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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