NEW ZEALAND POLICE FORCE (ANNUAL REPORT ON THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, H-06

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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND POLICE FORCE (ANNUAL REPORT ON THE).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Commissionee of Police to the Hon. the Defence Minister. Sib,— Commissioner's Office, Wellington, 3rd May, 1888. I have the honour to submit for your information a report on the Police Force, with statistics, for year ending the 31st March, 1888. On that date the police shows a strength of 487, as against 502 in 1887 and 494 in 1886, not including 21 Native constables at small salaries and 13 district constables at rates varying from £10 to £100 per annum, being an increase of five in this branch of the service. These men are stationed at Taupo, Hokianga, Nelson, and in Wellington (2), and are for the most part transfers from the Permanent Militia. A new district has been formed at the Bay of Islands, under Inspector McGovern. This step was rendered necessary by the large amount of sly grog-selling in that district, and the belief, more or less well founded, that smuggling has been carried on to a large extent. The result has been most satisfactory, as will be shown when, dealing with the offences for the year. The retirement of four Inspectors in consequence of retrenchment in the Government service has enabled me to effect the amalgamation of several districts, as follows : Kawhia, Waikato, and Tauranga have been placed under Inspector Goodall, Inspector Kiely being transferred to Napier, vice Inspector Bullen. The County of Thames has been detached from Tauranga District and added to Auckland under Inspector Broham, vice Inspector Shearman, who retires. Wanganui and Taranaki have been joined and placed under Inspector Pardy, Inspector James retiring. Lawrence has been added to Dunedin, and Timaru joined to Oamaru, under Inspector Thompson. Inspector Moore, from Lawrence, has taken charge of Southland, Inspector Buckley retiring. Four new police-stations have been opened during the past year, viz., Waipu, Taupo, Hunterville, and Ashurst. The latter station, however, is merely temporary, and depends on the continuance of the Gorge railway-works. It has been deemed necessary to increase the strength of the police at each of the following stations : Auckland, 2 ; Eussell, 2; Te Awamutu, 1 ; Wellington, 3 ; and it will further be necessary to form a small reserve of trained men, to be stationed in Wellington and used as necessity may dictate. Seductions have, on the other hand, been made in the strength of police at Opotiki (1), Hamilton West (3), Wanganui (2), Manaia (1), Greymouth (j), Brunnerton (1), Kaiapoi (1), Lawrence (1), Queenstown (1), Masterton (1), and at Kawhia 2. The stations below mentioned have been closed, either as being no longer required, or as being a source of expense to the country without adequate benefit in return: Alexandra North, Paikakariki, Macrae's, Waimea, Eimu, Boatman's, Portobello, and Eavensbourne. During the past year the casualties in the Police Force have been 28, as against 33 and 24 in the two previous years, viz., by superannuation, 3; retirements on reduction, 4 Inspectors; resignations, 13 ; discharges, 3 ; dismissals, 3 ; deaths, 2. The criminal statistics for the year ending the 31st December, 1887, show a very satisfactory diminution in the more serious offences (schedule attached), such as murder, attempted murder, arson, manslaughter, forgery, and horse- and cattle-stealing, and fewer cases of larceny have occurred. The year has, however, been specially noticeable for a marked decrease in the offence of drunkenness, the number of cases being 842 less than in the previous year. Much the same may be said of wife-desertion, which, at one time, bade fair to become a common offence. The decrease in this criminal item is, I think, fairly attributable to the prompt measures taken for the arrest and enforced return of men who had fled to the adjoining colonies during the same period. The actual decrease in crime throughout the colony has been 393 cases as compared w^h last year, viz., a decrease of 747 cases in the South Island, and an increase of 364 in the North Island. So far the balance is in favour of the former, but in that Island there has been an increase in many of the serious offences, while in the North they have decreased, notwithstanding that the minor offences have increased. I—H. (5.

