Painting. Waverley .. .. Additions, Ac., in hand. Whakatane .. Outbuildings. &<•. Wellington, Manners Mohaka .. .. Lock-up. Street .. .. Additions made. Dannevirke .. Renovation and repairs. Otautau .. .. Additions, renovations, New Plymouth (ser- Painting, renovations, &c. &c, in hand. geant's quarters) Ongarue .. .. Additions made. Winton .. .. Outbuildings. Opunake .. .. Additions and repairs. Kawakawa .. Repairs. Whitianga.. .. Renovations. Pahiatua .. .. Painting, &c. Sumnei .. .. ~ Wairoa .. .. Additions. Wellington, Thomdon „ Waitara .. .. Repairs. Wanganui.. .. Pire-preventionappliances Westport .. .. „ installed. Caversham .. Painting, &c. New Plymouth .. Ditto. Caitangata .. „ ~ Palmerston North .. .. Napier .. .. Painting and renovations. Napier .. .. „ Martinborough .. Additions. &c. Greymouth .. ~ Whangaroa .. Cells moved, repairs, &<•.. Ohakune .. .. Painting and repairs. to station. Growth of Department. The following return shows the growth of the Department, the continued increase of the population, and the total number of offences (irrespective of by-law offences) reported, and in which arrests or summonses resulted, each year since 1877. prior to which date each province in the Dominion had its Own Police Force, and reliable data ate not available :—

In addition to the strength of the Force as shown above, there are 17 district constables. 9 Native constables, 4 police Burgeons (one in each city), and 4 matrons (one in each city).

1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 L884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 L896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 Year. X o o 25 25 25 13 13 13 13 20 20 20 13 13 12 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 14 14 15 16 16 15 i B « « 8 T3 > 3 — 5 o ■*» ' O <y I: i i 90 14 329 84 16 364 86 21 :-!7'.i 73 18 337 72 19 343 72 20 356 70 17 365 i 65 17 372 66 18 390 69 18 395 69 17 388 65 17 389 66 18 403 61 14 404 ] 60 14 401 53 i 14 407 55 13 410 51 13 ; 416 J 5] 13 ' 414 45 12 453 56 16 457 53 15 475 56 20 499 56 20 504 58 20 514 59 20, 522 i 59 21 534 65 25 553 71 25 557 78 30 577 i 83 32 604 87 35 633 86 34 639 87 38 648 Total Police t0 Jotal Population. 458 1 to 944 489 1 to 948 511 1 to 949 441 1 to 1,136 f 447 1 to 1,158 461 1 to 1,173 465 1 to 1,263 j 474 1 to 1,293 , 494 1 to 1,266 502 1 to 1,265 487 1 to 1,328 484 1 to 1,347 494 1 to 1,346 486 1 to 1,375 482 1 to 1,401 481 1 to 1,439 485 1 to 1,472 487 1 to 1,495 484 1 to 1,530 517 1 to 1,461 586 1 to 1,435 554 1 to 1,414 586 1 to 1,359 59] 1 to 1,381 604 1 to 1,375 613 1 to 1,388 626 1 to 1,398 655 ; 1 to 1,375 667 1 to 1,387 699 1 to 1,375 734 1 to 1,381 771 1 to 1,308 775 1 to 1,330 788 1 to 1,333 Cost per ~~ Inhabit- Population. Offenoes ant. reported. I ; 432,352 14,157 •§ I 463,572 16,374 £ ' 484,939 17,837 °% j 500,976 16,635 t* 517,626 18,613 55 , 540,753 18,775 3/3 587,295 18,263 3/0f 613,212 18,955 3/2 625,849 18,135 3/2£ 635,215 17,752 3/If 646,913 12,897 2/10f 652,125 12,945 2/10f 664,855 : 13,115 I 2/1H '' 668,353 12,674 2/9 675,775 13,153 2/8i 692,426 13,165 2/71- 714,258 I 13,530 2/6J 728,121 ; 14,010 2/7* 740,699 14,673 2/7i 754,016 15,219 2/8" 768,910 16,378 2/91 .783,317 16,865 2/10f 796,359 18,358 2/10| 816,290 19,909 2/101 830,800 19,771 2/lOJ 851,068 20,736 2/101 875,648 21,066 2/101 900,682 ! 20,249 2/10.1 92,'i,605 i 21,160 3/0 "" 901,604 23,204 3/2£ 1 977,215 I 23,510 3/41 11,008,373 23,930 3/31 j 1,030,657 25,106 3 4i 1,050. tic Offences where Arrests or Summonses resulted. 13,959 14,696 16,723 15,212 17,470 17,727 17,322 17,723 17,000 16,500 11,854 11,885 12,177 11,748 12,187 12,100 12,500 12,435 13,171 14,042 14,730 15,561 17,131 18,742 18,802 19,867 20,118 19,251 20,241 22,244 22,484 22,880 23,949 Arrests for Drunkenness (included in " Offences reported "). 6,668 6,794 6,484 5,587 6,860 7,572 7,151 7,034 6,2(50 5,226 5,387 5,444 5,866 5,416 5,360 5,251 4,594 4,636 5,005 5,204 5,532 6,289 7,299 8,057 8,269 8,815 9.615 8,707 9,210 10,203 10,343 10,657 11,718

