THE POLICE FORCE OF THE COLONY (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1892 Session I, H-21

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1892. NEW ZEALAND.

THE POLICE FORCE OF THE COLONY (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

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

•The Commissionek of Police to the Hon. the Defence Ministee. Police Department (Commissioner's Office), Wellington Sib,— Ist July, 1892. I have the honour to submit for your information the annual report on the Police Force of the colony, together with the criminal statistics for the year ended 31st March, 1892. On the Ist April, 1892, the strength of the Police was 482, as against 486 last year. The totals are made up as follows : Inspectors—first class, 4 ; second class, 2 ; third class, 1. Sergeantsmajor, 4. Sergeants—first class, 19 ; second class, 22 ; third class, 15. Constables—first class, 113 ; second class, 103 ; third class, 185. Detectives —first class, 2 ; second class, 5 ; third class, 4 ; fourth class, 3. Total, 482. There are also 114 troop horses. In addition to the above quoted ■strength, there are 12 district and 9 Native constables. The plan of amalgamating stations and districts, by making them fewer and consequently larger, started last year, is working well. New stations have been opened at Moawhanga, Otorohanga, Stratford, Inglewood, Ngakawau, and South Invercargill; while those at Te Kuiti and Normanby have been closed. Increases of strength have been made at the following stations —viz., Eden Terrace (Auckland), 1 ; Dargaville, 1 ; Wellington, 3; Nelson, 1; Dunediu, 1; while the strength at Auckland, Bussell, Greyinouth, Eeefton, Westport, Denniston, Hokitika, Christchurch, Eangiora, Oxford, Ashburton, and Temuka, has been reduced in each case by 1. The casualties in the Force during the past year have been as follows : Betired on compeiasation, 7 ; resigned, 10 ; discharged, 3 ; dismissed, 2 ; died, 3 : total, 25. . Vacancies in the Force have been almost exclusively filled up by transfers from the Permanent Militia, and no fault can be found with the men so enrolled, who are—in addition to being well set up, drilled, and disciplined- intelligent, zealous, and reliable. This system of keeping up the Force is commendable, from many points of view, and in case of need these men must prove a valuable assistance to the Permanent Militia, as from the training in gunnery, &c, already received, they would be fit to take their places in the batteries at the shortest possible notice, and render material aid to the more expert gunners. From my experience during the past year, I am more than ever convinced that to have a thoroughly efficient Police Force, it is imperative that the Inspectors, Sergeants, Detectives, and constables should be periodically moved from one station to another. In making these changes I have invariably endeavoured, as far as possible, to put an end to what has existed for some years past, and has rightly been looked upon as a just cause for complaint—namely, young third-class Constables being put in charge of country sub-districts, while their seniors, the older hands, have been kept in towns doing street duty. It will, of course, take some time for this injustice to be entirely worked out; but as sub-districts become vacant, the next senior for a station, provided he is fully qualified, is selected, while his place in the town is taken by the last recruit. It is fully recognised that if transfers are carried out in a capricious and indiscriminate manner unnecessary hardship and considerable discontent may be caused; but no transfers are sanctioned except those the exigencies of the service require, or, perhaps, in a few cases, at the special request of the constable concerned. The duties performed by the Police, outside of what is understood as strictly constabulary work, are increasing considerably, and there is no objection to such duties as Clerks of Court, Bailiffs, Inspectors of Factories, Eegistrars of FUectors, Agents for Public Trustee, Census Enumerators, Bangers, and such like, being undertaken by this department in some of the smaller subdistricts, as, while the duties are more advantageously and economically performed, the Police are brought in closer touch with the people, and a system of confidence and reliance is thereby established. I—H. 21.