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Since Inspector McGovern assumed charge of the Bay of Islands District there have been 24 convictions for sly grog-selling within its boundaries, in which fines and costs to the amount of £412 have been inflicted. I attribute the suppression of this fertile source of crime almost entirely to the efforts of the Inspector, who has infused new life into men who, for some years, had practically beea their own masters, without the supervision of either officers or sergeants. Small wonder that these men, who were beyond the influence of either admonition or encouragement, should have grown supine. The Inspector at Auckland has been in no way to blame for this state of things: he had simply too many duties to perform, and attended to the most important. I have stated that there is a decrease in the crime of arson. This, however, requires explanation, for the police have every reason to believe that numerous instances of this crime remain undetected and unpunished, not from want of suspicion or vigilance, but from the want of sufficient evidence to justify a criminal information. The only solution of the difficulty would appear to be condensed in the recommendation of a London jury in a late case, viz., " That provision should be made by law for an official inquiry into the origin and circumstances of all fires. That such inquiry would tend to diminish the frequency of fires by making felony more easy of detection, and by bringing public censure, if not punishment, on persons responsible for fires arising from carelessness or want of precaution. That the information and statistics which would result from searching-fire inquiries would expose faulty and inferior work, and thus lead to improvements in building construction." There is a general impression among the public that the insurance companies are primarily responsible for many of the suspicious fires, but, without committing myself to so strong an opinion as the above, I may, nevertheless, say that so long as house-owners are allowed to over-insure, so long will there be suspicious fires, and the police powerless to stop them. Among the many duties performed by the police outside of their own special functions as guardians of the peace the following may be enumerated : Agents of Public Trustee, Bailiffs, Clerks of Eesident Magistrates' Courts and Licensing Committees, Collectors of Agricultural Statistics, compilers of jury-lists, Inspectors of Weights and Measures, Slaughterhouses, Distilleries, and Factories, Licensing Officers under Arms Act, Mining Registrars, Magazine-keepers, Officers under Beer Duty Act, Police Gaolers, Postmasters and Telephonists, Receivers of Gold Revenue, Supervisors of the Estates of Lunatics and Intestates, and Truant Officers under School Boards. Numerous as these duties are, I cannot say that they have, as yet, interfered materially with police-work proper. I must, however, make an exception to this statement in the instance of Inspectors of Weights and Measures. Here we have at least four men whose services are entirely taken up in these duties, and consequently lost to the police, and there are others whose time theoretically is only partially occupied, but who practically are of very little use to their department, for the reason that in a town the duties are so divided that if a man cannot be depended on to take his regular turn of beatduty lie becomes an extra man, and, as such, of comparatively little use. In Auckland there is a first-class sergeant employed in the above capacity at a cost of £191 per annum, and there can be no doubt that the work would be equally well done by a civilian at £100, there being nothing in the work that a very ordinary man might not do. Much the same prevails at each of the chief centres of population, where the Police Department is paying men to do work which I respectfully submit should not devolve on the force except in out-districts. I would also bring before your notice that some Inspectors complain that Resident Magistrates require the police to attend the civil sittings of their Courts. This practice is inconvenient, and takes men away from their duties on the streets unnecessarily, for by sections 13 and 14 of " The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867," it is provided that bailiffs shall attend sittings of Courts, and shall have the powers of constables. It would, therefore, appear that there is no actual necessity for the presence of the police on these occasions. In the first part of my report I have mentioned that there are thirteen district constables employed, being an increase of five on the previous year. These men are paid at rates ranging from £20 to £100, but the general average of their pay does not exceed £60 per annum. This class of constable meets the requirements of small or isolated districts, where there is not sufficient work for one of the regular staff (whose whole time should be fully occupied), but where it is absolutely necessary to have a representative of the force. There have been grave objections hitherto to this class of constable, viz., that they never acquired sufficient knowledge of their duties or of the law of the land to make them efficient guardians of the police; and, secondly, that, being taken from the settlers of a district among whom they have resided for many years, they would have acquired all the prejudices and animosities incidental to such a life—a state of feeling highly prejudicial to their usefulness as police constables, and one not calculated to engender confidence in the settlers' minds. Such have been, and no doubt will continue to be, the objections felt and expressed towards district constables. But, on the other hand, it is absolutely necessary to have such officers, for I estimate that there are at least twenty sub-districts now in charge of members of the regular force which could be more economically and as satisfactorily worked by district constables. Such being the case, I would suggest for your consideration the advisability of effecting this alteration whenever it is found convenient to do so, viz., by filling up the district constableships from superannuated members of the regular force, men who, though unable to perform the eight hours' hard duty in the streets of a town, or to make long journeys on horseback through rough country, would nevertheless be quite equal to the duties of district constables, and, from previous training, would be competent to assume the clerkships of Resident Magistrates' Courts, bailiffs, and other work, in an efficient manner. I would suggest that such men would be fairly paid at £60 per annum, since their time would bo but partially occupied, and there would be nothing to prevent them supplementing their incomes by entering into farming or other pursuits. During the past year a modification of the Victorian regulations as to the attendance of police at sports, races, or other public amusements wherein an entrance-fee is demanded has been adopted. This step was rendered necessary by the large sums of money paid under this head, in

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some districts, as travelling allowance. It is now provided by general order that the manager of such sports, races, &c, shall requisition for the number of police required on each occasion, and shall at the same time guarantee the payment of the'expenses of transit, meals, &c., of the men so employed. These expenses have heretofore been a charge upon this department, and have, in the aggregate, amounted to a large sum, especially in districts where communication could only be had by means of coach or horseback, and where, in consequence, small race-meetings are numerous. It having been considered advisable to cancel section 10 of the Police Regulations, whereby it was provided that officers should retire at the age of sixty-five and men at the age of sixty, it will, in the interests of the public, be necessary to name some age at which both oflicers and men must retire from the service. I would suggest that both officers and men should do so at the age of sixty-five, at which period of their lives they would not be likely to be of much value to the public service. I regret that I have been unable to decide on any system by which it would be possible to provide a general pension scheme for the force, unless assisted by a yearly grant-in-aid from the Government. As pointed out in last year's report, it might be made compulsory on those under the age of thirty years to insure for not less than £50 per annum; but this would not touch the majority of the men now in the force. I would also draw your attention to section 59 of the same regulations, by which it is compulsory that all recruits for the police force should be drawn from the Permanent Militia of the colony. This rule limits the choice for police in a manner that cannot fail to be detrimental to the service now that the Militia are reduced in number. I would, therefore, suggest for your consideration that the rule should be altered to this extent: that, while the Militia should have the first chance, yet, in the event of their being no suitable man available, from that corps, I should be at liberty to take on men from outside. For some years the police have been under certain vexatious restrictions in the matter of conducting prosecutions in Resident Magistrates' Courts. In 1876, in the case of Piper v. McCluskey, on appeal against a conviction by a Resident Magistrate for illegally permitting the sale of liquor, it was decided by His Honour Judge Ward that " No police officer is entitled to act as counsel or solicitor, nor has he a right to conduct a case unless he be the actual informant." The result of this judgment has been that counsel for the defence have frequently objected to experienced Inspectors or Sergeants conducting cases, on the ground that they were not the informants. As it generally happens that the constable who lays the information has had comparatively little experience, the objection thus taken has generally damaged the prosecution and tended to bring about a miscarriage of justice. I would therefore urge that the police be empowered by statute to prosecute in all criminal cases, as is already the case under the Police Offences Act, section 46. I regret that I have been unable to get a handy volume of police statutes printed, but have not felt it advisable to urge this matter lest the Criminal Law Consolidation Act should pass this year, in which case the majority of the Acts selected by me for the volume in question would not be required. I attach schedules showing lands reserved for police purposes in various districts throughout New Zealand since the 31st March, 1887 ; and also of works authorised and completed, showing the police-stations which have been repaired, rebuilt, or purchased; as well as a return showing the proportion of police to population, and cost per inhabitant, in this and the adjoining colonies, the comparison being highly favourable to New Zealand. Police-buildings are urgently required at Dunedin, Riverton, Bluff, Otautau, Wyndham, and Naseby, where the quarters are either uninhabitable from age or rented at ruinous prices. I would point out that, as a rule, properties can now be purchased for but little over five years' purchase of the rent paid by us. I have much pleasure in reporting that the behaviour of the force under my command has been excellent, and leaves nothing to be desired in the matter of conduct and discipline. I have, &c, W. E. Gudgeon, The Hon. the Defence Minister. Commissioner.