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General. Owing to the growth of population and the expansion of settlement, a considerable increase in the strength of the Force is required. Apart from requests made ( by local bodies. &c. the Inspectors have recommended the following additions to their present staffs, viz. : — Auckland District .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 86 Thames District .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Wanganui District .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Wellington District .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Greymouth District .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Christchurch District .. .. .. .. .. .. I Invercargill District] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 I am sparing no endeavour to increase the staff wherever increases are necessary, but as only a limited number of recruits can be passed through the Training Depot in the year, and as all casualties in the Force have first to be provided for, it has not been possible, with the means at my disposal, to grant all the additions asked for at present. I hope during the present year to have more recruits available for necessary additions to strength, and I am very pleased to say that the Training Depot is to be enlarged so that it will accommodate a larger number of men than hitherto. It will probably prove interesting to the public and to the Force to set out the principal recommendations made by the Royal Commissioner on the Police Force of 1909, and to show how they have been dealt with. New Regulations. —New regulations have been drafted and submitted to the various Inspectors for suggestions, but owing to the magnitude of the work it has not been possible to filially settle the regulations and issue them. It is proposed to summon a Conference of Inspectors shortly to discuss these draft regulations, and I hope they will be in force before my next report is presented. Training Depot.- —A vote has been taken for the enlargement of the depot, including provision for a gymnasium. I am arranging with the Defence authorities to detach a drill instructor to give recruits " setting-up " drill and physical training, and if this arrangement does not work satisfactorily I propose to recommend that a competent drill instructor be permanently attached to the depot. The Royal Commissioner drew attention to the need of more supervision at night over the recruits in the depot. I entirely agree with his views on this subject, but to carry out the proposal would confine the appointment of the officer in charge of the depot to an unmarried man who would live on the premises. Up to the present, the practical difficulties in the way of giving effect to his recommendation have proved insuperable. There is no reason to suppose that any irregularities due to lack of supervision have occurred in the depot. Enrolment. —Forms of application for enrolment are now supplied to every District Office ; and, in addition, every candidate is first seen by an Inspector, who reports his opinion as to the candidate's suitability for the Force. Later on I propose to extend the time spent in the depot from two to three months, but I have not yet been able to do so owing to the necessity of filling vacancies and granting applications for additional police without delay. Married men now receive 7s. 6d. a day while in the depot. Police Matters at Oamaru and Blenheim. —Both these matters have been dealt with. Police, Accommodation at Dunedin and Wellington. —The accommodation at Dunedin is admittedly inadequate, but there is little room on the present site for additions. The matter is engaging attention. At Wellington votes have been taken for additions at Lambton Quay and Mount Cook. The additions at Lambton Quay involve a complete rearrangement, and satisfactory plans have not yet been completed. The additions at Mount Cook are in hand. Thames District. —It has been deemed advisable to make no alteration in this district at present. Otago and Canterbury Districts. —The alteration of the boundaries of these districts, recommended by the Royal Commissioner, has been made. Medical Examination on Promotion. —No promotion to the rank of sergeant is now made without a medical examination. Senior Sergeants. —The rank of station sergeant has been abolished, and that of senior sergeant substituted. Headquarters Staff. —The Headquarters Staff was broken up on my taking over the duties of Commissioner, and the Head Office is now manned by civilians. Physical Training. —I attach much importance to the physical training of the Force, but time has not permitted mc to formulate a scheme of training as yet. House and Travelling Allowances. —A new scale of house and travelling allowances has been brought into operation. Sergeants now receive a house-allowance of 14s. a week instead of 10s. 6d.. and constables receive 10s. 6d. a week instead of 7s. An increased scale of travelling-allowances has also been introduced, and the question of saloon or steerage passages when travelling by sea, and firstor second-class fares when travelling by rail, has been placed on a more satisfactory footing. I believe that these concessions were well deserved, and have been much appreciated. Lamps. —A suitable pattern of electric lamp or torch for night duty cannot be obtained in NewZealand, and I am making inquiries in London. I have ascertained that the London Metropolitan Police Force uses the bull's-eye lantern : while in Melbourne the use of lanterns or lamps has been discontinued for a number of years. Pay. —I have deferred any recommendation in respect of the pay of the Force because the increase in the house and travelling allowances caused a considerable addition to the annual vote for the Police

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Department. My own opinion is that the present ra.te of pay is not inadequate, but that in some of the ranks tho intervals between the regulation increments are far too long. It takes a constable sixteen years to rise from the minimum of 7s. 6d. a day to the maximum of !)s. 6d. a day. 1 think that if this period were shortened, and a email allowance made for long service and good conduct, good results would ensue. An alternative would be to fix a higher minimum and maximum rate, bul the whole question is one of money, and later on it will receive careful consideration. Inspectors' Reports. Kxtracts from the annual reports of the Inspectors in charge of districts are hereto annexed. F. Waldegrave. Commissioner of Police.

EXTRACTS FROM ANNUAL REPORTS OF OFFICERS [N CHARGE OF DISTRICTS. Inspector Cullex. Auckland District. The criminal statistics which were forwarded to you in due time show that the total number of offences reported was 6,385. being an increase of ■ < i~'2 over that of the preceding year. The casualties amongst the constables have been as follows : 2 died, 1 retired on superannuation on reaching the age-limit. I retired on superannuation as medically unfit, 5 resigned to better their positions, and 5 were called upon to resign on account of unsatisfactory conduct on their part. There were no casualties in any of the other ranks. The strength of the district has been increased by 1 sergeant and 13 constables, who have been distributed as follows : The sergeant replaced a constable in charge at Dargaville, 4 constables were posted in Auckland Station, and I each to each of the following stations : Newton, Eden Terrace, Freeman's Ray, Hamilton, Huntly. Te Kuiti. Taumarunui, Remuera, and Herekino. the constable sent to the latter place replacing a district constable there. The steady increase in population which has taken place and is still going on in the city and suburban areas us well as in the country townships makes a further augmentation to the strength nf the police necessary during the current year, as shown hereunder : — Stations. Se '- p?}- V° ,eC " Tota>geants. stables. tivee. Auckland City .. .. . . .. 1 8 2 II Queen Street Wharf .. .. .. .... 2 I 3 Ponsonby . . .. . . . . .. I 3 .. 4 Newton .. .. .. .. .... 1 .. I Eden Terrace.. . . . . . . .... I I 2 Newmarket . . . . . . . . .... I . . I Onehunga .. . . .. . . .... I .. I Otahuhu .. .. .. .. .... I .. I Pukekohe .. . . . . . . .... I .. 1 Hamilton .. .. .. .. .... 1 I 2 Huntly .. .. .. .. .. I .. .. I Cambridge . . .. . . . . .... I . . 1 Te Kuiti . . . . . . . . . . I . . . . I Taumarunui . . .. . . . . . . I . . . . I For new stations as under Richmond. Grey Lynn . . .. .... I .. 1 Mount Albert .'. . . . . .... 1 . . I Takapuna .. .. .. .... 1 .. 1 Owen's Road, Epsom .. .. .... I .. I Mount Kden Road South . . . . .... I . . I 5 26 5 36 New stations have been opened at Remueru and Maungaturoto, and the station at I'ahi, in the Maungaturoto district, has been dosed. A site and residence have been purchased at Remuera for police purposes. A site has also been purchased at Maungaturoto, where station buildings are very much needed. New stations should be opened at Richmond (Grey Lynn), Mount Albeit, Takapuna, Owen's Road (Epsom), Mount Eden Road South. Sites for stations should be secured without delay in the abovenamed localities. Sites for stations should also be secured ai Freeman's Bay. Mount Roskill. Kiugsland, Northcote, llobsonville, Ohaeawai. Houhora, Herekino, Devonport, and Huntly. at all of which places except Hobsonville the Department is paying rents for the premises occupied as police-stations. As the rank of station sergeani has m>l been a success. I beg to suggest that it be abolished altogether and that of senior sergeant substituted, and that a number of the most promising sergeants should be appointed senior sergeants, so thai suitable men can be selected from their number to take charge of the large central stations wlien vacancies occur there from time to time. The present station sergeants should, of course, retain their present senior position at the head of the list of the senior sergeants.