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The department has given special attention during the past year to the enforcement of the Licensing Act, more especially as regards Sunday trading, and closing licensed houses at stipulated hours. In many cases convictions have been obtained, but not without considerable difficulty. That Sunday trading and selling during prohibited hours are carried on to a great extent throughout the colony cannot be denied, but the department is severely handicapped by the difficulty of obtaining convictions, as the law is so complicated and defective, that, in many cases taken into Court, though the Police feel bound to prosecute, not the slightest hope of a conviction is entertained. When a case breaks down the result is two-fold : the Police of a district are damaged in the eyes of the public, and the law-breaker is encouraged to continue his illegal trade. It may be stated in illustration of what is meant, that, though as many as fifty persons may be seen or known to enter a public-house on a Sunday or during prohibited hours, no prosecution can be instituted with any hope of success, as no sufficient evidence may be obtained, to prove the actual sale of liquor. It is almost hopeless to endeavour to successfully enforce the provisions of the Act, unless the Police aie relieved of the necessity of proving an actual sale. This might be done by amendment of the Act to provide that admission of persons not being lodgers, or the fact that a bar is found open, during prohibited hours, shall be primd facie evidence that the house is being kept open for the sale of liquor. The department is, however, alive to the necessity of the stringent supervision of licensed houses and the suppression of sly-grog selling, and will spare no effort to carry out the law. Perhaps the next most important question with which the Police have to contend is what is known as the street-larrikin nuisance; but the growth of this undoubted evil must be attributed rather to want of legislation and by-laws for its suppression than to the apathy of the Police. It is easy to detect and punish overt acts of larrikinism; but such objectionable conduct as collecting at street corners, obstructing footpaths, &c, is difficult to deal with, as in such cases proof must be forthcoming of actual obstruction before a conviction can be obtained. Again, a crowd of larrikins may collect and stand in a doorway as long as they please, provided the owner does not object and they, are .off the street-line; though the nuisance may be great, the police are powerless. In the performance of Constabulary duty strictness must always be tempered with tact and discretion, and were the Police to lay informations under the head of acts of larrikinism indiscriminately, much mischief and hardship would result. What is required is that constables should be legally entrusted with more discretionary powers than they at present possess in these matters. There could be no danger attendant upon giving these, for the department has a right to demand and receive the assistance of the Municipal authorities by absolutely necessary by-laws, clearly denned. Strict orders have been issued by the department for the suppression of this increasing nuisance, but orders are worse than useless when unsupported by properly constituted authority for carrying them out. Another prevalent crime in the colony is sheep-stealing. Though there has been a decrease during the year, the present high price of sheep renders it probable that the decrease is not likely to last long. In dealing with this class of crime the Police find considerable difficulties. Firstly, the robberies are not discovered and reported till long after they have been committed, as in many cases the flock-owners have no means of ascertaining their losses, except at stated periods ; and before the Police have information of the robbery or any chance of capturing the offenders, the stolen sheep are killed, and all traces obliterated. The imperfect and entirely unsatisfactory methods of branding also hold out great temptation to the sheep-stealers. There is an elaborate scheme of registration of brands, but it is its elaboration that makes it workable in theory and not in practice. The production of wool and frozen mutton is of such magnitude in New Zealand that the protection from losses by theft from those engaged in that industry becomes a matter of absolute necessity. The dastardly offence of arson, is, I regret to say, on the increase, and in many cases the sagacity of the detectives is baffled and the crime has to go unpunished. There have been practically no promotions in the Force during the past year, owing to the ranks of sergeants and first-class constables being over-crowded. As stated in last year's report, a new classification is required. This has been prepared, and shows that with the colony divided into seven districts, as at present, there would be: Auckland district divided into six sub-districts ; Waikato and Bast Coast district divided into six sub-districts; Now Plymouth and West Coast district divided into six sub-districts; Wellington and Marlborough district divided into five sub-districts; Nelson and Westland district divided into four sub-districts ; Christchurch and North Otago district divided into ten sub-districts; and Dunedin, Southland, and Lakes district divided into fourteen sub-districts. This dividing and subdividing tends to put an end to centralisation. Each Inspector is intrusted with the entire control of his district as regards discipline and police duties, and each non-com-missioned officer or constable in charge of a sub-district is responsible to the Inspector for the subdivision under his charge; he, again, holds the constables in charge of stations responsible for their stations, and thus each link in the chain of responsibility is complete. Directly some offence is committed and no arrest made, the public are eager to blame either the Ministerial or the executive head of the department; and they forget that the responsibility for the detection of crime must attach to the district or sub-district in which the offence is committed. The executive head of the department can merely give those responsible to him the best material at his disposal to work with, but the carrying out of the details of police work must then rest with the local authority. The required strength to work these districts and sub-districts effectually is : 7 Inspectors, 20 first-class sergeants, 21 second-class sergeants, 30 senior constables, 115 first-class constables, 282 secondclass constables, 4 first-class detectives, i second-class detectives, 7 third-class detectives, 9 district constables, and 9 Native constables. To carry out this scheme would entail an additional expenditure in salaries of about £2,500 per annum on the present estimates, but it would hold out fair hopes of advancement to the men in the Force in the future, would give promotion to many at once