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1886, and Year ending 31st December, 1887.

l\ ■98 II o Persons Apprehended, 1886. Summarily Convicted. Dis- ! I g charged. ■ -^ <* .t, r* 01 :s id It o 9 SM fl 3 a *& o Persons Apprehended, 1887. 'g'S 1 II 3°™"i Summarily Dis- ; jj I r Trial Convicted, charged. I K% 6 P. ri w Offences. Committed for Trial. Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. ' I : o 3 M. F. M. I P. e § I ft \ M H 55 00 u M. P. * | § 3 o n M. F. M. F. M. P. Nobth Island. Abduction Absconding from bail Abusive language Adulteration Prevention Act, breaches of Animals Protection Act, breaches of Arson Assaults, aggravated Assaults on bailiffs Assaults, common Assaults on police Assaults, indecent Assault and robbery Assault with intent to commit murder Assaults occasioning bodily harm .. Auctioneers Ordinance, broaches of Bankruptcy fraud Beer Duty Act, breaches of Bestiality Brands and Branding Act, breaches of Breaches of the peace Breaking and entering and stealing therefrom Burglary Carnally knowing Cattle- and horse-stealing Cattle-maiming Cattle wandering Cemeteries Act, breaches of Challenging to fight Child-desertion Coal-mines Act, breaches of Coinage Act, offences against Compounding a felony Concealment of birth Conspiring to defraud Conspiracy Contagious Diseases Act, offences against Contempt of Court Copyright Act, broaches of Counties Act, breaches of.. Cruelty to animals Customs Laws Consolidation Act, breaches of Cutting and wounding Damaging police uniform Defence Act, breaches of .. Default of payment of penalty Demanding money by menaces Destitute Persons Act, offences against Diseased Sheep Act, offences against Disobeying maintenance orders Disobeying orders of Court Disobeying summonses Disorderly conduct Distillation Act, offences against .. Distress and Replevin Act, breaches of Distributing obscene prints Disturbing religious congregations.. Dog Registration Act, breaches of .. Dog-stealing Drunkenness Education Act, broaches of Electric Lines Act, offences against Embezzlement Employment of Females Act, breaches of Escaping from custody Estreat of recognizance Evading toll Explosives Act, breaches of False pretences Fencing Act, breaches of.. First Offenders' Probation Act, offences against 1 2 28 1 14 1 1 9 ij 4 1 2 28 "34 16 "2 10 ..I 61 34 1 2 9 28 25 1 7 541 78 8 1 9 7 2 2 10 14 1 "2 'i 7 23 I •• 2 276 G8 25 2 5 5 204J 10 2 1 2 9 28 21 1 7 538 78 6 2 25 22 5 532 59 10 8 2 19 3 4 15 3 "s "5 1 1 10 2 ..I i .. .. 2 317 54 1 3 29 2 1 12 3 155 3 5 "1 .. ..I 26 2 25 13 5 527 59 10 1 2 19 3 4 "2 2 7 3 3 1 2 9 19 4 "5 3 1 4 2 2 9 G 2 2 10 "i "l 3 10 1 6 1 12 1 2 5 3 7 1 "l 7 "3 "1 "l 4 3 "2 88[ "g 120 .. "6 13 G 120 "3 4 27 2 '107 90 "2 9 107 841 13 31 3 1 G 10 54 3 49 14 2 40 5 10 1 2 12 7 12 29 1 2 27 1 1 2 35 72 4 22 3 2 '23 1 "I 22 21 2 "3 1 46 4 22 3 2 "l 14 1 1 83 22 1 2 1 " 2 "2 "2 1 5 2 1 4 "\ 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 5 3 4 3 1 1 1 5 3 "ll "7 4 11 "g 1 "3 70 9 70 "5 76 9 "l3 2 1 -l! 1 "9 2 12 2 76 ■I 4 2 8 68 "5 50 1 "3 17 "s G8 "75 "4 '52 15 71 "7 "8 5 7 5 3 1 5 5 1 5 2 'l "l 5 7 5 3 7 4 27 1 3 1 3 4 23 "3 4 27 '24 5 "l "2 "2 "3 150 3 34 21 82 :■! 14 11 4 1 54 17 G 5 145 3 32 17 189 120 11 10 ] 36 2 1 59 31 3 4 3 3 183 42 13 5 43 2 39 "9 "3 111 "5 "5 '44 43 13 5 43 2 "3 1 5 8 1 44 "2 1 1 1 1 5 31 3 58 11 "ll 22 124 4 2,729 39 4 27 1 14 1 8 150 3 2,715 1G 8 33 2 107 3 2,241 9 5 1 "s 385 3 4 3G '77 3 3 10 i is 1 "8 150 3 2,715 16 8 26 1 22 124 5 2,729 39 4 30 17 91 1 2,244 26 4 5 2 422 1 '5 1 2 14 23 26 15 'is "7 i 3 42 3 "3 2G 5 7 4 42 3 21 1 3 5 16 1 2 2 3 2 21 1 3 5 21 2 1 4 39 1 2 3 4 67 5 1 1 2 "3 2 3 4 70 5 ii 1 14 4 90 1 13 89 1 "3 '29 ~2 86 1 '20 "i i 1 • T

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1886, and Year ending 31st December, 1887— continued.