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Inspector Wright, Thames District. On the 31st March, 1911, the strength of the Force in this district was : 1 Inspector, 3 sergeants, i< > constables, 1 detective, 2 district constables, and 3 Native constables. During the year the strength at Opotiki and Tauranga has been increased by a constable at each place, and the district constable at Tokaami has been replaced by a regular constable : at Waihi the strength has been reduced by 1 constable. Increases are now required at Waihi, Te Aroha, and Rotorua, 1 constable at each station. No new stations have been opened and none closed during the year. There have been no deaths, retirements on pension, dismissals, or resignations during the year. The return of offences for the year ending 31st December last does not call for special remark. There were 726 offences reported, as against 719 the previous year ; of these, 700 were accounted for either by arrest or summons, thus showing the satisfactory result of 96-41 per cent, of offences detected. There were 265 persons arrested for drunkenness, as compared with 245 the previous year, and considering that the district extends from Cape Colviile to the East Cape, and includes such towns as Thames, Rotorua, Waihi, Tauranga, and Opotiki, I think the figures show that the district is a particularly sober one. Of 51 persons committed for trial for indictable offences, 45 were subsequently convicted. The conduct of all members of the Force during the year has, with so few exceptions as are not worth mentioning, been highly satisfactory ; all are working together well, and seem well satisfied with the conditions under which they serve. The increased house allowance granted in January last has been much appreciated by the married constables unprovided with quarters. 1 am not aware of any marked increase of population in any particular part of the district, but the Hauraki Plain is being steadily drained and settled, and there is now quite a number of settlers in that district who are bringing a considerable volume of trade to the Thames. Work is also about to commence on the Rangitaiki Swamp. • This will open up some 85,000 acres of what has the reputation of being extremely fertile land, which will no doubt attract close settlement. The district shows every indication of being in a prosperous state, and the unemployed are an unknown quantity. The deep levels at the Thames are now being tested, and should payable gold be discovered a large increase in population can be expected. There have been no serious crimes of a violent nature dining I he year that deserve special mention. The Licensing Amendment Act, 1910. has still further strengthened the hands of the police in dealing with sly-grog selling in no-license districts, but there still remains an important amendment to be made as regards sly-grog selling in licensed anas ; m the former it is an offence for any person to keep liquor for sale (section 146 subsection (t<) ii). and under subsection (d) of same section the onus of showing that liquor proved to be kept is not intended for sale lies upon the accused. In licensed areas there is no such offence as keeping for sale (see section 195), and no such provision as that contained in subsection (ti) of section 146 ; consequently, although the police may know that a person is getting more liquor that he would reasonably want for his own use. and is no doubt selling it in a discreet manner, yet they are helpless unless they can prove an actual Bale, which is in most cases very difficult to do, and can only be done by adopting objectionable methods. If the. provisions regarding sly-grog selling in no-license areas were applied to licensed areas the police would be able to put clown a class of ely-grog selling that there is every reason to believe obtains in some parts of the Dominion.

Inspector Dvvyer, Napier District. The offences return submitted to your office for the year ending 31st December last shows there were 2,070 offences of all classes reported, and of this number 2.027 were detected. The return shows an increase of 76 offences as compared with the previous year. The offences were of the usual class. none of them calling for any special remark. There has been little or no sly-grog selling, and the licensed houses throughout the district, with few exceptions, have been conducted in a very satisfactory manner. During the year the police-station at Waikaremoana was closed, and a station opened at Mohaka, where it was much more needed. The casualties during the year were: I sergeant-and I constable retired on pension, I constable voluntarily resigned, and 1 constable called upon to resign. The conduct of the sergeants, detectives, and constables during the pear was, on the whole, very good, and greater vigilance and activity in the detection of crime was shown. The percentage of arrests made to the number of offences reported reflects credit on all hands. The men full} appreciate the late increases in lodging and travelling allowances, and these concessions have helped to create a feeling of satisfaction and contentment among them. The legislation dealing with the supply of liquor to Natives for consumption off licensed premises is evaded in every conceivable form by the Natives, and I would suggest that the law be amended by making it an offence for Natives to be found with liquor in their possession. Inspector Wilson, Wanganui District. The strength of the Force is 79—1 Inspector. 1 Rub-Inspector, 8 sergeants, 64 constables, 3 detectives, 1 acting-detective, and 1 district constable. New stations have been formed at Fitzroy and Whangamomona. The latter is the site of the principal railway-works on the Stratford-Ongarue Railway. At the present time there are some 600 men employed on these works.

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The principal towns -viz., Wanganui, Palraerston North, New Plymouth, Feilding, Hawera, Stratford. Marton, Eltham. and Taihape are growing very rapidly. Although building is being pushed on, there is a continual demand for decent houses, which shows there is an ever-increasing population. I would draw your attention to the necessity of establishing a police-station at Gonville, Wanganui. This is a rapidly increasing suburb. The constable there would have control of that suburb and on to Castlecliff. The population of these two places numbers upwards of 3.000. A tramway system is being started to go through Gonville to Castlecliff, so that the need of a constable there is urgent. \t Wanganui at least < additional constable is required. A town of the size and importance of Wanganui should have a watchhouse-keeper on duty all night. This cannot be arranged with our present staff. The population of this district is approximately 115,000. The present authorized strength is 80, so that on the population basis I should have more men. The conduct of the men on the whole has been good ; as a rule they have been zealous and attentive in the discharge of their duties. The detective staff has worked well, and their energy has resulted in a large number of serious cases reaching the Supreme Court. The only serious crimes during the past year were a series of crimes committed by John Joseph Powelka at Palmerston North last April. In the pursuit and capture of this criminal I consider the police did a really smart piece of work in effecting his apprehension in a little over a week. The criminal statistics for the past year —1910—show but a very small increase, viz.. 9 offences. There were reported 2,563 offences, of which 2, 198 arrests or summonses resulted, and were de;ilt with in the Courts, leaving 65 undetected offences, or about 2£ per cent, of the total. There has been a slighi increase of the serious ofiences, of burglary, breaking into shops. &C., also in wife-desertion, failing to support. &c. and drunkenness : the latter is probably due to the more effective steps taken to keep the streets clear of drunken persons. * There has been a slight falling-off in the convictions for slygrog selling, but the total amount inflicted in fines was much larger than in previous years. The figures are -19 prosecutions. I I convictions, and £302 in fines. During the year there were 21 prosecutions against publicans for breaches of the Licensing Act. resulting in l< l convictions and 11 charges being withdrawn or dismissed. The number of offenders committed to the Supreme Court for trial or sentence continues about the same. In 1909 there were 92 committed and 12 convicted at the Supreme Courts ;in 1910 there were 94 committed and 7<> convicted ; showing. T submit, that more care is being taken in the preparing and presenting of these cjises in the Courts.

Inspector Ellison, Wellington District. The authorized strength of the district on the 31st March, 1911, was 146, and the actual strength 143. The removal of 7 officers of the headquarters staff from the strength of this district during the year accounts for the difference in the authorized strength from that of the previous year. During the last twelve months 16 recruits have been appointed to the district, whilst the transfers from other districts have been 1 Sub-Inspector, 2 sergeants. 1 detective, 1 acting-detective, and 4 constables. The transfers to other districts were 2 Sub-Inspectors, 3 sergeants, 2 detectives, 1 actingdetective, and 8 constables, whilst 3 constables retired on pension, 9 were discharged on resignation, 1 was dismissed, and 1 died. During the year the new station at Pongaroa was completed, and a new station has been erected at Motueka. New buildings are in progress at Johnsonville and Otaki ; the former is almost ready for occupation. New cells have been erected at Manners Street, Wellington, which are a great convenience in regard to arrests in that central locality. Since the cells were completed on the 30th September, 1910, up to the 31st March, 1911, 398 prisoners were locked up there. The erection of new buildings means a considerable reduction in the amount paid by the Department annually as rent. In this behalf I again beg to urge the necessity for a new station at Masterton. and the purchase of houses at Island Bay, Kilbirnie, Eastbourne, and Brooklyn. The increase of suburban population at Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, and Miramar will soon demand another constable in that locality. Lyall Bay has become a very popular seaside resort, and is visited by thousands of persons every week ; in fact, the constable's time is fully occupied patrolling the beach amongst the bathers. I anticipate that another constable will be required there next summer. The ofiences return for the year ended 31st December, 1910, shows an increase of 229 offences reported, the total number being 5,737, as against 5,508 for the previous year. The undetected offences amounted to 261, but this includes 27 deserters from merchant vessels, and a number of persons wanted on summons, who could not be found, for disobeying orders of Court, and similar offences. The actual undetected cases amount to about 150, including principally thefts of all descriptions. The principal increases were in drunkenness, 165 ; failing to support relatives, 47 ; ship-deserters, 40 ; theft, 71 ; breaches of the peace, 38 ; cruelty to animals, 37. Decreases appear under —assaults, 38 : deserting wives and children, 42 ; illegally on premises, 19 ; neglected children, 12 ; soliciting prostitution, 37. The Gaming Amendment Act of 1910 has already had a good effect in reducing the number of undesirable semi-vagrants who are to be found idling about towns, living on what they can pick up at race meetings. Although the Act cannot be supposed to entirely stop betting or gambling, still it keeps such business within better bounds than was the case hitherto.

