NEW ZEALAND POLICE FORCE (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1891 Session II, H-28

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Sess. 11.—1891. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND POLICE FORCE (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE).

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

The Commissioner of Police to the Hon. the Defence Minister. Sir, —■ Police Department (Commissioner's Office), Wellington, Ist May, 1891. I have the honour to submit for your information the annual report on the Police Force of the colony, together with the criminial statistics for the year ending the 31st March, 1891. On the above-mentioned date the strength of the police was 492, against 494 for the corresponding period of the previous year. The totals are made up as follows : Inspectors —first class, 5 ; second class, 3 ; third class, 4. Sergeants-major, 4. Sergeants —first class, 22 ; second class, 22 ; third class, 14. Constables—first class, 116 ; second class, 104 ; third class, 184. Detectives— first class, 2; second class, 5 ; third class, 4 ; fourth class, 3. Total, 492 ; and troop-horses, 109. In addition to the above strength, there are 10 district and 10 Native constables. Three new stations have been opened during the past year —viz., Huntley, Kamo, and Upper Hutt—and one station, Nenthorn, closed. On the Ist April last five Inspectors —viz., 1 first-class, 1 second-class, and 3 third-class —with one sergeant-major were retrenched and struck off the strength, and five districts abolished, as shown in the attached return of strength and distribution; the changes being Bay of Islands District merged into Auckland, Napier into Waikato and Bast Coast, Marlborough and Nelson into "Wellington and Westland, Oamaru into Canterbury, Southland and Lakes into Otago. Since that date these larger districts have been satisfactorily administered, with no complaints of efficiency being impaired; and the amalgamations must cause a considerable saving in expenditure. Increases to strength have been made at the following stations, viz. : Auckland, 1: Hamilton, 2 ; Wellington, 1; Westport, 1; Denniston, 1; Hokitika, 1; Christchurch, 2 ; while decreases to strength have been made as follows : Eussell, 1 ; Whangarei, 1 ; Tauranga, 2 ; Te Aroha, 1; Napier, 1; Woodville, 1; Nelson, 2; Ahaura, 1; Eeefton, 1; Oamaru, 2 ; Waimate, 1; Naseby, 1 ; Dunedin, 2; and Invercargill, 2. Many of these decreases are the result of reducing the number of districts. The casualties in the Force during the past year have been as follows : Eetired on compensation, 11; resignations, 11; discharges, 4 ; dismissals, 2 ; deaths, 6 : total, 34. I was appointed Commissioner of the Police Force, vice Major Gudgeon, on the Ist July last. Vacancies in the Force have been almost entirely filled by transfers from the Permanent Artillery or the Prisons Department, and this system works well, the recruits having acquired a good knowledge of discipline before being transferred to the Force; and at any future time, should an augmentation of the Permanent Artillery be suddenly required, the services of these trained gunners will be available, as their places in this department can be supplied by special constables for the time being ; and by this system we shall, at no distant date, have in the police a large body of trained artillery-men available at any moment to assist in the defence of our batteries should their services be required. This, however, does not debar special enrolments for the police of desirable men who, from previous service in the London or County Police in England, the Eoyal Irish Constabulary, or (for mounted men) in the Imperial Cavalry, are likely to prove efficient recruits though they may not have served in the Permanent Militia. The labour troubles which took place towards the end of last year caused a good deal of extra work and anxiety to the department generally. It is a pleasure to bear testimony to the valuable assistance rendered by the Permanent Force to the police during that trying time, and considerable expense was saved the colony by their utilisation, both for street duty and reserves, at that critical juncture; and I should be ungrateful if I omitted to take this opportunity of thanking the leaders of the various labour parties, who not only advised but, by insisting upon such advice being adopted by their followers, materially assisted the police in maintaining law and order, and so averted serious trouble. There is always a certain amount of hardship in moving constables with families from one station to another, but in every police service it has been found that to keep men thoroughly efficient, energetic, active, and impartial in the discharge of their duties they must be periodically transferred. On assuming charge of the police, I received instructions to move from the West I—H. 28.