Offoncos. •a r _ t 0 "I °l SO 3 P fl Committed for Trial. Persoi is Apprehended, 1880. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. =1 II is, h ° 9 d O I Com1 mitted '(or Trial. Fcrsoi is Apprehended, 1887. Summarily DisCouvictod. I chargod. ■3 j! ■2 ™ p E] fc-3 ! 6 00 £ 1 I © CD a M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. i M. F. North Island — continued. Fisheries Conservation Act, breaches of Forcible entry Foreign Seamen's Act, breaches of.. Forging and uttering Friendly Societies Act, breaches of Furious driving and riding Gaming and Lotteries Act, broaches of Harbour regulations, breaches of .. Harbouring a felon Housebreaking Illegally on premises Impounding Act, offences against .. Inciting to commit a breach of the peace Inciting prisoners to resist Indecent behaviour Indecent exposure Industrial Schools Act, offences against Insulting language Justices of Peace Act, breaches of .. Killing animals with intent to steal the carcases Land Act, breaches of Larceny Larceny, attempted Larceny as a bailee Larceny by a servant Larceny from dwellings Larceny from mail-bag Larceny from the person Larceny from stores Larceny from vessels Larceny from wrecks Liconsing Act, breaches of Libel .. Lunacy Local Boards Act, breaches of Malicious injury to property Maliciously killing animals Manslaughter Marriage Act, offences against Married Women's Property Protection Act, offences against Masters and Apprentices Act, breaches of Medical Practitioners Act, breaches of Mining Companies Act, breaches of Municipal by-laws, breaches of Murder Murder, accessory to Naval deserters Neglected and criminal children .. Neglecting to bury dead animals .. Neglecting to provide sufficient food for a child Obscene and profane language Obstructing and resisting police Obstructing a public place Obstructing railway-lino Offences against the person Pawnbrokers Act, breaches of Perj my .. Personation Poison-laying Police Offences Act, offences against Post Office Act, broaches of Prisons Act, breaches of .. Prohibition orders Property Assessment Act, breaches of Public Health Act, breaches of Public Works Act, breaches of Rabbit Nuisance Act, breaches of .. Railway by-laws, breaches of Kapo .. ,. 12 15 44 04 29 40 18 2| 23| 79 05 1 2i "37 34 2 15 2 987 "is 2 83 34 2 'l91 140J 2' 196 15 'io "», 1 '" -48 "2 11 'io "2 1 6 1 "1 33 19 "2 2 439 I 6 1 18 2 2 100 1 81 5 36 23 22 14 "u 41 "7 "l 9 1 'ad "1 ■ ■ i j "J 11 31 17 22 "l 2 4 "l2 iW 0 .. '71 26 2 30| 7 "s 14 0 18 4 2 20 I "I 1 1 'l ! 9 'a "I .. 2 1 1 12 15 44 55 29 40 18 2 8 79 03 1 2 'SO 34 ■ 2 15 2 708 1G 2 20 15 "2 191 3 140 2 170 26 10 30 30 2 30 64 12 58 82! 41 2 7 22 41 34 27 3 1 1,017 1 23 108 1 40 1 "9 171 7 191 9 '20 "u 53 1 4! 'is r 4 1 '2 *6 "2 1 13 24 1 25 37 5 8 73 18 2 5 17 32 22 13 1 358 6 -21 1 4 105 100 1 1 "2 1 *42 "2 5 43 7 2 1 11 4i ll 1 1 5 27i 7 1 1 6 20i "3 2 5 2 3 129 10 'io 4 1 55 2 36 22 'I '2 1 0 12 '•I * ' • • • •I '2I 5 1 1 1 26 10 25| 27 2 30 64 12 1 25 82! 4l! 2 21 41 34 17 3 1 009! 1 21 521 12: !) 171 7 191 14 1 2 1 24 '85 3 "7 7 82 12 1 1 30 I 25 1 0 1 9 4 45 14 34 0 1 24 1 15 2 "2 '20 "2 '12 i i:: "9 7 252 3 3 3 "2 iia '27 41 2 io ' ■ ! 222; oj 8 S 50 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 "'2! 31 1 25 14 11 25 28 13 14 27: 8 5 3 2 1 3 2 5 3 1 1 1 4 484 9 1 8 28 2 392 ie 73 0 3 484 9 1 0 28 2 1 737 5 1 034 'l2 'so I 5 1 737 5 ] 253 "3 1 "3 'l 4 1 5 10 1 ii 1 5 1 2 18 36 1 'io 20 10 1 ;; l 3 17 36 1 io 8 1 1 152 20 1 1 1 6 13 1 1 410 8 3 29 11 16 95 31 65 10 1 '21 '22 1 1 151 20 1 1 1 0 13 1 1 398 2 3 29 11 10 95 31 05 9 133 581 81 45 ~28 7 18 4 133 58 1 19 105 19 1 1 '3 • • I 'r, 2 ~38 1 1 1 4 2 G! 1 1 ■■ •• 7 2 23 1 1 474 3 3 28 12 13 115 19 66 7 "s 1 'ii 1 i 3 1 23 1 473 3 3 28 12 13! 114 19 G6 1\ 'io 1 282 "a ■ 113 1 1 304 " I 'ii I 93 3 1 5 *S 58 2 1 1 21 12 8 94 18 54 5 "3 20 K 9 0 1 10 "2; 1 .. I 1! ii "l 5 14 85 31 50 "1 4 19 1 10 4 20 "3 1 "8 7 -l 12 "3 'i 'l "i "3 • • i

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1886, and Year ending 31st December, 1887 — continued.

