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POLICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Number of Persons. Item. — VOTE No. 20.—POLICE DEPARTMENT— continued. 1923-24. 192,3-24. Subdivision No. I. — Police Department continued. £ 1 Salaries — continued. Police Officeks —continued. 9 7 28 4 7 8 12 Districts —continued. 9 Senior Detectives: 4 at 20s. 2d., 2 at 19s. 8d., 3 at 19s. 2d. per day 7 Detective-Sergeants: 1 at 20s. 2d., 5 at 18s. 2d., 1 at 17s. 8d. per day 28 Detectives: 4 at 18s. 8d., 2 at 16s., 2 at 15s. 6n., 16 at 15s., 4 at 14s. 6d. per day 4 Native Constables 7 District Constables 8 Matrons : 2 at £172, 2 at £165, 3 at £153, 1 at £141 12 Surgeons: 4 at £120, 8 at £25 Probationary Constables Female Searchers Allowances to members of Force for detective, clerical, and special duty ... 3,249 2,354 7,973 250 600 1,274 680 5,000 120 1,103 3,000 Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910— Contributions from other Departments 308,458 10 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications 3 Bicycles : Purchase and upkeep 4 Clothing (free issue), including repairs, allowance for making up uniforms, and boot allowance 5 Freight, cartage, insurance, and transport charges ... 6 Fuel, light, power, and water 7 Horse allowances, purchase, forage, bedding, shoeing, clipping, and grazing of horses, including compensation for loss of private horses 8 House allowances to officers and men unprovided with quarters 9 Medical, dental, and veterinary services, medicines and medical stores, ambulance instruction and hire, and hospital charges for police disabled through duty 10 Motor vehicles : Purchase and maintenance 11 Office fittings and requisites (including typewriter allowances) 12 Police examinations, expenses of 13 Police prosecutions and inquests, legal and medical advice, interpreting, payments for special services, and expenses of Departmental inquiries 14 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 15- Printing and stationery ... ... ... 16 Rations 17 Rent of stations, quarters, and paddocks, and rates on leasehold and acquired properties ... 18 Repairing, painting, and improving police premises ... 19 Rewards and expenses for the suppression of sly-grog selling and the introduction of liquor into prohibited districts 20 Rewards to members of the Force for meritorious condr.t *808,448 2 8 4 900 1,200 5 6 7 10,000 500 3,,500 5,000 8 20,000 9 450 3,500 10 II L2 13 500 150 14 1516 17 2,750 5,500 6,500 900 18 19 3,000 750 500 20 500 * Includes oost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wages.