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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