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Coast, Middle Island, and the Lake District, Otago, all those who were still drawing the extra Is. per diem as goldfields allowance ; and, as none of these men had been shifted for several years, it was considered that the constables themselves, as well as their subdistricts, would be benefited by judicious changes. When the labour troubles occurred on the West Coast coalfields it was found necessary to reinforce the police at those localities, and, in order to save expense and unnecessary hardship, single men were sent to the Coast. When the labour troubles ceased, it was thought advisable, on the score of economy, that the men who had been sent as reinforcements should be retained, and those who from their length of service on the Coast it was deemed desirable to remove should be sent to Wellington and elsewhere until suitable stations to give them charge of became vacant. Previous to these transfers a considerable amount of discontent existed on the Coast, in consequence of the old hands receiving Is. per diem goldfields allowance, in which the younger hands did not participate ; while constant complaints were being received that sly grog-selling was being carried on in these districts with impunity. Even the older hands drawing the goldfields allowance made no secret of their discontent at having to live where provisions were so expensive, and where there were no openings for employment for their families as they grew up; but when ordered to shift they at once brought all the political and other influence at their command to bear on the head of the department to have the removals cancelled. While on the subject of these West Coast changes, I may report that during the past year in the Nelson and Westland District sixteen persons have been convicted of sly grogselling, and fines amounting to £292 10s. have been inflicted. The cost of these removals was about £700. On taking charge of the department I found that Inspectors in charge of districts had assumed the right of transferring constables from one station to another within the district without any reference to this office, and doubtless in this way unnecessary changes have been made ; but that practice has now ceased, and all transfers must be sanctioned from head-quarters. The attention of all concerned has recently been called to the necessity of special and more stringent supervision being exercised by the police in the matter of the Licensing Act, more especially as regards Sunday trading and the closing of houses nightly at the stipulated hours, and directing that transgressors, when discovered, are invariably to be summoned to answer for their conduct. Similar instructions have also been issued with reference to any infringement of the provisions of the Adulteration of Food Act; and it is believed there will be fewer complaints under these headings in future. Though virtually no promotions have been made since I took charge, it is an open secret that much discontent prevailed in the Force owing to the system, or, rather, want of system, which hitherto had been adopted in selecting men for promotion and charge of stations, together with an entire absence of classification of stations and subdistricts. At the present time, in all parts of the colony, there are to be found third-class constables in charge of important stations, while firstclass constables are kept on street duty and compelled to pay house-rent, while their juniors have the lighter duties to perform and get Government quarters provided. Rewards also appear to have been indiscriminately distributed, while cases really deserving of both remuneration and mention in merit-sheets appear to have been entirely overlooked. All these circumstances have tended considerably to bring about uneasiness and discontent. A better feeling has, I am glad to say, already been established, and, though promotion has been blocked, the disappointment is less acute than if juniors had been promoted over the heads of their seniors for no greater qualifications or recommendations than political or local influences. The system of examination which was in force last year was found to be useless, expensive, and harassing. Many members of the Force who at small stations are also Clerks of Court had an unfair advantage over the hard-worked town constables, inasmuch as the former had access to the statutes, with spare time to study them, with the constant experience to be derived from attending Courts, so that had the examination test continued it would have been found at no distant date that the majority of those qualified for promotion had served most of their time as Clerks of Courts in small stations, and would probably, from want of experience, be quite unfit for the duties of a non-commissioned officer at the larger places. Moreover candidates had to leave their stations and travel long distances at the public expense to present themselves at these examinations without the department deriving any compensating benefit. In the English Police and the Royal Irish Constabulary these examinations have been found unnecessary, and they have now been discontinued in New Zealand. It has been pointed out that the gratuity of one year's pay on discharge is quite an inadequate reward to a man w Tell advanced in years, after perhaps twenty or five and twenty years' faithful service in the police; but it must be recollected that besides the cost of this one year's pay on retirement the Government has to expend £6,000 per annum in long-service pay, A superannuation scheme was framed on the lines of the Government taking this long-service pay, together with the one year's pay allowed, as compensation, and investing them in insurance to secure every man a lump sum of £400, or an allowance of little more than £1 a week if not taken in a lump sum, on attaining the age of sixty-five years ; but on referring the matter to the Force I found the majority were against giving up the long-service pay, and I could not see my way to recommend the Government to grant both long-service pay while serving and a large superannuation allowance on retirement. The opinion seemed to pervade the Force generally that a liberal scale of pension should be granted; but, as pensions are discontinued in all other branches of the service, the idea could not be entertained, and the whole question of superannuation allowances had to be abandoned for the present, but I do not intend to lose sight of it. The criminal statistics for the year ending the 31st December, 1890, show an increase of 170 in the gross total of offences, the North Island showing a decrease of 50 and the South Island an increase of 220. Drunkenness has increased by 246 in the former and 176 in the latter Island.