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who have been disappointed in this respect for many years past, and, though last, not least, would give sixpence a day increase to all who are now holding the rank of third-class constable. Some of these third-class constables have held that rank since 1879, and, though qualified in all respects for promotion have, through no fault of their own but simply from stagnation by former overcrowding of the- senior ranks, never obtained any advancement, either as regards pay or status. The sum of 7s. 6d. a day cannot be considered too high a rate of pay for this rank, as the men cannot hope to have charge of stations, and therefore, if married, have to pay house-rent, which their seniors though drawing higher pay save, by being provided with quarters when in charge of stations. As regards the detective branch of the Force, a thorough reorganization is required, and it should be placed under the control of a man experienced in criminal investigation. Competent detectives cannot be obtained by indiscriminate selections from the ranks of the Police Force, as the special qualifications required for detective work are not possessed by the ordinary uniform constables. Detectives must necessarily be experts of the highest degree, and they should be selected from those who have given proof by their integrity, zeal, judgment, intelligence, and of their capacity for such delicate and responsible duties. In the present day, when by means of the Press and the telegraph the fullest information concerning crimes is sent from one end of the colony to the other, thus enabling the criminal to know what is going on, it is the more important that the detective branch should be composed of men prepared and competent to act with promptitude and tact. It is also important that the members of this force should be strongly impressed with the truth of the maxim that " silence is golden." As stated in last year's report, it still seems apparent'that many cases are bungled owing to jealousy between individual members as to who shall be credited with commendation for tracing out the facts, instead of all working in the one common cause. But, be this as it may, the time has now come when some very decided action should be taken in the matter of reorganizing this important branch of the Force, and I am quite prepared to suggest the necessary steps to be adopted for carrying out needed radical changes. The rates of pay of the different classes of detectives are sufficiently high to command good men, and there are no apparent reasons why New Zealand should be behind other countries with respect to her detective force. The criminal statistics for the year ending the 31st December, 1891, show a decrease of 441 in all offences reported—viz., North Island, 71, and South Island, 370. Drunkenness has decreased by 90 in the former, and 360 in the latter Island. There has been an increase in the undermentioned crimes : Arson, 20 ; coinage offences, 3 ; disorderly conduct, 30 ; escaping from custody, 4 ; keeping disorderly houses, 44; forgery, embezzlement, &c, 53; manslaughter, 3 ; obscene and profane language,79 ; sly-grog selling, 7. Other crimes have decreased as follow : Assaults, 10 ; burglary, house-breaking, &c, 38 ; cattle and horse-stealing, 5 ; forcible entry, 14 ; offences under the Gaining and Lotteries Act, 74 ; larceny, 21; perjury, 6; Police Offences Act, 109; riot and assault, 22 ; sheep-stealing, 17 ; vagrancy, 89 ; deserting wives and families, &c, 14. 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, 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, 1890, and Year ending 31st December, 1891.

