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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1885, and Year ending 31st December, 1886— continued.

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

Eeturn showing Casualties in the New Zealand Police Force during the Year ended 31st March, 1887. Superannuation .. .. .. .. .. ... .. i Resignations ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 Discharges on compensation .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Dismissals .. .. .. .. .... .. .. 9 Deaths .. .. .. .. .. .. .... , .. 6 33

_ o -1 -_• Jrtpq as 3 3 w CD o Persons Apprehended, 1885. _3 © Jh CD rt <D rt rt * g ~ ft -Q co d © 0 o d pi Persi ins Apprended, 18S6. CD _■§ 5-1 © Offences. Com- Summitted marily ' for Trial. Convicted. Discharged. .3. §ft £ a Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Dii charf fed. -Q © M. F. I M. F. M. F. o o EH g Pi *6 o ° 9 Ph. 0 c3 _ O HH g en i3 O !rt CD a M. P. F. M. F. South Island — continued. Sale of Poisons Act, breaches of Salmon and Trout Act, breaches of Sheep Act, breaches of Sheep-stealing Shipping and Seamen's Act, breaches of Shooting with intent to murder Shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm Slaughterhouses Act, breaches of .. Smuggling Sodomy Soliciting alms Stamp Act, breaches of .. State Forests Act, breaches of Suicide, attempted Sunday-trading rhreatening language robacco Act, breaches of .. fown Board Act, breaches of Using a shanghai Uttering a forged order Uttering counterfeit coin Vaccination Act, breaches of Vagrancy Volunteer Act, breaches of Weights and Measures Act,breaches of Wife-desertion Wilful damage to property Wounding with intent 3 7 5 206 1 1 1 5 1 15 2 45 "2 "l i 1 '7 118 1 1 "4 1 1 1 22 2 "l 26 "l 6 1 3 '5 3 7 1 144 1 "l 1 "5 1 15 2 45 2 17 12 66 2 1 1 2 2 1 11 1 1 1 '- "2 11 44 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 2 13 "l "4 4 2 17 10 57 2 1 1 2 2 1 11 2 10 7 2 "1 "1 1 3 140 1 "l "3 "4 2 'h '.3 60 2 1 31 "4 22 2 1 3 60 2 1 15 2 1 1 1 "l 1 1 "l 1 "l 7 115 5 94 7 7 240 5 120 9 4 "2 1 3 4 7 20 3 75 7 243 5 120 12 79 4 26 22 2 20 223 2 45 15 8 2 92 2 34 7 7 86 33 11 6 11 222 2 45 13 7 2 "3 8 "lO 7 "l "2 io "2 "8 Totals .. 9,475 150 15 6,413 959 1,101 8,802 202 11 6,134 974 1,031 125 8,477 806 1,209 164 9,072

Place. Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. Remarks. Tew Zealand 1 to 1,265 s. d. 3 2J Calculated on the basis of population, 635,215, on the 31st March, 1887 (figures obtained from Registrar-General) ; and the net expenditure for police, £102,191 6s. 4d. (vide Appropriation Account for year ended on same date). From the Victorian Year Book, 1885-86, viz. : Population on the 31st December, 1885, 991,869 ; police expenditure, 1884-85, £217,684; number of police, 1,281. Note.—The Year Book (page 608) gives proportion as 1 to 797, whereas it shows the police as 1,281, and population 991,869, or 1 to 774. Calculated on strength of police, 1,462, taken from the Inspector-General's report of the 13th January, 1887. Vote for year ended the 31st December, 1886, £285,395 (from estimates as voted), and population from Victorian Year Book, 1885-86, 957,914. Calculated on strength of police, 412, taken from Commissioner's report dated the 28th August, 1886. Vote for year ending the 30th June 1887, £95,183 12s. 6d. (from estimates as voted), and population fromVictorian Year Book, 1885-86, 313,423. Calculated on number of police according to estimates for 1886-87, 924 persons ; amount of estimates, £146,466. Population on the 1st May, 1886, 322,853 (vide Pugh's Almanack, 1887, page 413). Note.—Deducting native trackers (200), there are only 724 police, according to which the proportion of police to population would be 1 to 445. Victoria 1 to 774 4 4 Tew South Wales .. 1 to 655 5 iii South Australia 1 to 760 6 01 Queensland 1 to 349 9 Of