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The Licensing Act Amendment of 1910 also proves of advantage to curtailing to some degree the. conditions under which liquor can be " stored " for friends or customers in no-license areas ; but so "one as no license prevails undei existing conditions, so long will there be plenty of scope foi the ingenuitx and activity of those who desire to circumvent the law. The conduct of the Force during the past year in this district lias been good. A few have been negligent or lazy, but it was found necessary to inflict fines in only eight cases during the past year. Consulerina the'restrictions and sometimes arduous duties of a constable's life this shows as good a result as could be expected. As usual, the detective etaff, as well as many of the uniform men, have done a great deal of very good work. I be* to ask that four additional constables may be, provided for during the current twelve monthsviz.. 3 for the head station at Lambton Quay, and 1 for assisting at Lyall Bay, Hataitai, Kilbinue, and Miramar next summer. . Three additional men are much needed at this station, as the frequent escorts, sickness, and relieving at country stations often leave the station short-handed.

Inspector Black, Greymouth District. The actual strength of the Force in this district on the 31st March, 1911, was 1 Inspector. 5 sergeants, 35 constables, and 1 detective ; total, 42, being an increase of 4 constables on previous year's strength. New stations were opened at Blackwater and Globe Mine, Keeiton. The conduct of the men has, on the whole, been good during the last twelve months although 11 bave been fined for negled of duty and breaches of regulations. I am pleased to state that with one exception there has not been a single case of intoxication or drunkenness amongst the men in this 8 The criminal statistics show 896 offences reported during the year ended 31st December, 1910, hem- an increase of 92 on previous year's total. Out of 896 offences reported, 850 are accounted for by Crests and summonses, leaving 46 offences undetected, or about 5 per cent, of the whole. Daring the year there were 82 prosecutions against publicans, resulting in 45 convictions, as against 55 prosecutions and 36 convictions in the previous year. Another constable is badly wanted at Reefton. T1... town, which has about 2,000 inhabitants, is left without any police protection whatever from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. each day. As there are only a sergeant and two constables stationed there, no other arrangement can be made. I hope that another constable will be sent there without delay. A police-station should also be opened at Cobden, and a married constable stationed there. Cobden}has>Tpopulalion*of about 1,200. It has'two hotels anrl a number of stores, and is growing " P1 The inhabitants of Millerton have petitioned that a police-station be opened there as soon as possible and the matter has been reported upon by the constable in charge of subdistrict, by Sergeant Dew. who is in charge of the Westport subdistrict, and by myself. I hope the Department will see its way to send three extra constables to this district as soon as possible, one each for Reefton, Oobden and Millerton. I put them down in the order I consider they are most required. The new police-station at Blackball has been finished, and the constable stationed there has taken possession of the premises.

Inspector Kiely, Christchurch District. On the 31st March last the strength of the Force was as follows : 1 Inspector, 2 Sub-Inspectors, 1 station sergeant, 13 sergeants. 101 constables, 8 detectives. :', acting-detectives. There is a matron and a surgeon attached to the Christchurcli Station. The casualties during the year were as follows : Resignations, 8 : discharged on superannuation, 3 : dismissed, nil; death. 1. The total number of offences reported during the year ended 31st December, 1910, was 3,984, and the number of persons apprehended or summoned 3,787. An increase of 492 offences is shown in comparison with the return for the year ended 31st December, 1909. The prim ipal mci .ffences for the year are as follows : Absconding from industrial schools, 27; burglary, breaking into shops, dwellings, I: , : disorderly and riotous conduct, 14 ; drunkenness. 149- failing to support parents and near relatives, 28 ; illegally on premises, 13 ; obscene and profane language, 36; refusing to quit licensed premises, 17; 9; theft by servants, 11 ; trespass, 54 ; and vagrancy, 47. The principal decreases for the yi alts on police, 5; begging, 6; breaches of the peace '■ disobeying orders on board ship 22; disobeying orders of the Court, 11 ; indecent exposure ,„■ behaviour, 0 ; keeping disorderly houses and brothels. I ; perjury, 6 ; soliciting prostitution, 27 ; and theft from dwellings, 7. There were 694 prosecutions under the Christchurch CSty by-laws, resulting in 675 convictions and 19 dismissals. The of bicycles reported as lost or stolen was 839 ;of this number, 659 were recovered, 634 claimed, and 25 are in the store, unclaimed.

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During the 3 ear the amount of tines imposed in sly-grog cases was £295 10s. The rewards paid by the Department for the detection and prosecution of shj grog sellers amounted to £88 10s. The recent legislation providing for the suppression of si reel betting, and the prevention of bookmakers from plying their calling on racecoursi has had a beneficial effect in giving the police more control over this class of men. who, as a rule, will evade 1 be law when it suits their purpose. As the bookmaker has been prevented by law from plying his calling in public places, he will resort to "private betting." and it will be more difficult to detect him in the act than it was before : but no complaints have been made sine c the new Act came into force, and I think it will be a source of general satisfaction to the public to know that betting in a public place is no longer permitted. I am pleased to say that the old building on the west of the < hristchurch Station has been pulled down, and a new building for the matron has been erected in its place ; it is in close proximity to the prisoners, and the conveniences provided are ample for modem requirements. Other old buildings which are in the iast stages of decay will soon have to be pulled down, and buildings erected in place of them for stores and a, gymnasium. I am pleased to state that the conduct of the men in this distrid has been generally satisfactory ; few complaints came from any outside source in regard to the men or the manner in which they have been performing their duties. The junior members of the service are willing to conform to the regulations, and discipline is not so difficult to maintain as it was a few years ago. I am obliged to ask for an increase of one additional constable I'm Addington Station, the district having grown too large for supervision by one constable as at present.

Inspector Mitchell, Dunedin District. The authorized strength of the Force in this district on the -'Jlsi March lasi was 106 — 1 Inspector, 1 Sub-Inspector, 1 station sergeant, 12 sergeants, 1 chief detective, I detectives, I acting-detective, and 85 constables (1 surgeon and 1 matron). During the year ended 31st December last 2,167 offences were reported, showing a decrease of 109 in the aggregate as compared with the preceding year. In the class known as burglary, house and shop breaking, there was, however, an increase of 48. but inquiries showed that boys were principally responsible, and were dealt with by the Courts. In drunkenness there was a decrease of 75 cases, and of sly-grog selling there were 7 convictions, with fines totalling £82. Oamaru subdistrict (which includes Duntroon, Hampden, and Kurow) was transferred from Christchurch to Dunedin Police District as from the Ist September, 1910. Inspector O'Brien and Constables Brennan ami Walton have been retired on pension during the year. I beg to suggest that Government quarters (either rented or otherwise) should be provided for the Inspector, Sub-Inspector, and station sergeant at Dunedin, as is done at Auckland and Christchurch.