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In other crimes the general increases are : Assaults with violence, 28; obstructing and assaulting police, 30; riot and assault, 22; forcible entry, 5; sheep-stealing, 30; attempted suicide, 17. Other crimes have decreased as follows : Forcible abduction, 10; arson, 19 ; breaking and entering and burglary, 11; cattle- and horse-stealing, 22; breaches of the peace, 63; embezzlement, 24; false pretences, 38 ; forgery and uttering, 22 ; larcenies, 277 ; vagrancy, 119 ; wife-desertion, 13. The conduct of the Force has been generally satisfactory, though I regret to have to report there have been several cases of drunkenness. As a rule, however, the men have gained the respect and confidence of the people, and it is generally admitted that there has been very little serious crime undetected. Sly grog-selling is perhaps the most difficult matter we have to deal with, but during the year the number of convictions under this head have been very satisfactory, and the offenders cleverly detected; and all ranks deserve special commendation for their services during the labour troubles. The present organization no doubt admits of changes in accordance with the altered state and conditions of the colony—that is, bearing in mind that the organization was borrowed in its entirety from one of the other colonies. On the breaking-out of the goldfields in this colony in 1861 it was thought a large number of the criminal class would find their way over here, and to meet this a police system was introduced, and a posse of men were specially engaged to establish and carry out its workings and operations. Evil-doers were sternly met and put down, and that peaceful order of things resulted which has now been established for many years past. But, looking to the altered circumstances of the colony, it is obvious that a more simple system of administration will meet all our requirements, and will ensure more efficiency and economy; in fact, to simplify matters, what is required in this colony is a thoroughly efficient and active municipal and rural constabulary, whose aim should be to preserve law and order rather than make prisoners and obtain convictions. One step towards this end is to make larger districts aud therefore fewer of them, and to give the officers in charge of districts a position and standing that will command confidence and respect. Then follow the example of other colonies in utilising the services of the police in manifold ways, such as acting as Clerks of Courts, Bailiffs, Gaolers, Crown Lands Rangers, census enumerators, assisting County Councils and Corporations in carrying out their by-laws, besides making them useful in multifarious small offices, thus bringing them into touch with the peojxle and affording them, at least, an opportunity or excuse to know what is going on roundabout them, instead of dawdling or idling about their barracks or stations. The working of small districts is fraught with much disadvantage—firstly, the cohesion or co-operation of the Force is somewhat marred ; secondly, unnecessary administration and expense are caused; and lastly, the disunion destroys not alone esprit de corps, but actually creates jealousy. There are too many ranks, both of sergeants and constables, aud a new classification is much required. Firstly, third-class sergeants should be rated as senior constables ; secondly, the rank of sergeant-major, which is an anomaly in a police service, should be abolished; thirdly, the second- and third-class constables should be amalgamated; and lastly, the office of Chief Detective should be done away with. The rank of sergeant-major has virtually become obsolete. In former times the holder of this position was selected for his knowledge of drills, which he imparted to the men, but now the office is administrative, and to a great extent absorbs or monopolizes the duties which ought to devolve upon the Inspector; besides, a sergeant-major is an unnecessary go-between the ordinary rank and file and the superior officer. The Detective Force is in an unsatisfactory state, owing perhaps to the fact that men have been selected for this branch more from the number of arrests made by them when constables, or the number and verbosity of reports furnished, or, worse than all perhaps, from political influence or favouritism, instead of from special intelligence, or natural gifts and extraordinary powers. A man may be a first-rate constable in all respects, and yet make a perfectly useless and dangerous defective, and no amount of paper examinations or police experience will fit a man for the duties of a detective unless he is possessed of the special and extraordinary qualities which alone fit a man for the position. The chief fault of the present Force is their great anxiety to make arrests, and the jealousy between each other as to who shall get the credit of arresting offenders. I have endeavoured from time to time to point out that often there is considerably more credit due to the man who works up steadily but surely the links in the chain of evidence against a criminal than to the one who merely finds and arrests the offender. A great deal of the friction and irritation now existing in the Detective Force is due to the rank of Chief Detective, which it is hoped will be abolished. What is required in this colony is a thoroughly New Zealand Police Force, which will encourage to its ranks the youths of the country, who can feel assured that when once they are enrolled their future career will entirely depend upon their conduct and ability, and not on political or suchlike influences; that they are secure from destitution in times of sickness and privation in old age. A return is attached showing proportion of police to population, and cost of police per inhabitant in each of the Australian Colonies. I have, &c, The Hon. the Defence Minister. A. Hume, Commissioner.

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1889, and Year ending 31st December, 1890.

