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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.
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