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In addition to the strength of the Force as shown above, there are 19 district constables, 9 Native constables, 4'police surgeons (one in each city), 4 matrons (one in each city), and 38 troop horses. » Inspectors' Repokts. Extracts from the annual reports of the Inspectors in charge of districts are hereto annexed. I have, &c, F. Wald^orave, Commissioner of Police.

EXTRACTS FROM ANNUAL REPORTS OK OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF DISTRICTS. Inspector Cullbn, Auckland District. The casualties in the Force in this district during the year ended the 31st March last were as follows : 1 sergeant died and 11 constables resigned. New stations were opened at Kirikiriroa (Hamilton East), Frankton, and Wellsford, and Port Albert Station was closed. New stations will need to be opened at Remuera, Mount Albert, Richmond (Grey Lynn), and Takapuna. The opening of a new station at Remuera has already been approved, but a constable cannot be stationed there till such time as we can secure a house for him to reside in. The criminal statistics for the district for the year ended 31st December, 1909, show an increase in minor offences such as drunkenness, common assaults, cruelty to animals, failing to support parents, obscene language, petty thefts, and vagrancy. There has been a marked decrease in cases of housebreaking, &c, as compared with the year 1908. The conduct of the senior members of the Force in the district has been very satisfactory, but that of some of the junior hands who came here from the depot or on transfer from other districts' has been quite the reverse ; a good few of these undesirables are now out of the service.

Year. CO a> o ES O li > a s Q P cS Total. Police to Population. Cost per Inhabit- Population, ant. Offences Offences where Arrests reported. or Sum " monses resxilted. Arrests for Drunkenness (included in " Offences reported "). [ 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 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 90 84 86 73 72 72 70 65 66 69 69 65 66 61 60 53 55 51 51 45 56 53 56 56 58 59 59 65 71 78 83 87 86 14 16 21 18 19 20 17 17 18 18 17 17 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 16 15 20 20 20 20 21 25 25 30 32 35 34 329 364 379 337 343 356 365 372 390 395 388 389 403 404 401 407 410 416 414 453 457 475 499 504 514 522 534 553 557 577 604 633 639 458 489 511 441 447 461 465 474 494 502 487 484 494 486 482 481 485 487 484 517 536 554 586 591 604 613 626 655 667 699 734 771 775 lto 944 \ 1 to 948 1 to 949 I 1 to 1,136 [ 1 to 1,1581 1 to 1,173) 1 to 1,263 1 to 1,293 1 to 1,266 1 to 1,265 1 to 1,328 1 to 1,347 1 to 1,346 1 to 1,375 1 to 1,401 1 to 1,439 1 to 1,472 1 to 1,495 1 to 1,530 1 to 1,461 1 to 1,435 1 to 1,414 1 to 1,359 1 to 1,381 1 to 1,375 1 to 1,388 lto 1,398 1 to 1,375 1 to 1,387 1 to 1,375 1 to 1,331 1 to 1,308 1 to 1,330 g '8 .3 si 3/3 3/0f 3/2 S/2-1 3/l| 2/lOf 2/10f 2/11J 2/9 2/84 2/7* 2/6| 2/7* 2/74 2/8 2/9* 2/10f 2/101 2/104 2/104 2/101 2/10i 2/104 3/0 8/a* 3/4f ': 3/3J ] 432,352 463,572 481,939 500,976 517,626 540,753 587,295 613,212 625,849 63j,215 646,913 652,125 664.855 668,353 675,775 692,426 714,258 728,121 740,699 754,016 I 768,910 783,317 796,359 816,990 830,800 851,068 875,648 900,682 925,605 961,604 977,215 1 008,373 1,030,657 14,157 16,374 17,837 16,635 18,613 18,775 18,263 18,955 18,135 17,752 12,897 12,945 13,115 12,674 13,153 13,165 13,530 14,010 14,673 15,219 16,378 16,865 18,358 19,909 19,771 20,736 21,066 20,249 21,160 23,204 23,510 23,930 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 6,668 6,794 6,484 5,587 6,860 7,572 7,151 7,034 6,260 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