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

Return showing Casualties in the New Zealand Police Force during the Year ended 31st March, 1895. Retired on compensation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 Resignations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. l 4 Discharged .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Dismissals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Deaths .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Transferred to Prisons Department .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 29 Return showing the Proportion of Police to Population and Cost of Police per Inhabitant in each of the under-mentioned Places. Proportion 01 „. f VnU „„ plaoe - Police dot Inhabitant Remarks, to Population. per lnn a Dltant . s. d. New Zealand .. Ito 1,495 2 6| Numher of police, 487; net expenditure (vide Appropriation Account for year ended 31st March, 1895), £93,525 13s. Id. Population, 728,121 (including Maoris). Victoria .. .. Ito 809 4 4J Vide appropriation for 1894-95—viz.: Number of police, 1,457 ; vote, £258,240. Population, 1,179,104. New South Wales .. Ito 691 5 1J Vide estDimates for 1895—viz.: Number of police, 1,811 (exclusive of 60 Native trackers) ; vote, £321,822. Population, 1,251,450. South Australia .. Ito 955 4 5J Vide estimates for year ending 30th June, 1895—viz. : Number of police, 369 ; vote, £78,394. Population, 352,402. Queensland .. 1 to 583 6 10 Number of police, 763 (exclusive of 100 Native trackers) ; vote, £152,181 {vide estimates for 1894-95). Population, 445,155. Note. —Populations are taken from official estimates, as on 31st December, 1894. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,700 copies), £1110s. 6d. By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9s. Price 6d.~}

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Stations. 10 O o o ft § 03 +3 - II CD +3 PI $ so <D m si s 4J O CD Q 9 "8 o o o EH to +s CD .33 s§ o to CD £*§ o • Stations. E* » ° fl^' & H a on G o 3 a o o ® > O o p o EH CO CD •S3 Sg o CD ©r-l c3 CD o Canterbury and North Otago— Christchurch Addington Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Bealey Bingsland Coalgate Culverden Pairlie Geraldine Hampden Kaiapoi Kaikoura Kurow Leeston Lincoln Little River Lyttelton Methven Ngapara Oamaru Oxford Papanui Phillipstown Pleasant Point .. Rakaia Rangiora St. Alban's Sheffield Southbridge Sydenham Temuka Timaru Waimate Woolston 1 1 3 i i 27 2 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 2 1 3 35 2 2 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 2 1 Dunedin, Southland, and Lakes— contd. Bluff Gaversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Gore Green Island Half-moon Bay .. Invercargill Kaitangata Lawrence Lumsden Mataura Middlemarch Milton Mornington Mosgiel Naseby North-east Valley North Invercargill Ophir Orepuki Otautau Outram Palmerston Pembroke Port Chalmers .. Queenstown Ravensbourne .. Riverton Roslyn Roxburgh St. Bathan's St. Clair South Dunedin .. South Invercargill Tapanui Waikaia Waitahuna Waikouaiti Waitati Winton Woodhaugh Wyndham 1 i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 10 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i I *' I * * i 1 i l 1 i • Totals 1 1 7 85 5 99 Dunedin, Southland, and Lakes — Dunedin Central King Street Alexandra Anderson's Bay .. Arrowtown Balclutha 1 5 1 27 4 1 1 1 1 2 35 5 1 1 1 1 Totals 1 14 89 3 107 l Grand Total.. 7 3 48 416 13 487 14 10