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* 1889. Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. 1890. Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. I Offences. Persons Apprehem tea. i • Persons Appreheni led. a" 5 o - Hi Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. PI goo ,ni>£fl Summarily foTTriaV Convicted. M. | F. M. ! F. Dis. charged. 1 R O S O M. | F. M. F. M. j F. M. i F. M. I F. M. F. a a North Island. Abortion, procuring Abduction, forcible Absconding from bail Abusive and threatening language Animals Protection Act, breaches of Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults on bailiffs Assaults on police Assaults, indecent Assault and robbery Assaults occasioning bodily harm Assembling unlawfully Bankruptcy fraud Bestiality Breaches of the peace Breaking and entering shops, warehouses, &c. Burglary Carnally knowing .. .. Carnally knowing, attempted Cattle- and horse-stealing Cattle-maiming Coinage Act, offences against Concealment of birth Contempt of Court Cruelty to animals Customs offences Cutting and wounding Damaging police uniform Default of payment of penalty Destitute Persons Act, offences against Disobeying orders of Court Disobeying summonses Disorderly behaviour Distillation Act, offences against Distributing obscene prints Disturbing religious congregations 1 12 122 25 1 424 4 33 3 4 16 1 3 1 155 28 8 3 1 9 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 69 234 2 28 1 1 1 1 iio l 12 15 4 *8 6 29 5 1 154 1 8 1 35 3 1 5 12 1 20 3 2 1 12 122 16 1 424 4 33 3 3 16 1 3 1 155 11 5 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 177 5 12 2 388 1 45 4 5 11 1 109 31 11 1 36 3 1 1 2 39 7 G 1 2 120 37 2 1 .. .. .. 1 2 .. 5 .. 4 .. .. .. 2 ! 1 1 i ■■ 12 I .. 79 5 208 1 I 40 ! 1 83 2 1 19 54 .. i 16 141 2 3 2 5 1 2 24 1 6 2 10 1 25 19 i 2 1 177 5 3 2 384 1 45 4 5 11 1 1 109 12 3 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 55 5 1 "'I 1 "l "3 3 2 5 2 "20 I 21 1 10 36 3 S 1 2 46 13 6 4 2 23 3 1 7 5 3 7 2 i 2 2 1 49 9 3 5 4 62 2 4 4 3 100 16 2 25 1 1 1 1 3 7 1 1 36 8 3 5 4 Cl 2 4 4 3 97 14 2 'is l ' 6 3 1 i .. 2 30 I 7 ! 1 j 71 22 ] "2 "ill 'i j 's 1 1 S 35 11 "l 2 39 7 6 1 108 33 1 3 50 2 i 1 io 4 3 3 62 8 2 "3 2 1 1 1 32 6 2 1 2 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 9 2 3 2 19 1 2 3 2 19 2 1 "8 "io I

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Disturbing entertainments Dog-stealing Drunkenness Electric Lines Act, offences against Embezzlement Escaping from custody Palse statutory declaration False pretences First Offenders Probation Act, offences against Forcible entry Foreign Seamen's Act, breaches of .. Forgery and uttering Furious driving and riding Gaming and Lotteries Act, breaches of Housebreaking Illegally on premises Inciting prisoners to resist Indecent behaviour Indecent exposure Industrial Schools Act, breaches of .. Killing animals with intent to steal the carcases Larceny Larceny as a bailee Larceny as a copartner Larceny from dwellings Larceny from the person Larceny of post-letters Larceny bv a servant Libel Lunacy Malicious injury to property Maliciously killing cattle Manslaughter Masters and Apprentices Act, breaches of Murder Naval deserters and stragglers Neglected and criminal children Obscene and profane language Obstructing bailiffs Obstructing railway-line Obstructing public places Obstructing and resisting police Old Metal and Marine-store Dealers Act, breaches of .. Pawnbrokers Act, breaches of Perjury Personating elector Poison-laying Police Offences Act, minor offences Post Office Act, breaches of Prisons Act, offences against Public Works Act, breaches of Rape Rape, attempted Receiving stolen property 1 5 2,790 1 55 1 1 79 7 16 53 4 23 82 55 1 10 28 21 1 1,091 41 1 68 26 14 1 1 17 io 41 23 1 40 17 1 12 4 i 3 i 1 1 2,327 1 22 36 ie 4 19 12 44 1 10 15 7 425 11 389 1 1 2 7 45 2 69 19 22 '5 6 4 4 9 "5 4 147 12 1 4 i 3 14 1 4 2,789 55 1 1 77 16 16 50 4 23 40 55 1 10 20 21 1 672 40 1 37 19 12 1 1 12 '27 'l8 1 36 13 3 4 3,036 2 27 1 74 18 2 15 8 49 74 64 22 15 31 6 831 18 3 72 42 1 1 9 175 240 i 21 ih 29 6 28 5 1 3 3 •• - - 1 - 3 2,518 2 16 2 '.32 1 2 8 26 2 44 21 15 15 350 6 446 "o 1 5 13 56 '2 70 10 11 14 i 22 15 i i 82 5 2 4 7 i i "4 i 13 2 3,035 27 2 71 18 2 13 8 49 34 64 22 15 29 6 532 16 3 26 21 1 1 7 175 225 16 12 i-9 18 2 1 1 3 1 1 246 1 28 " 1 5 1 11 14 38 4 26 8 9 I .. 1 12 j .. 13 10 i .. 5 ; .. .. I 260 23 2 i 4 j .. 16 I .. 1 ; .. 1 i .. 7 ! .. 33 30 | .. .. j 4 2 I) 1 17 7 4 ! .. 8 1 .. 3 18 I .. 1 1 .. 15 7 2 7 7 i l 11 1 4 16 5 1 1 2 2 2 208 210 4 4 6 5 50 25 171 2 2 208 193 2 4 6 5 49 25 170 6 1 9 5 "l 3 2 2 i 115 118 49 13 31 49 13 9 2 5 '93 130 46 28 ■21 57 I l "3 1 3 "l 2 2 "2 "i i 2 6 33 18 171 4 4 6 i 7 33 18 170 4 4 "2 48 8 109 9 37 1 3 18 5 6 33 12 105 6 41 10 4 1 8 1 3 60 1 1 3 60 "• i "3 3 •• ! 58 1 1 78 1 1 6 1 1 '73 1 5 78 1 1 6 1 5 10 3 4 "l 5 i 4 10 "2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 53 2 21 .. 1 2 '.'. 10 1 132 9 3 23 4 7 20 4 "l 99 "l 21 i 31 5 2 2 1 i 1 132 9 3 23 4 7 20 185 3 5 44 3 5 10 2 " 1 139 1 3 36 2 i 1 43 1 6 1 3 3 i 185 3 5 43 3 5 10 1 3 7 12 3 7 12 "2 1 2 • ■ I "l 4 "5 3 i "2