1891. Offences. S So So o 3_ ft m Committed for Trial. Pei ■eons Apprehended. COS O "5 Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. o <D Cor miti for T: Persons Apiirehended. Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. Q;ed :ial. Summarily Convicted. Di: charj ;ed. o o a M. F. I o o a CD 3 o M. F. M. F. M. F. II. , F. H. I F. P. M. M. F. North Island. Abandoning children Abduction Absconding from bail Abusive and threatening language Animals Protection Act, breaches of Arson Arson, attempted .. Assauits, common Assaults on bailiffs Assaults on police Assaults, indecent .. Assaults and robbery Assaults occasioning bodily harm Bankruptcy fraud Bestiality Bigamy 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 Conspiracy Contempt of Court.. Cruelty to animals Customs offences Cutting and wounding Damaging police uniform Default of penalty Destitute Persons Act, offences against Disobeying orders of Court and summonses .. Disorderly behaviour Distillation Act, offences against Distributing obscene prints Disturbing congregations and entertainments 2 1 177 5 12 2 388 1 45 4 5 11 1 2 109 31 11 1 2 36 3 1 1 2 1 2 5 4 1 2 1 1 •• 79 5 208 1 40 83 2 19 16 2 2 1 2 1 54 1 1 141 3 2 5 i 24 G 25 19 1 1 2 1 177 5 3 2 384 1 45 4 5 11 1 1 109 12 3 1 2 22 1 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 117 10 16 3 437 1 44 7 7 9 3 3 117 17 7 3 1 7 1 7 7 5 5 3 2 1 49 6 1 230 "40 3 2 82 13 25 1 3 2 44 2 153 6 25 2 11 1 25 1 1 1 117 8 8 1 433 1 44 7 7 9 2 2 110 7 5 3 1 & 1 3 4 3 3 2 1 1 5 4 1 49 3 2 "2 3 8 6( !■ 2 10 1 2 12 6 42 1 14 8 1 22 1 6 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 51 8 8 5 3 120 32 1C 6 2 1 1 3 1 3 51 8 8 5 3 116 31 16 6 1 2 1 1 12 1 2 4 1 2 39 7 6 1 120 37 2 3 2 19 "2 30 7 1 1 2 71 22 2 2 39 7 6 1 2 108 33 2 3 2 19 3 41 6 1 i 8 i 7 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 1 i 35 11 1 5 3 68 26 9 2 3 45 4 4 4 3 2 1 4 X i 'l4 3 1 14 i 17 15 ..! 17

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Dog-stealing Drunkenness Electric Lines Act, offences against .. Embezzlement TCscaping from custody .. False pretences False declarations .. 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, offences against .. Housebreaking Illegally on premises Indecent behaviour and exposure Industrial Schools Act, breaches of .. Keeping disorderly houses 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 by a servant Libel Lunacy Malicious injury to property Manslaughter Marriage Act, breaohes of .. Masters and Apprentices Act, breaches of Murder Murder attempted Naval deserters and stragglers Neglected and criminal children Obscene and profane language Obstructing bailiffs Obstructing and resisting police Obstructing railway-lines Old Metal and Marine-store Dealers Act, breaches of .. Pawnbrokers' Act, breaches of Perjury Personating electors Poison-laying Police'Offences Act, minor offences Post-office Act, breaches of .. Prisons Act, offences against Public Works Act, breaohes of Rape Rape, attempted Receiving stolen property Refusing to quit licensed premises Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of .. 3,C36 2 27 1 74 1 2,518 2 16 2 32 446 70 1 2 3,035 2 27 2 71 7 2,946 3 2,429 433 2 72 12 5 2,946 3 y< 21 1 5 16 11 1 16 26 2 79 3 3 4 3 58 29 13 56 55 45 50 25 11 2 27 2 12 '30 2 1 i<3 1 24 2 75 3 3 4 3 57 29 13 33 55 44 50 25 10 1 19 2 1 5 3 2 1 18 2 15 8 49 74 64 37 31 1 1 18 2 13 8 49 34 64 37 29 "3 "2 14 4 3 1 1 i< 12 29 "a 26 2 44 36 15 1 5 1 22 2 15 1 1 1 12 19 49 6 3 1 26 11 24 41 28 26 1 1 6 3 11 24 7 2 1 3 7 10 3 '36 6 1 43 21 31 11 13 1 3 10 8 19 25 6 831 18 3 72 42 1 1 9 175 240 2 6 23 5 1 3 3 *3 350 6 56 82 5 2 4 7 13 6 532 16 3 26 21 1 1 7 175 225 o 18 2 1 1 "3 830 20 1 82 56 27 6 3 1 349 3 48 98 5 1 5 14 is 543 15 1 42 38 11 5 3 1 "2 4 16 5 1 1 2 1 2 10 18 2 3 '25 2 1 6 8 1 2 'io 14 ' G 93 130 46 28 1 9 5 1 6 207 247 5 1 4 3 1 31 19 211 4 2 4 4 1 6 207 223 4 1 4 3 1 27 19 210 1 ■5 2 27 57 4 3 iio 144 71 23 22 48 1 1 4 1 1 2 32 7 3 1 4 6 G 1 7 2 1 33 12 105 1 "l 33 18 171 4 78 4 1 1 6 1 73 3 1 6 41 16 4 5 1 's 33 IS 170 4 78 4 1 1 6 1 '69 27 7 135 65 '9 44 2 2 22 2 l9 69 ' 1 40 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 1G3 3 3 26 8 1 7 4 2 2 3 "2 2 1 4 3 3 1 163 3 3 26 8 1 7 4 2 1 2 "3 1 130 3 3 21 "2 1 .185 3 5 44 3 5 10 139 1 3 36 2 43 1 185 3 5 43 3 5 10 1 31 1 *2! 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 6 1 3 3 6 1 5 2 1 5 1! 'i 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1