I *§ Persons Apprehem la 1 hj$ Com- i Sumto mitted marily g g for Trial. Convicted. led, 188G. 31 4 if as O Persons Apprehended, 1887. of II fl II Offences. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. O M. F. M. F. M. F. f£ M. F. a i n M. P. ! M. F. Noetii Island— continued. Rape, attempted.. Receiving stolen property Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of Registration of Electors Act, breaches of Rescuing goods from bailiffs Rescuing prisoners Resident Magistrates Act, breaches of Riotous behaviour Road Boards Act, breaches of Robbery with violence Sale of Poisons Act, breaches of Sheep Act, breaches of Sheep-stealing Shipping & Seamen's Act, breaches of Shooting with intent to murder Slaughterhouses Act, breaches of .. Sly grog-selling Smuggling Soliciting alms .. Soliciting prostitution Stamp Act, breaches of .. Suicide, attempted Suicide, threatening Sunday-trading Sunday-working Sureties of the peace Threatening language Threatening letters l'own Board by-laws, breaches of .. Trade-marks Act, breaches of Tramways Act, breaches of Trespass Unlawfully setting fire to gorso Vagrancy Weights & Measures Act, breaches of Wife-desertion Wilful destruction of property G 12 6 24 1 1 2 1 37 12 66 1 11 5 2 2 2 15 12 5 4 " 1 "l 4 "3 4 23 "l '33! 1 59j "i i i 1 "2 •• ,, i .. ' ' 2 6 1 1 "l "i 8 7 4 8 1 ■2 0 12 5 24 1 1 2 1 37 10 6C 1 11 5 2 2 2 15 12 5 4 1 16 13 35 5 1 5 2 10 2 30 7 54 1 17 4 2 3 1 "7 "l "l "3 2! 1 .. "8 1 34 2 "2 "2 18 '39 9 1 2 2 "l 1 2 "i '' 1 -2J .. I 2! "3 "l •io 15 -7 2i 1 1 1 I I ... •■ i .. • 2 1 16 13 35 5 1 5 2 9 2 30 6 54 1 16 4 2 3 2 27 13 2 21 1 21 132 7 11 4 1 3 1 10 2 t t 6 4 5 "l 7 5 12 1 II • • "l 1 "ii 2 1 1 1 I 1 3 4 3 3 ] 2 1 27 13 2 21 1 21 132 '2 1 "9 6 l 1 19: 1 10 67' "3 18 2 12 1 2 'i 17 1 2 "3 19 195 1 100 '12 111 12j "i 4 14 19 195 1 98 "l 6 10 46 iy 63 1 88 '■ '90 "\ 9 159 1 13 1 -l! "2 3 9 288 1 20 3 12 2 3 9 8 1 8 8 4 1 12 2 3 9 "2 3 7 9 288 1 24 3 • ■ I •• I I 71 "is • is 294 28 21 7 168! 23 10 4 i "■ 105 1 1 18 4 6 3 '3 294 28 16 7 "2 "e 27 "9 "7 2 "3 4 Totals 9,063 298 U, I 5,786 i 7631 11,491 171' 8,523 9,427 268 22 1 _—___ 6,126 818 1,357 156 8,747J 1,088 719 I 1 I 1 i i 1 1 I South Island. Absconding from apprenticeship .. Absconding from bail Absconding from industrial schools Absconding from licensed service .. Absconding from reformatories Abusive language Accessory to a felony Adulteration Prevention Act, breaches of Animals Protection Act, breaches of Arson Arson, accessory to Arson, attempted Assaults, aggravated Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults on polico Assault and robbery Assault occasioning bodily harm .. Assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm Assault with intent to rob Assault with violence Auctioneers Act, breaches of Bankruptcy Act, breaches of Beer Duty Act, breaches of Bestiality Brands & Branding Act, breaches of Breaches of the peace Breaking and entering premises Breaking into premises and stealing therefrom Breaking into a dwelling with intent to commit a rape 1 6 1 31 3 3 39 1 1 2 425 14 61 3 2 "2 1 "l 9 "2 2 S 1 6 "l 15 3 3 "l 265 '58 "3 *25 "l "9 "l 1 1 120 5 2 4 *9 1 6 "l 31 3 3 5 1 1 2 420 14 Gl 2 2 1 2 10 1 "36 1 7 3 37 2 2 327 18 39 15 3 8 "l 12 '2 • • ! 2 9 'l7 3 2 208 1 37 1 1 "5 '28 1 1 12 1 4 1 1 81 4 1 2 7 1 2 10 1 '36 1 7 3 11 1 324 17 39 15 3 1 1 4 1 5 1 4 "l 4 "l "2 1 98 22 "9 1 'l 12 1 3 ■3 9 3 3 1 1 "8 1 .. 5 2 i 1 3 9 13 1 3 9 5 4 1 1 1 10 1 2 39 1 4 3 "l 1 1 "l 5 4 1 1 1 10 1 2 39 2 "7 12 "2 5 "l 3 1 1 10 "l 1 "3 .. 1 1 2 60 3 ~57 2 3 2 2 60 2 "l 32 "l 21 2 28 7 2 1 10 76 40 2 8 7 57 48 2 2 2 2

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1886, and Year ending 31st December, 1887— continued.

Offences. Committed for Trial. Persons Apprehem Summarily Convicted. led, 1880. Discharged. i It iff H3 I ■§ £ Committed for Trial. Persons Apprehend* Summaril y Convicted. id, 1887. Discharged. T3 »! o o o fa M. F. M. F. M. F. O M. F. M. F. I M. F. d § 1—1 I i *§ South Island— continued. Breaking into and stealing from dwellings Burglary Cattle- and horse-stealing Cattle wandering Cattle-maiming Cemeteries Act, breaches of Child-desertion Coal-mines Act Coinage Act, offences against Concealment of birth Conspiring to defraud Contempt of Court County by-laws, breaches of Creating a nuisance Cruelty to animals Customs Laws Consolidation Act, breaches of Cutting and wounding Damaging police uniform.. Damaging property Default of bail Default of costs .. .. Default of penalty Demanding money by menaces Destitute Persons Act, breaches of.. [ Discharging fire-arms .. Disobeying maintenance orders Disobeying orders of Court Disobeying summonses Disorderly conduct Distillation Act, breaches of Disturbing religious congregations.. Disturbing entertainments Dog Registration Act, breaches of .. Dog-stealing Drunkenness Education Act, breaches of Electric Lines Act, breaches of .. Embezzlement Employment of Females Act,breaches of Escaping from legal custody Escaping from lunatic asylums False pretences Fencing Act, breaches of .. Fisheries Conservation Act, breaches of Foreign Seamen's Act, breaches of Forging and uttering .. Fraudulent bankruptcy Furious driving and riding Gaming and Lotteries Act, breaches of Harbour regulations, breaches of .. Harbouring prostitutes Housebreaking Illegally on premises Impounding Act, offences against .. Inciting prisoners to resist Indecent behaviour Indecent exposure Indecent language Industrial Schools Act, offences against Insulting language and behaviour .. Keeping disorderly houses Keeping houses of ill-fame Killing animals with intent to steal the carcases .. .. Larceny Larceny, accessory to .. Larceny as a bailee .. Larceny, attempted Larceny from dwellings Larceny from the person Letter-stealing 18 5 35 308 2 1 8 1 5 95 2 12 6 1 52 7 19 "85 7 275 4 3,545 5 4 3 16 "2 4 •• "a *28 ""a 17 1 "i66 ■\ 229 2,875 1 4 "l 254 "5 ■ • .1 * •• 73; ii 1 1 •• I "6! 1 •• I I "4i ■ ■ I 3 j " 1 9 .. j 14 487 1 8 41 "l "l 16 ""l 1 13 "l 1 8 'H 162J 4 "* 2 1 ai 2 1 'i 9 3 25 308 "l 7 1 "5 95 "2 "9 "5 40 "c 19 85 "7 274 3 3,545 5 6 8 20 278 1 1 4 4 1 1 3! 8 9 1 77 5 4 4 7 1 2 1 99 1 1 15 1 124 6 5 315 2 2,089 7 37 2 3 7 •■ "3 •■ 1 II .. •' 'l 1 •• "■ " 5 " <k 6 "k 40 1 I 11 1 107 4 5 1 245 2,197 7 16 1 252 "2 4 3 7 1 60 13 1 1 "9 'l6 "8 335 1 5 9 "2 15 "'l 28 "l 1 2 *60 144 i i •• t J '5 ' * a 18 3 4 12 278 4 4 "l 3 9 1 77 5 4 4 6 2 1 89 1 1 12 1 124 i 315 2,689 "7 37 "3 4 1 3 "9 1 5 2 4 1 2 47 1 1 39 6 i 40 7 o 12 15 30 1 4 "2 'is "5 6 "6 4 2 2 85G 5 '*28 'ii •. I ■10 '23 "« "5 7 3 4 74 1 1 j 2 1 1 7 3 4 72 1 7 7 4 93 I 1 55 1 7 "2 i 7 6 4 92 4 4 "8 '20 1 i 3 1 '3 18 "l 14 53 6 13 45 3 14 "i "2 l 3 1! 1 14 50 5 13 22 10 46 1 12 33 20 3 2 1 9 2 0 22 3 41 1 12 8 10 7 5 1 * ■ I "3 40 8 1 3 18 65 1 2 22 3 26 8 a 12 5e; 20 40 8 1 4 18 05 1 2 21 3 24 2 20 2 4 24 2 22 6 1 2 i "3 .. 3 20 100 •2 8 30 1 1 1 5 6I 2 5 26 101 19 78 ""si 7 5 14 1 "i 3 11 36 10 23 4 1 10 11 35 9 c 14 6 "l "ii 1 1 '2 •• 74 5 1 1 49; 5 18 1 6 1 74 5 1 1 97 11 3 55 9 18 8 2 16 97 11 O 28 6 2 1 "l " "l %> ■• 1 4 1,041 36 2 % 392 67 i 1 111 19 3 627 2 908 4 12 1 43 6 1 371 57 1 112 2 18 ll 1 607 4 9 2 73 7 1 13 14 2 • • 1 1 5 4 "l 4 1 6 9 2 "l 4 5 "h 3 "3 1 • ■ j 2 1 "3 2 "3 * • I ii 7 31 3 1 "l •• I 2 44 15 1 ■ "1 2 • • I