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1889, and Year ending 31st December, 1890— continued.

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1889. 1890. Offences. ■§«€ Persons Apprehended. §11 Number of Convictions amongst those Committed lor Trial. j>3.S i Comsgg j mitted 3Z& lor Trial. 1 . O_r ' Persons Apprehen< lad. l-ss nffl* Number of Convictions Coi mitJ forTi ;ed -ial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. those Committed for Trial. CD - o o a M. F. 8 M M. F. M. P. M. F. M. P. o ! M. F. M. F. M. I F. Noeth Island — continued. Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of .. Regulation of Elections Act, breaches of Riot and assault Robbery with violence Sheep-stealing Shipping and Seamen's Act, breaches of Shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm Sly grog-selling Smuggling Sodomy Sodomy, attempted Soliciting prostitution State Korests Act, offences against Suicide, attempted Suicide, threatening .Sureties of the peace Threatening letters Tobacco Act, offences against Trespass Trig, survey-station removed Vagrancy Wife-desertion 5 1 4 30 1 "6 2 1 2! 8 ; •• 1 2 1 "i 5 "2G 6 " i " . . ! I 1 4 .. I 1 1 •• I •• I •• I 5 1 2 30 1 6 2 1 1 2 8 I "1 1 .. 1 I •• .. 1 2 22 3 24 39 2 2 5 1 1 •• 21 3 15 • • ! i •• ! •• I ! '2 t * * I 1 1 "l 82 5 1 : I ■• ! •■ 1 1 4 7 2 ! 1 •• i £ 39 2 2 5 1 •• I '20! 2 6 I •• I •■ i .. ! M ! "• i ■• I ■• I i •• - I •• 2 22 2 20 9 1 2 I I •• 1 4 1 1 1 ■■ 2 3 •• 5 I 17 I "3 1 ] ! "2 10 1 5 5 17 1 16 3 9 1 j i S 1 ■5 I " 1 "3 1 ! 5 "8 l 11 '20 •• •• 8 i 2 4 1 5 •• \ •• I 5 5 •• i i •• 1 1 •• 1 - i 1 - ! 14 1 205 12 I 3 's 3 14 1 204 9 14 I 1 I 'i .. 1 276 28 ■• I 154 15 66 40 8 16 276 23 I I 133 : 2 I 1 32 31 6 '8 '71 16 •• I *i i •• I Totals 6,935 306 9 4,379 671 j 857 127 6,349 199 4 6,885 222 12 4,477 733 817 108 6,369 : 132 4 721 i 771 i I ! I 1 I I ■ South Island. 1 1 28 52 17 1 225 6 1 I 1 1 27 1 52 1 7 Decrease, 50. Abandoning children Absconding from bail Absconding from industrial schools Absconding from licensed service Abusive and threatening language Animals Protection Act, breaches of.. Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults on bailiffs.. 1 1 23 1 29 1 3 1 "7 - 6 •• I .. "e 1 1 21 2 5 5 15 h 47 6 11 23 1 4 16 4 '47 6 5 - 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 6 128 14 74 8 225 6 1 - 3 267 6 *3 172 17 68 3 io 267 6 '2 1 I • • • • ! •• ■ - :a