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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1890, and Year ending 31st December, 1891— continued.

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1800. 1891. 2,* Persons Apprehem led. o 13 Number of Convictions Pe: •sons Apprehem led. ,3 » q Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. TO Offences. m o Committed for Trial. is 3 o o a Summarily Convicted. Discharged. those Committed for Trial. ill Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. M. P. I M. F. M. P. M. P. I a M. F. O M. P. M. P. M. P. North Island — continued. Regulation of Elections Act, breaches of Riot and assault Robbery and violence Sheep-stealing Shipping and Seamens Act, breaches of Shooting with intent to do bodily harm Sly-grog selling Smuggling Sodomy Sodomy, attempted State Forests Act, offences against Suicide, attempted.. Suicide, threatening Sureties of the peace Trespass Trig, survey-station removed Vagrancy Wife-desertion 2 22 3 24 39 2 2 5 1 1 5 17 1 16 14 1 20S 12 21 3 15 1 •■ 2 1 32 "5 •• 1 1 4 7 2 2 1 2 10 1 5 8 •■ 2 22 21 39 2 2 5 1 1 5 17 1 16 14 1 204 9 20 2 6 1 1 3 7 37 "9 2 1 •• 1 1 32 4 1 •• _ •■ 2 1 5 4 1 I ■■ 1 1 ! 1 2 3 37 9 2 ■• ■• • • 00 22 17 2 2 7 3 1 1 22 17 2 2 3 1 1 5 G 1 h "3 1 1 "3 1 " ! 1 il I I 3 2 6 J 11 •• 1 5 G "8 3 2 1 3 7 22 "5 12 2 6 4 7 22 1 8 i 32 1 •■ ! i 133 2 31 G 8 154 16 102 4 33 ■ ■ i 15 9 4 154 18 1 1 51 51 .. 4 Totals 6,885 222 12 4,477 733 817 108 6,369 I 132 ! 4 6,814 14 4,433 769 1 749 ! I [l22 6,330 147 1 10 I 408 479 243 South Island. Absconding from Industrial Schools .. Abusive and threatening language Animals Protection Act, breaches of.. Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, indecent 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 ! i ! 1 I j "I I ! I I I i 7 47 6 11 6 23 6 1 6 47 6 5 4 58 5 22 4 228 Q 43 17 5 4 32 5 Decrease, 71. 4 16 4 5 15 6 4 58 5 3 11 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 •il ..* 4 on 267 6 46 9 12 24 13 2 2 *3 8 1 5 5 5 1 172 '43 1 17 68 3 3 1 1 2 11 1 1 io 267 6 46 9 3 8 24 11 2 2 2 1 i 11 2 120 37 2 12 71 3 6 1 3 io 213 7 43 14 5 "2 io 2 •• ! ■• i 39 2 8 8 2 39 8 12 21 6 5 1 2 4 3 -3! 15 J i 8 1 1 2 3 i "3 14 "3 •• 12 21 2 1-1 2 i .. I I •• 2 2 2 •• .. .. .. I .. • • ..I 2