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1886, and Year ending 31st December, 1887— continued.

■a ' Persons Apprehended, 1886. id B 3 a o Persor is Apprehenc % led, 1887. ■£ 1 It Dig- S§ ! charged. £«< I 5 !1S I I I 1 Offences. n a Com- Suinmitted marily eg for Trial. Convicted. 3 a O M. F. M. F. a £ Dis- 5 g charged, j £<• ! 33 \ Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. I o o M. F. ! * § M. P. M. F. M. P. o o 6 ft 5 O p South Island— continued. Libel .. ■ • • ■ • • ! Licensing Act, breaches of Local Boards Act, breaches of 1 165 28 220j 239' 2 1 86 26 113 142 2 34 36 2 47 46 '9j 1 165 28 220 210 2 151 11 212 2G5 2 2 2 1 78 11 117 178 "g 59 #8 151 11 212 234 2 2 1. I 1 Lunacy .. . ■ • • Malicious injury to property .. ! Maliciously killing animals .. , Maliciously wounding animals Maliciously poisoning dogs Manslaughter Married Women's Property Protection Act, breaches of ■. I Mines Act, breaches of ,. ■ Municipal by-laws, breaches of Murder .. .. • • • • , Murder, attempted Neglected and criminal children .. Obscene and profane language Obstructing and resisting police Obstructing a public place Obstructing railway-lines Pawnbrokers Act, breaches of Perjury Permitting dogs to worry a horse .. Police Offences Act, offences against Post Office Act, breaches of Printers and Newspapers Registration Act, breaches of Prisons Act, breaches of .. Procuring liquor for prohibited persons Prohibition orders Property Assessment Act, breaches of Public Health Act, breaches of Public Works Act, breaches of Rabbit Nuisance Act, broaches of .. Railway by-laws, breaches of Rape Rape, attempted.. Receiving stolen property.. Refusing to leave licensed premises Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of Registration of Electors Act, breaches of Rescuing prisoners Removing nightsoil without a license Riding on footpath Riotous behaviour Robbery with violence Sacrilege Salmon and Trout Act, breaches of Seal Fisheries Act, breaches of Sheep Act, breaches of Sheep-stealing Shipping and Seamen's Act, breaches of Shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm Slaughterhouses Act, breaches of .. Sodomy Soliciting alms Stamp Act, breaches of .. State Forests Act, breaches of Suicide, attempted Sunday-working Sureties of the Peace Threatening language Throwing dead animals into a creek Tobacco Act, breaches of .. Town Districts Act, breaches of Trespass Uttering counterfeit coin Vagrancy Volunteer offences Weights and Measures Act.breaches of Wife-desertion Wilful damage to property Wounding with intent "3 '55 15 "b\ 4 1 62 18 27 83 2 '0 1 -2G 4 2 2 5 "2 2 "l 5 •• "l 1 I : 310 2J 2; 77 253! 58 1 3 260 ••I 1 310 2 2 77 253 57 1 1 a 340 1 1 71 171 58 3 11 lj 2! 292; G 38 '4 1 2 340 1 1 71 171 58 3 10 30 2 1 11 30 *3 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 40 154 52 1 22 70 7 25 5 8 i 41 115 55 2 0 '22 39 4 10 3 1 4 4 7 82 o. 11 "5 5 91 1 271 2 5 G 2 K 8 27i 4 "l3 "5 2 "3 '3 13 '4 1 197 152 1 1 4 67 :, '423 3 302 2 "7 109 ••I 5 423 2 4 "2 "l "3 1 1 3 3 1 14 1 14 i 20 1 G 48 3 25 4 7 4 5 17 1 5 3G 3 18 "l "2 20 1 6 47 3 24 4 7 4 5 1 •• "2 2 54 4 28 4 2 2 1 1 10 1 4 21 54 5 28 4 2 2 1 45 4 23 "9 "l ■' "e i 1 2 1 6 :; 2 "5 1 3 6 1 •• 3 "l 1 1 i 5 2 4 "l 1 1 1 8 3 3 2 47 1 1 1 2 47 1 1 4 2 2 9 5 4 9 38 1 1 3 1 47 1 1 4 2 2 3 1 1 "l 1 1 1 2 1 "2 1 2 2 "2 "4 13 7 "4 17 12 11 G 2 17 10 4 13 9 4 10 1 3 2 "8 4 3 60 U 13 57 06 8 51 1 43 2 1 1 2 1 11 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 11 1 4 2 1 2 2 o 1 2 1 4 2 2 3 "3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 "2 1 1 1 1 4 4 "l:i 1 31 1 "2 ! 21 1 "l 5 4 13 1 31 1 2 1 1 1 ' 'I "go "I '31 ~22! 3 60 "7 "s 29 .. 4 "l " "i I 2 , lj 2 1 ; ' I , 1 "25 12 21 8 "l 3 4 25 12 -24 12 4; 223; S 4o! 15 8! 2! 2 t I 92 2 3-1 It 7| 8G 1 33| ii "3 222 2 45 13 7 2 20G 66 10 8 1 84 3 63 6 4 1 '74 '25 23 20G 3 6fi 11 fr O 1 7,753 11 G 2 5 1 -j 20 1 1 2 9,072 111 6,181 I 974 I 8,477 8,325 231 5,595 758 1,004 147 787 Totals 202 l,03l| 126 18 1,53^

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Return showing the Proportion of Police to Population and Cost of Police per Inhabitant in each of the under-mentioned Places.