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Assaults on police Assault and robbery Assault occasioning bodily harm Assault with intent to rob Assault with violence Bankruptcy Act, breaches of Beer Duty Act, breaches of .. Bestiality Bigamy Breaches of the peace Breaking into shops, warehouses, offices, &c. .. Burglary Cattle- and horse-stealing Cattle-maiming Child-desertion Children's Protection Act, 1890, breaches of .. Child-stealing Coinage Act, offences against Concealment of birth Conspiring to defraud Contempt of Court Cruelty to animals.. Customs offences Cutting and wounding Damaging police uniform Default of penalty Destitute 1'ersons Act, offences against Discharging firearms 'Disobeying orders of Court Disobeying summonses Disorderly conduct Distillation Act, offences against Disturbing religious congregations Disturbing public meetings Dog-stealing Drunkenness Dual voting Electric Lines Act, offences against Embezzlement Escaping from lunatic asylums False pretences First Offenders Probation Act, offences against Forcible entry Forgery and uttering Furious drivjng and riding Gaming and Lotteries Act, breaches of Housebreaking Illegal rescue from a bailiff Illegally on premises Impounding Act, offences against Indecent behaviour Indecent exposure Industrial Schools Act, offences against 48 10 5 3 5 3 17 2 1 190 58 6 23 3 7 2 1 3 3 37 4 5 3 32 4 4 2 2 13 4 5 3 3 1 1 40 3 6 160 15 10 -4 -i| .. 1 •■ : •■ ! 3 l :: 'io '.! 8 4 1 11 15 6 1 5 1 2 ii 1 1 1 1 48 10 5 2 5 3 17 1 190 29 4 12 6 1 3 36 4 5 3 31 4 2 1 8 2 3 "3 1 46 9 3 12 24 13 2 2 1 173 73 1 14 2 1 2 1 2 1 45 4 8 3 1 62 17 8 .. 1 .. 5 I' 5 .. 5 :: 2 .. •• I 1 ih :: 2 .. .. ... .. .. ] .. .. I •i :: .. .. I 43 I i ! 5 i 1 i I 143 17 i "l | 35 4 3 3 50 i 2 *3 2 i 8 1 1 11 1 1 27 5 1 2 1 10 5 io i 2 4G 9 3 8 24 11 2 2 1 173 35 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 45 4 8 3 62 17 2 1 4 3 12 2 "2 "9 19 10 ■ " ! "is 8 3 1 30 1 'is 176 1 4 9 "2 16 38 1 1 2 '±5 17 5 9 1 6 1 1 2 1 8 2 1 1 33 6 io 19 14 1 'is " 1 1 14 1 .. 2 18 3 8 ' 14 1 8 1 3 2 18 3 8 11 5 2 2 2.654 1 7 5 2 4 11 5 2 1 2,830 ••!- .. i .. • • •■ ■• i 42 1 2,830 i 2,294 329 28 3 2,654 1 ••!- 2,425 j 359 'i 1 1 39 9 38 I 1 4 1 37 9 2 '35 17 7 11 35 is 20':: •io 9 14 2 3 3 20 71 16 40 5 h 1 69 14 9 ; 2 *8 "9 2 G 33 13 13 33 "i 28 i 2 13 '.'. 9 1 10 1 5 1 6 1 1 6 33 13 16 14 1 24 1 49 3 51 14 1 20 1 1 32 71 42 2 | j 3 20 i ! i 12 1 5 49 3 51 6 1 20 1 1 32 71 26 ~2 o 2 . 2 1.. 30 3 i "20 19 '.'. 1 SO .. , .. i 7 l '43 84 '31 '2 51 24 io 5 43 84 •• •• i .. | .. "31 I 44 I 25 1 1 1 1 1 11 13 4 ••!••! i " I l

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1889, and Year ending 31st December, 1890— continued.

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1889. 1890. M Offences. mftted Summarily hfi Convicted. Persons Appreheni Lecl. charged. I a ~ Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. Pers ions Appreheni ted. a o a <o Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. M. j F. So 9 o SoS Cor liiiti for Ti ;ed •ial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. m B "; o o a M. .J. I B < o o o a M. ¥. 11. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. South Islakd — continued. Infanticide v Insulting language and behaviour Keeping disorderly houses Killing animals with intent to steal the carcases Larceny Larceny, accessory to Larceny, attempted Larceny as a bailee Larceny as a public officer Larceny from dwellings Larceny from the person Letter-stealing Libel Lunacy Malicious injury to property Manslaughter Marriage Act, breaches of .. Masters and Apprentices Act, breaches of Mines Act, breaches of Murder Murder, attempted Naval deserters Neglected and criminal children Obscene and profane language Obstructing and resisting police Obstructing highways Obstructing railway-lines Offences against the Person Act, breaches of .. Perjury Police Offences Act, minor offences Post Office Act, breaches of .. Public Works Act, breaches of Rape Rape, attempted Receiving stolen property Refusing to leave licensed premises Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of .. Robbery with menaces 3 4 1 1 963 1 45 i "3 1 1 1 4 1 1 624 1 41 1 "8 2 2 *8 8 2 4 4 1 is 1 3 1 5 381 82 95 16 5 978 1 4 4 68 7 398 1 1 3 73 112 ■ 27 G85 1 4 4 46 3 21 1 23 19 7 189 207 2 1 l 2 5 1 2 6 5 2 1 1 2 4 2 2: ! 3 I 3 21 1 12 14 1 9 1 1 5 1 16 11 2 4 3 1 3 1 '*3 7 i .. 17 1 7 8 2 7 4 20 6 33 27 1 6 7 189 186 2 4 25 23 1 103 146 47 11 1 185 187 3 2 1 4 3 2 105 111 53 18 185 162 3 2 1 1 1 1 i 1 2 1 5 2 1 1 10 149 45 1 5 2 1 3 10 149 45 1 "4 1 4 100 42 1 1 1 • • : 1 2 17 161 47 3 1 1 9 183 2 13 G 2 10 4 2 1 12 95 44 1 2 1 1 1 "5 2 3 6 31 16 3 " 2; 5 42 1 20 2 2 2 1 17 161 47 3 1 1 9 183 1 13 G 2 16 4 2 7 12 2 3 1 3 6 5 156 4 15 12 4 10 4 2 3 3 1 6 1 1 3 "3 126 2 14 1 7 1 22 2 1 5 3 •• i '3 1 3 6 5 156 4 15 12 4 10 4 2 3 2 4 "3 2 4 2 1 141 1 11 5 1 5 36 2 2 2 1 i 4 27 2 52 2 6 2 •• ! •• i 3 4 2 2 "A 4 4 2 2 *2 "c i .. 3 •• 1 3 a .. I