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Bigamy Bread ies of the peace Breaking into shops, warehouses, &c. Burglary Cattle- and horse-stealing Cattle-maiming Cemeteries Act, breaches of.. Child-desertion Children's Protection Act, breaches of Child-stealing Coinage Act, offences against Conspiring to defraud Contempt of Court.. Cruelty to animals.. Customs offences Cutting and wounding Damaging police uniform Default of penalties Defence Act, breaches of Destitute Persons Act, offences against Discharging firearms Disobeying orders of Court and summonses .. Disorderly conduct Distillation Act, offences against Disturbing congregations and meetings Dog-stealing Drunkenness Electric Lines Act, offences against Embezzlement Escaping from custody Escaping from lunatic asylums False pretences First Offenders Probation Act, offences against Forcible entry Forgery and uttering Furious driving and riding Gaming and Lotteries Act, breaches of Harbouring escaped convicts Housebreaking Illegally on premises Impounding Act, offences against Indecent behaviour and exposure Industrial Schools Act, offences against Insulting language and behaviour Keeping disorderly houses Larceny Larceny, accessory to Larceny, attempted Larceny, as a baileee Larceny from dwellings Larceny from the person Libel Lunacy Malicious injury to property 173 73 1 14 2 "l 2 1 2 1 45 4 8 3 1 62 17 18 3 8 1 2.830 1 39 12 2 2 143 17 1 35 4 3 3 50 1 15 14 1 8 2,425 3 2 i i 359 27 5 1 2 i 10 5 10 2 3 2 1 42 1 4 i 2 *4 173 35 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 45 4 8 3 62 1 17 18 3 8 1 2,830 1 37 12 2 2 155 39 3 13 •1 2 1 3 1 5 48 4 2 2 6 2 34 1 42 34 32 2 2,470 2 19 4 8 2 6 3 2 130 6 2 1 4 39 4 2 6 2 21 26 25 27 1 1,958 2 6 2 3 1 1 » 1 482 22 5 1 1 1 1 8 8 1 6 5 "i 25 1 1 1 '5 155 19 2 9 1 2 1 3 1 5 48 4 2 2 6 2 30 1 32 34 32 1 2,470 2 18 4 6 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 3 5 2 25 16 24 1 1 18 34 1 1 1 361 2! 20 10 3 20 5 2 I 2 21 "9 38 2 9 14 2 9 36 2 4 9 2 3 8 "9 2 59 2 1 37 7 13 1 45 23 7 35 103 8 21 912 14 26 1 13 1 54 1 "s 21 49 3 51 42 *2 5 49 3 51 26 2 27 1 2 2 31 7 13 1 38 22 4 29 103 8 21 660 21 1 12 14 20 1 33 71 8 2 978 1 4 4 16 11 2 3 20 1 12 1 31 44 8 30 3 7 1 1 6 20 1 33 71 8 2 685 1 4 4 3 7 6 1 5 13 1 12 17 2 25 65 5 4 412 1 2 31 5 1 1 2 4 4 1 31 3 6 2 32 38 25 '2 1 1 1 5 3 2 122 68 2 7 398 1 1 3 3 1 73 112 27 '46 43 4 8 61 6 18 27 2 19 66 1 2 4 1 2 19 19 20 3 198 233 2 10 5 5 2 5 1 4 1 31 38 2 19 11 16 3 196 217 2 3 3 3 15 3 9 3 13 46 2 *4 '3 4 5 3 1 185 187 4 105 111 53 18 25 23 2 6 185 162 1 1 112 166 51 10 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, 1890, and Year ending 31st December, 1891— continued.