Inspector O'Donovan, Invercargill District. On the 22nd February ultimo I took charge of the dial rid in succession to Inspector Mitchell, transferred to Dunedin. 1 found the Force throughout the district imbued with an excellent sense of discipline, which I shall endeavour to maintain. The conduct of the men during the year appears to have been generally good ; but in one instance misconduct (not of a public nature) resulted in the constable concerned being retired. During the year 1910, 578 offences of all kinds were reported, as against 520 in 1909, an increase of 58. Of the offences reported, 544 were detected, being 94-11 per cent. On the 25th February ultimo the district clerk, a constable, was transferred, and his place was rilled by a sergeant. On the 31st March ultimo the strength of the district was at the authorized maximum, as follows : 1 Inspector, 5 sergeants, 30 constables, 1 detective, 1 district constable, 1 female searcher. The casualties were : Resignations —constables, 1 voluntary, 1 compulsory; death, 1 sergeant. Vigorous efforts, of which you are advised from time to time, have been made for the suppression of illicit dealing in liquor and other offences against the licensing laws in prohibited districts, and successful prosecutions have resulted. These, it is hoped, will have a salutary effect. These efforts are still well maintained. So far I see no reason to suppose that any large class of people are concerned in attempts to evade the existing licensing laws. Throughout the district I find the police dwellinghouses require in some instances to be replaced by new buildings ; in others, somewhat extensive repairs. On these cases I will report in detail as occasion requires ; some you have already under consideration. You have also under consideration the question of appointing a probationary detective to assist the only detective in this district, who is located at this station. If a local man is appointed a constable will be required to replace him here. Further, in view of the rapid expansion of business places within the borough which is now going on, the increase in population, and the extensive municipal works in the construction of tramways, drainage, and waterworks about to be inaugurated almost immediately, I have to recommend an increase of another constable for this station. At present there is no watchhouse-keeper at night, but one will become urgently necessary when these works are being carried out. Hitherto telephone calls at night have been answered by the sergeant in charge of the station, an officer who is constantly on duty throughout the whole day from 9 a.m. This, in addition to visitation of men on night duty and calls to fires, is a severe strain upon the sergeant.

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1909. 1WU. % % £ £« j Pereone apprehended or summoned. . -j| Con^otfon'e I *§« fe |« «1|| £§■§£ amongst ||| ||| I J S; i J .gg i iS'SS »-3B ■- .g-sg;" — £ o c gjjjg M. F. M. F. M. F. £ *5 M. I F. Abandoning children .. .. 2 .. .. .... .. .. .... Abduction I 2 2 2 1 1 2 Abetting attempted rape .. .. 2 2 2 2 .. .. 2 Abortion, procuring .. .. 4 2 2..2 2.. 1 .. Abortion, attempt to procure .. 2 1 1 1 .. .. .. .... 1 1 Absconding from apprenticeship 4 .. ....... .. .. .... Absconding from bail.. .. 2 1 I 1 1 .. .. 1 1 Absconding from industrial schools 7!) 129 113 .... 112 1 .... 113 .. .. 50 Abusive and threatening language; 217 203; 203 .. .. 135 9 47 12 203 Administering drug to facilitate ' 1 .. .. .... .. .. .... the commission of a crime Arson .. .. .. 28 29 23 15 1 2 .. 4 I 23 8 11 Arson, attempted .. .. 7 5 5 3.. 2 5 1 Assault, aggravated .. .. .. 2 2 2 2 1 2 Assaults, common .. .. 935 804 797 2 .. 580 16 174 25 797 Assaults, indecent .. .. 55 57 54 46 1 .. 7 .. 64 33 2 Assaults occasioning bodily harm 52 39 39 23 .. 11 .. 5 .. 39 9 Assaults on bailiffs .. .. 1 ] 4 j 4.... 2 1 1 I .. 4.. .. 3 Assaults on police .. . . 81 68 68 2 . . 58 1 7 . . 68 1 .. Assault and robbery .. . . 57 39 38 33 . . I .. 4 .. 38 19 .. Assisting prisoner to escape from [ 2 .. .. .... . . custody Attempts to commit crimes .. 10 10 7 3 1 2 .. 1 7 3 1 .. Bankruptcy offences .. .. j 30 '! 14 12 10 .. 2 12 I Being in possession of house- ."> 3 3 2 .. .. .. 1 3 2 .. breaking implements Being in possession of sheep-skins ■ ■ 1 1 .... 1 . . .... 1 .. .. 1 with the ears cut off Begging .. .. .. 26 : 28 2S .... 26 1 1 . . 28 .. 2 Bestiality .. .. .. 2 1 1 1 1 1 .. Bigamy .. .. .. 8 4 4 II 1 .... I 4 1 1 Boarding tram while in motion .. 2 2 .. .. - 2 .. .. 2 Breaches of the peace .. 629 579 578 .. .. 4!)1 9 76 2 578 Burglary, breaking into shope, 364 461 359 283 8 34 1 T.i .. 369 235 8 97 dwellings, &c. Carnally knowing girls .. IK 22 21 19 .. . . , .. 2 .. 21 8 .. 4 Carnally knowing girls, attempted 7 3 :( 2 .. .. .. I .. 3 1 .. Cattle-maiming .. . . .. r> 4 2 2 .. 4 1 .. 5 Coinage offences .. .. 8 2 2|l 1 .. 2 1 Concealment of birth .. .. 1 3 2 .. 2 2.. 1 Conspiring to defeat the course L , .. .. .... . . .. .... of justice Conspiring to defraud .. 5 .. .. ... . . .. .... Contempt of Court .. .. 4 4 4 | .... .'! 1 .... 4 Counselling the commission of an i 8 19 L9 .... 14 ... 5 19 .. .. 11 offence Cruelty to animals .. .. 230 273 273 l .... 214 1 57 1 273 .. 43 Cruelty to children .. .. 7 14 14 .. 1 8 6; 2 2 14 17 Cutting and wounding .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I .. Damaging police uniform .. 21 41 41 .... 39 .. 2 .. 41 .. .. 20 Deserting and failing to provide 618 695 H18 436 12 170 .. 618 .. .. 77 for wives and children Deserters and stragglers from 60 48 35 .. .. : 34 .. . 1 .. 35 H.M. ships Deserters and absentees from 93 | 148 94 .... 91 . . 3 .. 94 .. .. 55 merchant vessels Detaining postal packets .. r> S 5 4 .. 1 I .. .... 5 4 Discharging firearms .. . . 44 j 47 47 1 . . i 43 .. I 3 .. 47 .. .. 3 Disobeying orders on board ships 42 43 43 .... 39 | . . 4 4:{ .. .. 1 Disobeying orders of Court and 780 772 691 .. ..I 502; 3 181 5 691 summonses Disobeying terms of release under 11 9 8 4.. 3.. 1 .. 8 4.. First Offenders' Probation Act Disorderly and riotous conduct 261 j 278 278 .... 255 6 17 .. 278 •.. .. 17 Dissuading a witness from giving I • • 2 2.... .. .. 11 2.. .. 2 evidence Disturbing meetings and congre- ! 33 24 22 .. .. [ 20 .. 2 .. 22 gations Drunkenness .. .. 10,657 11,718 11,718 .. .. 10,843 817 55 3 11,718 .. .. 1061 Education Act, breach of (dis- .. 1 1 .... 1 1 .. .. 1 turbing school) Escaping from custody . . 17 15 15 7 .. 7 .. 1 .. 15 6 Failing to support parents and j 324 360 330 .. .. 213 6 95 16 330 .. .. 36 near relatives False declarations .. . . 24 23 23 2 3 12 5 1 23 1 3 False pretences .. .. 241 j 256 237 35 .. 162 12 26 2 237 26 15 Fish, illegally taking .. .. 56 j 77 77 .... 70 .. 7 .. 77 .. .. 21 Forgery and uttering .. .. 186 142 130 116 1 3 .. 9 1 130 102 1 Fortune-telling .. .. 23 .. .. .... .. Found armed by night, with 1 .. .. .... .. felonious intent Found by night disguised, with 3 .. .. .... .. intent to commit a crime Furious riding and driving .. 95 117 116 < .... 105 .. 11 .. 116 .. .. 22 1910. I P ii .. 1 1 .. 2 .. . 13 2 .. 1 3 .. 1 1 '. i 1 .. 2 .. 2 .. t 7 .. 4 .. 5 .. i '.'. 3 .. 7 .. 6 .. 7 .. . 1 5 .. 3 '.'. 1 . . 7 .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 .. 6 .. 5 .. 1 .. 4 2 2 .. 2 "l ■ 2 1 4 1 50 1 1 1 2 2 \%\ 2 i3 3 13 18 2 1 ' * lr, 2 1 2 1 2 I 2 5(1 8 97 4 5 4 "l 6 1 2 ."> ii ' 1 43 7 20 77 r> 12 55 ■ ■ 3 1 3 5 8 2 6 i 17 2 9 817 3 1061 1 <5 ie 36 l> 3 12 i 2 3 is 21 I i i 44 23 1 1 3 22