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1889, and Year ending 31st December, 1890— continued.

Note.—Populations are taken from preliminary census returns, 1891,

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1889. 1890. Offences. ° o P Pen ions Apprehenc ed. O O ft Number of Convictions Persons Apprehended. Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. O T3 Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. those -all Committed fl S k for Trial. I §„ a I £35 Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. BOO Sot© Q t-i M. F. F. —; * I 2 B ■8 I M. P. M. F. M. F. M. M, P. M. i " M. P. South Island — continued. Sacrilege Setting fire to grass Sheep-stealing Shipping and Seamen's Act, breaches of Shooting -with intent to do grievous bodily harm Smuggling Sodomy Sodomy, attempted Suicide, attempted.. Sureties of the peace Threatening letters Trespass Vagrancy Wife-desertion 3 5 49 •• 4 1 1 8 7 1 5 184 9 •■ 1 1 1 1 " ■' 3 44 4 ■• I •• ! .. ! * ; ! "a :: i j .. 48 .. .. .. i :; i i 8 5 183 8 5,536 ! 160 .. .. 113 2 "A 2 •• i ■•! '' I " ' ' ! # * * ! 1 102 ! 6 9 •• I ii in 2 •• ! "l ■■ I - I •• . . i 10 64 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 's 2 36 6 "%\ 1 2 3 •el 4 4 16 6 •• 8 I 1 1 5 48 1 .. •■ _ 5 84 5 •• I 68 21 3 10 ! 136 12 •• 60 4 47 13 3 is 136 8 1 j >. I •• 3 i 6,010 210 14 4,083 656 ! ■ 81 6,230 217 I i i 20 i 4,249 669 559 94 5,808 9 Totals ! 492 11 137 594 I 374 Increi ,se, 220 Beten showing the Peopoetion of Police to Population and Cost of Police per Inhabitant in each of the under-mentioned Places. Place. Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. Eemarks. New Zealand Victoria New South Wales .. 1 to 1,375 1 to 784 s. d. 2 11J 4 9J 5 1} Number of police, 486 ; net expenditure (vide Appropriation Account for year ended 31sfc March, 1891), £99,335 16s. Id. Population, 668,353 (including Maoris). Vide estimates for year ended 30th June, 1890, viz.: Number of police, 1,454 ; vote, £272,618. Population, 1,140,405. Number of police on the 31st December, 1889, 1,567 (vide Inspector-General's report); vote for 1890, £291,903. Population, 1,134,207. 1 to 724 South Australia 1 to 825 5 2J Vide estimates for 1891, viz. : Number of police, 388 ; vote, £83,553. Population, 320,006. Queensland 1 to 489 8 4j Number of police, 806 (exclusive of native trackers); vote, £165,240 (vide estimates for 1889-90). Population, 393,938.

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Return showing the Strength and Distribution of the New Zealand Police Force on the 31st March, 1891.