Schedule of Land reserved for Police Purposes since 31st March, 1887.

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Place. Proportion of Police to Population. Gout of Police per Inhabitant. Komarks. Sow Zealand 1 to 1,328 s. a. 3 1| Calculated jon the basis of population, 646,913, on the 31st March, 1888, as furnished in the Registrar-General's return, published in the Neio Zealand Gazette of the 17th May, 1888; and the net expenditure for police, £101,922 11s. 7d. (vide Appropriation Account for year ended 31st March, 1888). Prom the Victorian Year Book, 1886-87, viz. : Population on the 31st December, 1886, 1,003,043; police expenditure, 1886-87, £233,056; number of police, 1,816. Calculated on strength of police, 1,491 (vide Inspector-General's report of the 9th January, 1888). Population, 1,001,906, from Victorian Year Book, 1886-87; and vote for year ended the 31st December, 1886, £285,395. No later estimates received. Calculated from estimates as voted for year ending the 30lh June, 1888, viz. : Number of police, 400; amount of vote, £88,250; and population, from Victorian Year Book, 1880-87, 312,439. Calculated on number of police according to estimates for 1886-87, 935 persons; amount of estimates, ,-6144,705. Population on the 31st December, 1886, 343,768 (vide Victorian Year Book, 1880-87, page 38). Note.—Deducting native trackers (200), there are only 735 police, according to which the proportion of police to population would be 1 to 467. Victoria 1 to 770 4 72 S'ew South Wales .. 1 to 072 5 6 iSouth Australia 1 to 769 6 8 Jueensland 1 to 367 8 5

Gazette. Police District. Place. Sections, &c. Area. Date. Page. 3ay of Islands ... L'auranga Aratapu Aratapu Alexandra East... Hamilton West... Ngaruawahia ... Allotment 69 ... Allotments 88 and 89 ... Section 524a ... Section 407b ... Sections 83, 84, 85, 86, and 87 Allotment 2, Section 19... Section 46, Block XI. ... A. K. P. 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 0 3 23 jOct. 27, 1887 Sept. 8, 1887 Aug. 4, 1887 Sept. 8, 1887 1369 1172 1043 1172 tfapier... Eaglan Taut an e Survey District Tautane Survey District Weber Survey District Kumeroa Village Hampden Norsewood 2 2 5 2 0 26 Sept. 8, 1887 Juno 16, 1887 1172 762 Sections 25 and 26, Block XI. Section 22, Block V. 0 2 0 Aug. 18, 1887 1099 5 0 0 Aug. 18, 1887 1099 Section 2, Block V. Section 174, town Section 178, Block V., Takapau Survey District Section 1, Town Belt ... Sections 9, 11, and 20, Block XIV. Section 126 Sections 15 and 20 Block VII. Block XI. Part of Block XXXVII. Sections 1 to 10, Block VIII. Sections 6, 7, and 8, Block VII. Section 7, Block I. Section 1, Block III. ... Section 2807, Block IV. 6 3 8 1 0 32 10 0 Jan. 19, 1888 Jan. 19, 1888 Jan. 19, 1888 44 44 44 'aranaki Pukearuhe Manaia 11 8 35 0 3 0 May 12, 1887 May 12, 1887 602 602 Waverley Hunterville Opunake Opunake Patea ... Kelso ... 0 1 0 12 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 2 1 23 May 12, 1887 April 7, 1887 I June 2, 1887 ) June 2, 1887 Sept. 22, 1887 602 445 715 )unedin 713 1221 Kelso ... 12 0 Sept. 22, 1887 1221 iouthland jake ... Otautau Naseby Fairlie Cresk 0 10 2 0 25 4 0 0 Dec. 22, 1887 April 12, 1888 March 5, 1888 1539 440 303 )amaru

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Return showing the Strength and Distribution of the New Zealand Police Force on the 31st March, 1888.

• District and Native constables not included in total. t Compiling Polka Gazette.

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Stations. g ' i . a i s «| B a s a 3 fc 53 I &s § i I 11 a tO CD § j p 3 O II ni W *g 3 I Noeth Island. Aucklond, — Auckland Freeman's Bay .. Ponsonby Newton Eden Terrace Newmarket Parnell Surrey Hills Devonport Coromandel Helensville Howiek Mercer Mercury Bay Onebvmga Otahubu Papakura Port Albert Pukekobe Shortland Thames Tairua Waiuku Warkworth Woodhill (near Helensville) .. l 7 ■• i 25 1 I 1 i! \\ i i i i i i j i 3 1 1 i 1 S6 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 i l 1 1 6 1 i 'i i l i i 1 Totals 1 10 49 5 3 2 65* I Bay of Islands, — Russell Aratapu Dargavillo ITokiangn. Kamo Kawafcawa Mangonui Mangawai Waipu Whangaiei Whangaroa i I • • 2 1 1 1 i l\ ! •■ ; ., 1 i 3 1 1 i i i i •• i i j i .. i i i l i 1 1 1I Totals ! i i i 10 i i ! 2 2 ii» 'i'auranga,— Tauranga Paeroa Waterford Makotu Wbakatane Opotiki Eotorua Taupo .. Tokano.. Hamilton West .. Hamilton East .. Cambridge Kawliia Ngaruawahia Raglan Te Auamutu Te Arolia To Kuiti ■ i i ■ i 8 1 4 £ 1 1 1 I * ! •■ 1 1 4 1 1 2 I " t 'i 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 ■■ i i I " 1 1 2 i i 1 ! ■• - 1 •• i " l , i i 1 1 j 1 Totals i I 2 18 i 15 21* Kapier,— ■ Napier Taradale Clivc Hastings Waipawa Waipukurau Ormondville Danevirko Woodvillc Herbertville Port Ahuriri Wairoa i 1 1 8 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 11 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 i