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i 1909. J 1910. I Offences. £ §■§ Game, illegally shooting .. 69 Gaming offences .. .. 246 Habitual criminal failing to report himself Illegally on premises .. .. 219 Illegally pawning .. .. 2 Incest .. .. .. 2 Indecent exposure or behaviour 317 Infants Act, breach of Introducing liquor into Maori pa 28 Keeping disorderly houses and 17 brothels Killing animals with intent to 2 steal the carcases Legislature Act, breach of .. I 2 Malicious injury to property .. 490 Maliciously killing animals .. 1 Manslaughter .. . . 9 Murder .. .. . . 7 Murder, attempted .. . . 5 Neglected and criminal children 196 Obscene and profane language 863 Obstructing and resisting police i 178 Obstructing railway-lines .. 16 Obstructing railway officers .. 4 Obstructing thoroughfares . . 61 Offensive publications .. 12 Opium, smoking or being in pos- 42 session of Perjury .. .. .. 28 Permitting stallion to serve mare in a public place Personating electors Poison-laying .. .. 2 Posting obscene matter .. 1 Prison offences (loitering about 2 and communicating with prisoners) Rape .. .. .. 8 Rape, attempted .. . . 12 Receiving stolen property .. 35 Refusing to quit licensed premises 138 Rescuing cattle from being im- 22 pounded Restricted immigrants, unlawfully landing Robbery under arms Sending false telegrams .. 2 Shooting with intent .. .. 6 Sly-grog selling .. . . 235 Smuggling .. .. ■ ■ 16 Sodomy .. .. 6 Sodomy, attempted . . . . 1 Soliciting prostitution . . 122 Stamp Act, breach of Stone-throwing . . . . 105 Stowing away on board ships .. 43 Suicide, attempted .. . . 50 Sureties of the peace .. . . 51 Taking ship to sea in an unsea- 1 worthy condition Theft (undescribed) . . .. 2,298 Theft as a bailee .. .. 12 Theft, attempted .. .. I 13 Theft by servants .. . . 89 Theft from dwellings .. .. I 247 Theft from the person . 53 Theft of cattle and horses .. j 60 Theft of dogs .. .. 14 Theft of pigs .. .. 7 Theft of sheep .. .. 18 Theft of post-letters .. .. 17 Threatening letters .. .. 2 Threatening to shoot .. .. 5 Travelling by rail and refusing to 48 pay fares Trespass .. • • • • 117 Vagrancy .. • • • • 760 57 206 1 i og| Persons a) ill !!!! c ° m - ~Sfe fl-SSg mitted 32 a SSS" forTrial. *« £ SIM - 56 205 1 ■prebend. Summi Convie 48 169 1 M. ed or s arily :ted. iMl in- euinmoued. arilv Discted. charged. F. M. 8 .. 10 14 .. io 15 '.'. i .. .. i i .. 16 2 6 F. immoued. Discharged. M. F. i Number of o •O'd Convictions o Qj Q3 t - amongst 3 o c o those Z feja S committed • i SiSp 5 for Trial. 8 g log" £ I H <*£ M. F. § « 56 12 205 40 1 .... 1 .. 179 2 .... 39 2 5 3 .. 3 .. 361 1 .54 .. 2 .... 2 .. 14 14 29 .. .. 12 .. 180 179 2 153 5 371 2 14 29 5 361 2 14 29 5 9 327 1 12 5 1 1 1 2 400 is 85 2 1 1 .... 1 2 504 1 .. 26 .. 516 1 4 6 2 203 982 221 14 12 64 1 46 504 4 5 2 203 979 221 13 12 64 1 46 2 4 2 3 i 129 853 207 10 10 62 i 67 8 1 57 63 3 1 13 .. 3 .. 2 .. 2 .. '.'. 6 " 4 6 5 3 .... 1 2 2 .. 3 203 .. .. 7 .. 979 1 .. 119 .. 221 .. .. 43 .. 13 2 12 .. .. 8 ! .. 64 .. .. 3 .. 1 1 .. ..11 46 .. .. 4 .. i 40 20 2 20 2 17 1 2 I 1 20 12 .. 8 2 .... 2 .. 1 1 1 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 2 1 n 2 7 13 51 157 33 7 12 51 155 33 7 9 7 1 30 145 25 '.'. 2 '.'. 1 12 1 4 6 .. f> 2 7 4 .... 1 12 5 .. 1 .. 51 3 . . 16 .. 155 .. .. 19 .. 33 .. .. 11 .. 1 1 1 1 1 .... 1 .. 1 4 1 200 5 3 6 71 1 77 47 63 46 1 4 1 196 5 3 6 71 1 75 47 63 45 1 4 3 6 102 r> ■■ ;; ;: '.'. i y. 15 70 H i 64 .. 7 I 1 .. 1 .. 1 19 .. io 4 3 1 IS 1 1 .... 1 .. 4 4 .. 2 .. 1 6 196 35 B 11 3 :i . . . . 3 6 5 .. 5 .. 71 51 1 .... 1 .. 75 28 47 .. .. 4 .. 63 .. .. 13 .. 45 5 i 5 35 11 3 51 55 47 " 46 25 28 5 1 . I 2,191 13 12 122 285 49 58 20 1,663 *9 10 113 194 41 41 15 it:j 2 2 19 69 2r, 23 8 :> 1,252 3 5 43 81 7 9 11 73 234 8 .. 3 1 .. 3 .. 2 19 .. (! 18 I 7 .. ; :: !::| 1,663 76 IS 107 9 1 .. 1 .. 10 2 .. .. I 113 26 .. 33 .. 194 f>2 11 38 .. 41 13 .. 4 41 17 .. J 15 2 .. 6 .. 107 I ii'i 2 4 S 7 7 20 12 1 3 33 9 12 1 3 33 r> 3 1 1 1 29 :: 1 :: ;; 'i '.'. i 3 l .. ; 9 2 .. 2 .. 12 8 .. .. 5 1 1 3 2 33 .... .. 15 5 1 2 15 i 137 745 136 740 i 2 110 437 5 20 1 194 ; 91 15 136 .. .. 20 .. 740 1 2 .. 16 i& Totals .. .. 23,930 23,930 25,106 23,949 992 47 19,482 1460 1831 137 23,949 735 34 2022 84b Inc. 1176

