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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POLICE DEPARTMENT—continued.

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Number Persons. VOTE No. 20. —POLICE —continued. 1937-38. 1937-38. Subdivision No. I. —Police—continued. £ £ 1 Salaries —continued. Police Officers—continued. Districts —continued. 16 Inspectors— £ 12 at £586 .. .. .. .. 7,032 1 at £566 .. .. .. .. 566 1 at £546 .. .. .. .. 546 16 2 at £526 .. .. .. .. 1,052 —— 9,196 6 Sub-Inspectors— 4 at £506 .. .. .. .. 2,024 1 at £476 .. .. .. .. 476 6 1 at £476 (9 months) .. .. .. 357 2,857 26 26 Senior Sergeants : 15 at £427J, 9 at £418§, 2 at £409£ 10,998 105 105 Sergeants : 76 at £391, 14 at £382, 15 at £373 .. 40,659 1,175 1,175 Constables : 204 at £3451, 137 a t £3361, 252 at £327, 105 at £318, 87 at £309, 215 at £300, 125 at £300 (8 months), £201 (3 months) .. .. .. .. 371,865 3 3 Senior Detectives : 2 at 1 at £409| .. .. 1,264 17 17 Detective-Sergeants : 11 at £391, 4 at £382, 2 at £373 6,575 75 75 Detectives : 1 at £3451, 26 at £3361 37 at £327, 6 at £318, 5 at £309 .. .. .. .. .. 24,646 1 1 Native Constable .. .. .. .. . . 150 3 3 District Constables .. .. .. .. 260 8 8 Matrons: 5 at £210, 3 at £180 .. .. .. 1,590 15 15 Surgeons : 4 at £150, 11 at £25 .. .. .. 875 ———■ Probationary Constables .. .. .. .. 4,000 1,474 Female Searchers .. .. .. .. .. 119 Allowances for detective, clerical, and special duty . . 4,000 Arrears of salaries (January to March, 1937) . . . . 8,200 497,741 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 3 Bicycle allowances : Purchase and upkeep of bicycles .. 1,100 4 Clothing (free issue), including repairs, allowance for making up uniforms, and boot allowance .. . . .. 10,250 5 Freight, cartage, insurance, and transport charges .. 200 6 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. .. .. 4,800 7 Horse allowances, purchase, forage, bedding, shoeing, clipping, and grazing of horses, including compensation for loss of private horses. .. .. .. .. 800 8 House allowances to officers and men unprovided with quarters .. . . . . .. .. .. 34,000 9 Medical, dental, and veterinary services, medicines and medical stores, ambulance instruction and hire, and hospital charges for police disabled through duty .. 600 Motor-vehicles' —• 10 Purchase of .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 11 Maintenance of .. .. .. .. .. 11,000 12 Office fittings and requisites (including typewriter allowance), radio, and scientific equipment .. .. 1,600 13 Police examinations, expenses of .. .. .. 150 14 Police prosecutions and inquests, legal and medical advice, interpreting, payments for special services, and expenses of departmental inquiries (part recoverable) .. .. 4,300 15 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. , .. 4,000 16 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 4,500 17 Rations .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 18 Rent of stations, quarters, and paddocks, and rates on leasehold and acquired properties .. .. .. 4,400