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1890. 1891. ft) III 111 o Persons Apprehended. ■a £ a Number of Convictions amongst 09 Persons Apprehended. w o a Number of Convictions amongst those Committed ior Trial. Offoncos. Cm mit! for T: Summarily Disrial Convicted. charged. F. II. i F. M, J F. those Committed for Trial. g3S : Corn's ;a g ; mitted 3 „ a : for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. 6 <33 n F. M, "3 I M. M. F. o ° & I M M. F. M. F. F. M. F. M. F. South Island — continued. Manslaughter Marriage Act, breaches of .. Masters and Apprentices Act, breaches of Murder Murder, attempted Naval desertion 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 Personation at election Police Offences Act, minor offences Post-office Act, breaches of .. Prison offences Public Works Act, breaches of Rape Kape, attempted Receiving stolen property Refusing to quit licensed premises Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of .. Registration of Electors Act, offences against Rescuing goods from bailiffs Robbery under arms Setting fire to grass Sheep-stealing Shipping and Seamen's Act, breaches of Shooting, with intent to do bodily harm Sodomy Sly-grog selling Suicide, attempted Sureties of the peace Vagrancy Wife-desertion 3 2 1 2 17 161 47 3 1 1. 9 183 2 I 13 6 2 16 4 2 3 2 1 I 1 2 I 4 2 " ! ■• I 1 ■• •' 1 12 95 44 "l 141 1 11 5 42 1 . . ■ ■ ■ I 'si I .. i •■ I 1 20 2 2 1 5 36 2 2 4 ■• I .. I 2 'i I 3 2 1 2 17 161 47 3 1 1 9 183 1 13 G 2 16 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 •• - - ■ - - • 3 3 3 1 14 9 200 52 1 2 6 1 9b , 1 2 23 7 3 1? 4 ! 2 ! 1 2 s 19 125 J 2 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 2 ■■ I .. I ' ' I \. I t 10 5 125 45 •■ 76 -2 16 •• 1 40 2 I 1 3 1 I '' i 1 i 30 1 5 1 J 2 ie • • I 4 2 2 5 •■ 5 •• I i .. 1 3 3 3 1 10 7 200 52 2 6 1 96 2 22 7 3 9 17 4 2 1 2 8 9 124 2 1 ■■ ■• I 1 "2 2 I •• •■■» 3 t 14 39 j 5 • • 1 * "l ■• 2 10 1 1 1 1 8 "3 1 "3 87 1 ■■ I 4 4 2 2 1 o 8 •• 5 12 4 1 2 7 .. I ' ' I 'is 2 2 •■ I ■ • ! ■• I •• I ■■ I 1 1 •• ! "l'| •• ' ' ! ■■ •• " •• 1 1 ! I 2 2 2 8 12 1 ■ ■ 1 •• i 8 15 113 9 4 "l 102 6 9 11 111 2 1 7 1 1 20 1 •• I ■• ! i04 '•2 •• ! " •• I "2 •• ! •• ! 1 2 98 22 1 1 2 11 5 96 18 1 1 2 " 2 1 1 18 16 6 136 12 ■• "i\ 60 ' 3 6 4 13 3 4 16 6 136 8 3 1 1 56 12 4 3 17 5 2 5 1 38 I 47 16 •• '5 1 ■• 1 10 .. Totals .. 6,230 217 20 4,249 I 609 t I 559 94! i 5,808 137 1 9 5,860 204 14 3,829 742 555 74 5,418 117 4 475 I 845 Decrease, 370.

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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.

Return showing the Strength and Distribution of the New Zealand Police Force on the 31st March, 1892.

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Place. Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. Remarks. New Zealand 1 to 1,401 s. a. 2 9 Number of police, 482 ; net expenditure (vide Appropriation Account for year ended 31st March, 1892), £92,881 10s. 6d. Population, 675,775 (including Maoris). Vide Estimates for 1891-92, viz.: Number of police, 1,535 ; vote, £293,400. Population, 1,157,804. Number of police on the 31st December, 1891, 1,665 (vide Inspector-General's report); vote for 1892, £313,258. Population, 1,165,300. Vide Estimates for year ending 30th June, 1892, viz. : Number of police, 387 ; vote, £84,568. Population, 320,723. Number of police, 806 (exclusive of Native trackers) ; vote, £165,240 (vide Estimates for 1889-90). Population, 410,345. Victoria 1 to 754 5 Of New South Wales .. 1 to 700 5 4J South Australia 1 to 829 5 3£ Queensland 1 to 509 8 O> Note. —Populations are taken from official estimates, as on 31st December, 1891.