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Stations. | ;-, b I 3 % i i § 3 -I a 1 g & 3 n •23 43 s w ©t-H O ]3 Stations. » $ i i v i i ag g 3 £ .23 g3 ©3 CD jj O -^4^ -^ +J tCu tO CO QJ OT EB C«3 OT » 02 , 6 0 0 § 3 o Noktii Island. Auckland and Bay of Islands, — Auckland Freeman's Bay .. Ponsonby Newton Surrey Hills Eden Terrace Newmarket Parnell Devonport Onehunga Otahuhu Howick Papakura Pukekohe Waiuku Mercer Mercury Bay Tairua Coromanclel Warkworfch Mangawai Waipu Whangarei Kamo Kawakawa Russell Whangaroa Mangonui Helensyille Woodhill Port Albert Aratapu Dargaville Hokianga l 7 1 1 25 ! 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 4 I .. t .. . 1 . 1 37 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Nohth Island— continued. Wanganui and West Coast, — New Plymouth .. Waitara Normanby Hawera Patea \V aveiiey Manaia Opunake Pungarehu Pukearuhe Wanganui Marton Hunterville Bull's Fcilding Palmerston North Ashurst Woodvillo Danovirke Ormondville 1 l l 2 1 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 I .. 1 1 1 1 i 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 M M I Totals Wellington and Marl boro u gh,— Wellington Manners Street .. Clyde Quay Newtown Petone Lower Hutt Upper Hutt Featherston Martinborotigh .. Greytown North Carterton Masterton Tenui Eketalrana Pa.hiatua Johnsonville Pahaiitaimi Otaki Eoxton Blenheim Havelock Picton Mahakipawa 1 I 5 I 32 " I I I t " 38 I •• 1 40 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 j 1 i 2 1 i 1 1 1 5 31 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 I |! 1 I .. I .. Totals i 10 55 4 4 3 70* Vaikato and East Coast, — Hojnilton Awanui Cambridge Clive Gisborne Hastings Herbertville Huntly Kawhia Kihikihi Maketu Napier Ngaruawahia Opotiki Ormond Paeroa Port Ahuriri Raglan Rotorua Shortland Taradale Taupo Tauranga Te Aroha Te Awamutu Te Kuiti Thames Tokaanu Tologa Bay Waipawa Waipiro Waipukurau Wairoa Waterford Whakatane 1 1 j 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 '2 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Totals South Island. Nelson and Westland, — Greymouth Brunnerton Ahaura Eeefton Lyell Westport Denniston Charleston Kumara Stafford Hokitika Kanieri Dunganville (temporarily) Boss Okarito Nelson The Port 1 " . i ] 1 i •• i . i j i G 61 2 2 .. I 71* 1 1 1 1 1 4 i 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 l 1 i 5 2 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 7 2 1 3 1 5 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 2 i 'i 2 1 1 2 i 'i .1 1 6 1 1 1 7 1 1 Totals 1 6 49 1 57* i 2 7

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

Eetuen showing Casualties in the New Zealand Police Foece during the Year ended 31st March, 1891. Betired on compensation .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 Resignations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 Discharges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Dismissals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Deaths .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 34 Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,500 copies), £12 155.

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Stations. m U o +3 o © in M EG q a CD 02 CD <a a o a ™ K S£ <rj -U © CD I -23 £3 d | Sg *g B Poo Stations. l O o ft M to CD ' m tn ~S CD <D 02 m o 03 a o O to <D > +-- O CD ■+3 CD to I| 3 to H o O ©rH cti m o H South Island— continued. Nelson and Westland — contd. Richmond Spring Grove Collingwood Takaka Motueka 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 South Island — continued. Dunedin, Southland, and Lakes, — Maclaggan Street, Dunedin King Street Alexandra South Anderson's Bay .. Arrowtown Balclutha Bluff Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Gore Green Island Half-moon Bay .. Hawksbury Invercargill Kaitangata Lawrence Lumsden Mataura Middlemarch Milton Mornington Mosgiel Naseby North-east Valley North Invercargill Ophir Orepuki Otautau Outram Palmerston South Pembroke Port Chalmers .. Queenstown Riverton Roslyn Roxburgh St. Bathan's South Dunedin .. Tapanui Waikaia Waitati Waitahuna Winton Woodhaugh Wyndham 3 22 2 29 2 9 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 11 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 i Totals 1 4 40 l 45* 1 i Canterbury and North Otago,— Christchurch Addington Sydenham Phillipstown Woolston Bingsland St. Albans Papanui Lincoln Lyttelton Akaroa Little River Southhridge Leeston Malvern Coalgate Bealey Kaiapoi Rangiora Oxford Amberley Culverden Kaikoura Ash burton Rakaia Methven Oamaru Waimate Timaru Temnka Geraldine Pleasant Point .. Fairlie Creek Kurow Ngapara Hampden 1 4 "i i i 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 6 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 32 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 8 2 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 i l l i 1 8 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 9 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i 'i l l l i l 1 1 l 1 1 78 5 97 Totals 1 l 15 89 2 l 108* Totals 1 12 58 404 14 10 Grand Total.. 7 3 10 486* * District and Native constables not included in total, Total, N Total, S< 'orth Isla: outh Islai id .. .. .. 2361 Includes 1 se id .. .. .. 250 J who ae 486 irgeai t as t it ai )olici id 7 c :gao: :onsta Lers. abl