85

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POLICE DEPARTMENT —continued.

oKB. Item - 1926-27. VOTE No. 19.—POLICE DEPARTMENT—continued. 1926-27 Subdivision No. I. —Police Department —continued. £ £ 1 Salaries—continued. Police Officers—continued. Districts—continued. 7 7 Senior Detectives: 5 at 21s., 1 at 20s. 6d., 1 at 20s. per day ... ... ... 2,655 7 7 Detective-Sergeants : 4 at 19s., 1 at 18s. 6d,, 2 at 18s. per day ... ... ... 2,382 40 40 Detectives: 3 at 19s. 6d., 2 at 16s. 6d., 8 at 16s., 12 at 15s. 6d., 6 at 15s., 9 at 14s. 6d. per day 11,424 4 4 Native Constables ... ... ... 250 6 6 District Constables ... ... ... 570 8 8 Matrons : 3 at £180, 3 at £170, 1 at £160, 1 at £150 1,360 12 12 Surgeons: 4 at £150, 8 at £25 ... ... 800 Probationary Constables ... ... ... 5,500 1,138 Female Searchers ... ... ... 120 Allowances to members of Force for detective, clerical, and special duty ... ... ... 4,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 22 of the Appropriation Act, 1923 (see end of vote) — £ Contributions from other Departments 10 332,525 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications ... ... ... 800 3 Bicycles: Purchase and upkeep ... ... 1,350 4 Clothing (free issue), including repairs, allowance for making up uniforms, and boot allowance ... 9,000 5 Freight, cartage, insurance, and transport charges ... 350 6 Fuel, light, power, and water ... ... 4,300 7 Horse allowances, purchase, forage, bedding, shoeing, clipping, and grazing of horses, including compensation for loss of private horses ... ... 4,500 8 House allowances to officers and men unprovided with quarters ... ... ... 21,250 9 Medical, dental, and veterinary services, medicines and medical stores, ambulance instruction and hire, and hospital charges for police disabled through duty .. ... ... 500 10 Motor-vehicles: Purchase and maintenance ... 5,500 11 Office fittings and requisites (including typewriter allowances) ... ... ... 1,200 12 Police examinations, expenses of ... ... 150 13 Police prosecutions and inquests, legal and medical advice, interpreting, payments for special services, and expenses of Departmental inquiries (part recoverable) ... ... ... 3,000 14 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 4,200 15 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 5,500 16 Rations ... ... ... 1,000 17 Rent of stations, quarters, and paddocks, and rates on leasehold and acquired properties ... ... 3,000 18 Repairing, painting, and improving police premises ... 450 19 Rewards and expenses for the suppression of sly-grog selling and the introduction of liquor into prohibited districts ... ... ... 300 20 Rewards to members of the Force for meritorious conduct ... ... ... 250