Stations. Hi P. on™ a »rt M CO g | 02 en a; i I 0 > % s o n n o ■is 2 o H North Island— continued. Napier— contd. Gisbome Ormond Tolcga Bay Awanui 1 4 1 fi I 1 1 •' 1 1 ■ 'i I " ..i I 1 Totals I 6 27 I 1 I i 1 35" TaranaM, — New IHyrnouth .. Waitara Normanby Havera Patea Wavcrloy Manaia Opunako Pungarehu Pukeaiuhe Wanganui Marten Hunteiville Bull's Feilding Palmcrston North Ashurst Foxton 1 .. | 1 'i ! .. 5 2 1 ! i i i 2 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 I " •• ! 7 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 8 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 ! ••' I .. '" I I "" I .. ■■ Totals l i I 36 4 31 I Wellington,— Wellington Manners Street .. Clyde Quay Ncwtown Petone Lower Hutt Featherston Martinborough .. Greytown Carterton Masterton Tcnui Eketahuna Pahiatua Jolmsonvillc Pahautarmi Otaki l It 5 25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 36 1 1 1 1 1 ] 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 1 1 6 43 4 2 55* South Island. Nelson, — Nelson The Port Richmond Spring Grove Collingwood Blenheim Havcloek Picton Motuoka Takaka 1 2 6 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 9 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 Totals 1 3 17 3 21* Wcstland,— Hokitika Kumara Stafford Kanicri Eosb Okarito Greyrnouth Brunnerton Dunganville Ahaura Eeefton 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 2 1 1 3 1 1 i

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Return showing the Strength, &c., of the New Zealand Police Force— continued.

Total, North Island .. .. .. 2231 Includes 0 constables who Total, South Island .. .. .. 264) act as police gaolers. 487

Betukn showing Casualties in the New Zealand Police Fokce duriDg the Year ended 31st March, 1888. Betirements on reduction of force .. .. .. .. .. -if Superannuations .. .. .. -. .. .. .. 3 .Resignations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 Discharges on compensation .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Discharge .. .. .. . ■ .. .. .. .. 1 Dismissals .. .. .. ■ • • • • ■ .. .. 3 Deaths .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 28 t Inspectors.

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Stations, 9 » . 3 So | P ! rji xn 9 I E g | i s II 0 S3 ■4$ o "3 o South Island — continued. tVestland— contd. Lyell Westport Denniston Charleston : 1 i 2 i 1 1 1 3 1 1 i Totals 1 4 25 1 31 jhristchurch, — Christclmrch Addington Sydenham Phillipstown Woolston Bingsland St. Albans Papanui Lincoln Lyttelton Akaroa Little Kiver Southbridge Lecston Malvern Coalgate Bealey Kaiapoi Rangiora Oxford Ambcrley Hurunui Waiau Kaikoura Ashburton Rakaia Methven I ! i I 1 1 1 ! 5 23 1 2 1 1 i 1 I 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 31 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 'i 1 1 '.'. 1 Totals 1 .. | 10 57 2 i 70* I " | I I I lamaru, — Oamaru Duntroon Ngapara Jlampden Waimatc Timaru Temuka (ieraldino Pleasant Point .. Pairlie Creek 1 i • • .. : 1 1 2 7 1 1 1 2 7 2 1 I 1 1 1 I •■ i .. | 10 1 1 1 3 11 2 1 1 1 I " _ 1 . ■ Totals 1 i & 24 2 32 1 I I Dunedin, — Maclaggan Street King Street North-east Valley I 1 1 : 4 19 9 1 2 27 12 1 .. I ..

Stations. I o VI a H i, a is a ° xn ills 60 a* © o o ® .23 o i o3 In o j o H South Island— continued, Dnnedin— contd. Woodhaugh South Dunedin .. Cavcrsham Momington Roslyn Anderson's Bay .. Port Chalmers .. Green Island Mosgiel Waitati Hawksbury Palmerston Outrani Ncnthorn Lawrence Waitahuna Milton Balclutha Kaitangata Tapanui Clinton i i 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 J 1 1 ] 1 3 1 1 1 ] 1 1 l 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 l Totols 1 1 li 54 2 C8 Southland, — Invercargill North Invercargill Bluff .. Riverton Otautau Winton Lumsden Orepuki Wyndham Matanra Gore Waikaia Half-moon Bay .. 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 10 1 •2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 i l 1 Totals 1 1 o 20 1 24* Lake, — Clyde Alexandra South Arrowtown Cromwell Naseby Ophir Pembroke Roxburgh Queenstown St. Bathan's 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 8 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 1 3 14 1 18* Grand Total.. 13 4 G5 388 17 I 13 i 21 487*

* District and Native constables not included in total.

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Schedule of Stations repaired and New Quarters erected or purchased since 31st March, 1887.

[Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,425 copies), £13 4s. 6d.j

Authority: George Didsbubt, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.

Police District. Station. ■Nature of Work. Bay of Islands Auckland Tauranga Napier .. Taranaki Wellington Nelson ... Christchurch Eussell Mangonui Papakura Onehunga Pukekohe Te Kuiti Opotiki Kawhia Port Ahuriri ... Hawera Feilding New Plymouth Featherston Blenheim Christchurch ... Coalgate Waimate Oamaru Waitahuna Pahnerston Kaitangata Ophir Cromwell Arrowtown Alexandra South Mataura Eoss ... Charleston Westport Dunganville Inspector's quarters repaired. General repairs to station. General repairs to station. Boof and verandah repaired. New lock-up erected. Lock-up removed from Kihikihi. Station repaired. Blockhouse converted into a police-station. Station painted. New fence erected round paddock. Eoof repaired. Stables repaired. Station painted and repaired. Stable repaired. Sundry repairs to lock-up, wall, &c. Station repaired. Station painted and repaired. Station painted and repaired. Eepairs and alterations made to station. Eepairs and alterations made to station. House purchased. Station repaired. Station repaired. Station repaired. Additions made to stable. Alterations mado to courthouse for constable's residence. Fencing repaired. Additional room erected and station repaired. Lock-up erected, station repaired, and gas laid on. Verandah repaired. Oamaru ... Dunedin Lake Southland Westland