Stations. I |a I 1 I J i! >H Cβ 02 Q P O Stations. I 03 ft M 3 ° $3 O m <0 ■s O O J ll ?! I fig *g fi o o Is o H Nokth Island. Auckland and Bay of Islands, — Auckland Freeman's Bay .. Ponsonby Newton Surrey Hills Eden Terrace Newmarket Parnell Dovonport Onehunga Otahuhu Howiok Papakura Pukekohc Waiuku Mercer Whitianga Tairua Coromandel Warkworth Mangawai Waipu Whangarei Kamo Kawakawa Eussell Whangaroa Mongonui Helensville Woodhill Port Albert Aratapu Dargaville Rawene 1 1 1 25 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 i 36 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 North Island — continued. Waikato and East Coast— contd. Ngaruawahia Opotiki Ormoncl Otorolianga Paeroa Port Awanui Eaglan Rotorua Sliortland Spit Taradale Taupo Tauranga To Aroha Tβ Awamutu Thames Tokaanu Tolago Bay Waipawa Waipiro Waipukurau "Wairoa Whakatane I •• 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 5> 1 1 1 1 'i 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 i 'i 1 1 1 i 1 I 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 2 1 1 1 2 1 'i 48 50* 1 1 1 1 Totals 1 i 5 1 3 6 1 Wanganui and West Coast, — New Plymouth .. Waitara Inglewood Stratford Hawera Patea Waverley Manaia Opunake Pungarehu . .. Pukearuhe Wanganui Marton Huntervillo Bull's Feilding Palmerston North Ashurst Wooclville Danevirke Ormondville 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 G 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 'i 1 2 1 i 1 1 Totals 1 ii 55 3 4 3 70* Waikato and East Coast, — Hamilton Cambridge Clive Gisborne Hastings Herbertvillo Huntly Katikati Kawhia Kihikihi Maketu Moawhanga Napier 1 1 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 5 2 1 1 -2 1 ■" 1 1 1 1 1 1 *8 1 10 1 5 33 39 1 1 Totals *■• Distrii >t a: id Nativi consti ibles not included in ti ital.

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

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Stations. $ o o a i i.s o xn Tβ 1 S? to o m I 8 .6 -S3 I 51 P o o 1 3 ? f, o "c3 o Stations. to I & a I—* o xn fli o ill o o Noiith Island— continued. Wellington and Marl boron gh,— Wellington Manners Street .. Clyde Quay Wellington South Petone Lower Hutt Upper Hutt Featherston Martinborougli .. Grey town North Carterton Masterton To Nui Eketahuna Pahiatua Johnsonville Pahaufcanui Otald Foxton Picton Blenheim Haveloek Culleiisville' 1 1 4 34 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 2 I 43 j 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 South Island— continued. C a n t e rb u r y and North Ofcago,— ctd. Lyttelton Methven Ngapara Oamaru Oxford Papanui Pliillipstown Pleasant Point .. Rakaia Rangiora St. Albans Sheffield Southbridge Sydenham Temuka Timaru Waimate Woolston 1 1 5 1 1 G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 6 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 1 1 9 76 5 92 1 Totals South Island. Nelson and Westland,— Greymouth Bruiinerton Ahaura Reef ton Lyell Westport Denniston Ngakawau Charleston Dunganville Kumara Stafford Hokitika Kanieri ' .. Boss Okarito Nelson The Port Richmond Spring Grove Collingwood Takaka Motueka 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 63 4 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 7 1 3 2 •■ "• " I 6 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 8 1 74* Dnnedin, Southland, and Lakes, — Dunedin Central King Street Alexandra South Anderson's Bay .. Arrowtown Balclutha Bluff Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Gore Green Island Half-moon Bay .. Invereargill Kaitangata Lawrence Lumsden Mataura Middlemarch Milton Momington Mosgiel Naseby North-east Valley North Invereargill Ophir Orepuki Otautau Outram Palmerston South Pembroke Port Chalmers .. Queenstown Riverton Roslyn Roxburgh South Dunedin .. South Invereargill St. Bathan's Tapanui Waikaia Waikouaiti .. Waitahuna Waitati Winton Woodhaugh Wyndham 1 1 4 1 1 "i i i i i 28 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 8 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3G 5 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 9 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals ' .. 1 5 35 2 41* Canterbury and North Otago,— Cliristcliurcli Addington Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Bealey Bingsland Coalgate Culverden Fairlie Creek Geraldine Hampden Kaiapoi Kaikoura Kurow Leeston Lincoln Little River i i i 1 1 4 22 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 31 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 Totals 1 1 15 91 2 1 110* Grand Total.. 7 4 5G 401 14 12 0 482' * District and Native constables not included in total, Total, Total, forth Islai iouth Islai id .. .. .. 2891 Includes 1 se id .. .. .. 243 j who aoi irgeai t as r it ai lolioi id 7 i ! gaol jonsti :ers. ibli IS

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Eetuen showing Casualties in the New Zealand Police Fobce during the Year ended 31st March, 1892. Retired on compensation .. .. .. ~ .. .. .. 1 Resignations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Discharges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Dismissals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Deaths .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 25 Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,500 copies), £12 15s.

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