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APPENDIX B. Return showing the Strength and Distribution of the New Zealand Police Force on the 31st March, 1911.

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Stations g 2 I c t , o — CJ s i! r. - x Eβ i i i li slliii OS 2 z^ a> « '-> i. c a < i c i c ! V. ±> O «§ t> 9 = te 5 1 Auckland trictAuckland Aratapu Avondale Birkenhead Cambridge Cowes Dargaville Devonport Eden Terrace .. Eller9lie Epeom Prankton June. Freeman's Bay Hamilton Helensville Herekino Hikurangi Hubsonville Houhoia Howick Huntly Kaikohe Kaitaia Kawakawa Kawliia Kiliikiln Kir/gsland Kirikiriroa Mangawai Mangonui Maungaturoio .. Mercer Mount Roskill.. Newmarket Newton Ngaruawahia .. Nortbeote Obaeawai Okupu (G. Biiir'r) Onebunga Ongarue Otahuhu OtorohatiRR Panmure Papakura Parnell Ponsonby Pukekohe Queen St. Wbari Raglan Raurimu Rawene Remuera Russell Taumaruruii .. Te Awamutu .. Te Kuiti Waipu Waiuku Warkwortli Wellsford Whangarei Whangaroa 1 .. .. . . . . .. . . .. ..I .. .. .. i " "" I .. .. . . 1 •• " ■■ 1 ] 1 1 16 1 I 1 l S 1 1 1 l 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 1 1 l 5 4 66 3 1 ] 1 ■1 4 6 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 15 1 1 1 1 1 i i 1 1 .. 8 2 •• •' .. •• ,, .. .. •• 1 1 .. • ■ . . . . 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 .. . . 1 .. 1 3 3 1 6 1 1 ] 1 1 '2 1 2 1 1 1 ] 2 1 1 8 3 1 7 1 1 ] 1 1 . . . . 1 1 .. .. 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 ■ ■ 1 1 I Totals 1 17 136 1 7 4 168 4 1 '. Thames DistrictThames Coromandel Hikuai Karangahake .. Katikati Morrinsville Omaio Opotiki Paeroa Rotorua Shortland Taupo Tauranga Te Aroha Te Puke Te Wbaite Toknanu Waihi Waikino Whakatane Whitianga ■' .. •• 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 1 1 i 1 1 I .• . . 8 1 1 1 i 2 1 1 1 1 a l l 1 1 " 1 6 1 1 1 1 i 1 5 1 1 1 ••[ I ■■ 2 Total i 8 30 1 35 2 3 '' I _ i_

stiitions. g s , c §1 ,11 DC i 2 a w I J 2 OS! tit, I ni Illll 15 8 P § r. a o c o B 5 Napier DistrictNapier . l Carlyle Street .. Clive . . Dannevirke .. Gisborne .. Hastings .. .. Herbertville .. .. Mohaka .... Ongaonga .. .. Ormondville . . .. Poronpabau .. Port Awanui .. Scinde (Napier) Spit (Napier) .. Taradale .. Te Karaka .. .. T< komaru Bay Tolaga Bay .. Tuparoa .. .. Waipawa .. Waipiro Bay .. .. Waipukurau . . Wairoa . . Weber . . Woodville .. .. "■ ] 1 I 7 .. 1 . . I .. 3 .. . . 'i '.'. i .. i .. i .. i .. i .. i .. i .. i .. 1 .. 1C .... ] .... 1 .. .. £ 1 .. r i 1 .. t '.'. '.. "] .. .. 1 .... .... ] 10 ] 1 8 7 6 1 1 I J 1 I 1 1 1 1 I .. .. ] :: -i :: .. i .. •' .. .. I ..I , .. .. I r l .. i .. .... I .... ] .... 1 .. .. 1 .... ] .... ] .... ] 2 1 ] 1 .... j .. .. .. .. i .. 4 36 .. :::■:: -j 'a ..4 2 Totals .. I 1 44 Wanganui District— Wangauui .. ] Aramoho .. .. Ashhurst Bull's .. .. Eltham .. Feilding .. .. Fitzroy .. Foxton .. Hawera .. Hunterville . .. Inglewood Kimbolton Manaia Mangaweka .. .. Marton Moawhango .. Mokau New Plymouth Norman by Ohakune Opunake Palmerston N. Patea Kaetihi Rahotu Rongotea Shannon St. John's (Wr \\ nganui) Stratford Taihape .. ,. „Terrace End (Palmerston N.) Tewera .'. Waitara .. Waitotara .. Wanganui East \\ iivL'rley .. .. WhangamomoDa .. Willie Street .. (Palmerston N.) 2 9i .. 1 ! .. .. .. 1 .. .. : i 1 :: :: .. 2 .... 1 2 .... .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .... .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .... .. -1 .. .. 2 i i I'm 1 10 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. :: ! :: :: .. i . .. .. i .. .. i i I 13 1 1 1 1 3 1 ■l ■s 1 1 1 I 1 2 1 7 1 1 1 14 I 1 1 1 1 I :: :: :::: ;; y. y.'.'. '.'. \ '.'.'.'. i i i :; :: :::: '.'. '.\'.'. y. i -i .. .. 1 2| .. .. .. 1 ... 1 1 :s 8 1 :: :: :::: , . .. I .... 1 .... 1 1 I \ 1 1 I :: .. :: :; Totals .. 1 i i 8 r,l .. 8 3 i 78 1 Wellington trictWellington .. l Blenheim .. Brooklyn . . Carterton . Clyde Quay Collingwood Cullensville .. Eastbourne .. Eketahuna .. Featherston .. .. Greytown North .. Havelock .. .. 1 1 4 43 1 4 .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 :: .! ::l 1 ] 6 4 60 B 1 ■2 1 1 1 i •• 1 J 1 1 1 i ..

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APPENDIX B— continued. Return showing the Strength, &c., of the New Zealand Police Force— continued.

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Stations. 2. 'J a 7 1 < QQ il|S s I 1 i £3 a as 1 dd I o I a I n - i o i |I II I ■J- j. o3 ■/. ■- B g P § 3 c o r 1 X Wellington District — conlri. Island Bay .. .. Johnsonville .. Karori .. Kilbirnie .. Levin .. Lower Hint .. .. Mangatainoka.. .. Manners Street Martinborough Masterton . . .. Motueka . .. Mount Cook .. Nelson . . Otaki .. Pahiatua . . Petone .. Picton .. Pongaroa .. Richmond . . Seddon . . Takaka .. . . Te Nui .. The Port . .. Thorndon Quay Tinakori Roa 1 Upper Hutt .. Wakefield .. .. Wellington S . . .. ::! !!:: :: :: ! :: !::.:::: ! . . -2 ....... 5 •2 i .. 1 I : i I : : :: "l .. i i 4 171 .. ! ■ ■ -'■ l i; . . . . 1 6 .. 1 I .. -2 .. .. .. S I 2 ...... i .. -2 2 .. 1 1 .. 1 1 . . 1 I .. 1 .. .. I .. 1 1 :: ! :: :: :: i .. i ..i.. .. i .. i ..I ..; .. 1 .. 1 i LV:pL:J 14 114 1 6J 5 14c • ■ I 1 •■ 1 4 5 i 1 i .. 1 I ■117.. ! ■ - 22 1 ■ - 1 1 6! .. .. 1 8 . i -1 1 1 1 1 2 •2 1 i 5 I 22 8 1 •2 3 1 l ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■■■ . . 1 I .. 2 2 1 2 8 . .. 2 2 :: I:::::: !:::::.:::: 1 i , . . " .. 1 ! .. 1 .. .. I . . 1 1 .. 1 1 •• 1 J -. 1 1 •• 1 -. lj 1 i i ..I 1 ..I .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 ..I .. .. 1 1 1 . . 1 I .1.1 I 1 .1 it Totals .. 1 1 1 1 2 ! •■ ••!•• V 4 ; _] _ 14114 1 6' 5 143 14 1 .. 1 1 143 u 1 .. 1 5reymouth 1'is-' trict— Greymouth -I Ahaura .. Blackball .. Blackwater .. Brunnerton .. Charleston .. Denmston .. Dunollie .. Globe Mine .. Granity .. Hokitika .. .. Kararnea . . Kumara .. Lyell .. .. Murchison .. Okarito .. j.. Otira .. .. Reef ton .. .. Rimu .. Ross .. Seddonville .. Stafford .. Westport .. I _! .. .. •J 5 .. I .. '• •■ 1 1 .. I I :: i:::::: i :: i :: :: :; .. i i l 3 :■ i :: :: :: :: !:: :: :: i .. 1 ...... i .. 2 i 12 J .. I : .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 ...... \ I ! 15 I 5 35 .. 1 .. 4! ■2 5 .. 1 . ■ 9 •■ 1 1 :: !:::::: I::::: :: I :: :: :: !:: :: :::::: .. 1 l l 8 41 - !:::::: !:: :::::.;■ :: !:: :: :: !:::: :::::: .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 2 2 l 2 3 .. ..; ..! i i .. .. .. i ...... i .. .. .. i .. .. .. i .. .. i i 1 5 Oj 5 35 .. 1 .. 42 .. .. • 'I ■■ . . Totals .. li .. District— Christchurch .. 1 Addington . . . Akaroa .. . Annat .. Amberley .. Ashburton .. Belfast .. .. Bingsland .. .. j Chatham Islands .. Cheviot . Ooalgate .. Culverden .. Fairlie . . Pendalton Geraldine Glenavy .. . .j Islington .. .. Kaiapoi .. Kaikoura .. .. [ Leeston .. Lincoln .. .. j Lin wood .. Little River .. Lyttelton .. Methven .. New Brighton .. Oxford .. .. Papanui .. .. Phillipstown .. Pleasant Point 1 1 I .... . . 6 37 1 6 i 65 11 .. I I 2 2 •■ ' I .. 1 1 1 5 .... (i .. I .. 1 ...... I ] : i i ■ • ' i •■ i i .. I ! 1 ... I .. -1 .. .. . . -1 .. 1 1 1 •■ •• 1 .. I 2 ■', I : ■■ 1 1 .. i ; •• I I 1 5 .. .. l| 7| 1 1 ••I 1 1 --I .. 1 ! 1 .. .. 1 1 .... ,::::j::::[;: .. . .

I J §1 . stations. 8 3 S -5 S cec c. S a I I"! s I be £ DC 8 IS £ ■j. C si 1 I « -- c "j in -J 05 « .2 ~% n i in •I £"c il g H 11 Christchurch District— con/rf. "• Rakaia Bangiora Biccarton St. Albans St. Andrew's Southbridge .. Sumner Sydenham Temuka Timaru .... 1 Waikari Waimate Woolston i i ! I 1 1 ! i 1 1 1 . . .. ... .. i .... 2 :: i :: §:: .: i . . :: :: . . . . i i .. 1 i 2 1 i .. :;.... .. 1 ... .. .. Totals .. i 13 liil ti I .. I .. i 11 1 Dunedin District Dunedin .. i I I Alexandra South Anderson's Bay Balclutha Caversham Clyde Cromwell Duntroon Green Island Hampflen Kaitangata King Street Kurow Lawrence Middlemarch Milton Momington Mosgiel Naseby North-east Valley Oamaru . . .. .. Ophir Outram Owaka PalmerstonS • Port Chalmers Portobello Banfurly Bavensbourne Roslyn Boxburgh St. Bathan's St. Clair St. Kilda South Dunedin Waikouaiti Waitahuna Waitati Woodhaugh Totals ..111 1 46 .. 1 .. I .. I .. I .. 2 I I ,. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 6 .. 1 .. 2 ..: l .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 7 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 5 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. -2 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 5 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 11 i i 1 1 6 31 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 i 1 1 1 I -I 1 ! 1 1 I 1 .. i i 1 1 1 12 85 i : i L 106 J 11 i i _ Invercargill Dis trict— Inyercargill .. 1 .. Arrowtown Bluff Clinton Gladstone Gore .. .. J .. Half-moon Bay Lumsden M atauia Nigliteaps N. Invercargill Orepuki Otautau Pembroke Queeristown Biverton S. Invercargill j Tapanui Waikaia Winton i Wyndham ... 8 1 :: :: r< 1 1 8 8 I 2 1 1 ■2 I 1 1 I 1 I J 1 .. 18 I 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 . i .... •• I 1 1 1 I i i " Totals .. 1 .. Attached to headquarters staff On leave prior to retirement 1 .... 5 2 9 6 4 83 l 1 .. 3 i 8 . - :-! Grand totals 9 6 4 88 684 5 88 14 788 14 17 9 i 4 il

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APPENDIX C. Return showing the Proportion of Police to Population and Cost of Police per Inhabitant in each of the undermentioned Places.

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Place. Number of Police. Eetiujated Population (Slst Dec-., 1910). Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. <Iew Zealand Victoria .. Jew South Wales.. South Australia Queensland Vestern Australia 'asmania 788 1,636 2,424 440 977 480 233 1,050,410 1,324,881 1,660,420 432,413 593,234 •285,253 187,195 1 to 1.333 L to 809 1 to 685 1 to 983 1 to 607 ] to 1 to 808 s. d. 8 4* I 8| 5 I I 1 I |: i 1 <!