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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.

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Place. Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. Remarks. New Zealand 1 to 1,461 s. a. 2 7J Number of police, 516; net expenaiture (vide Appropriation Account for year ended 31st March, 1897), £99,350 18s. 7a. Population, 754,016 (including Maoris). Vide Appropriation of Revenue, 1896-97—viz.: Number of police, 1,412 ; vote, £247,552. Population, 1,174,888. Vide Estimates of Expenditure, 1896-97 —viz.: Number of police, 1,873 (exclusive of 70 Native trackers) ; vote, £332,437. Population, 1,297,640. Vide Estimates of Expenditure for Year ending 30th June, 1897—viz.: Number of police, 346 ; vote, £76,592. Population, 360,220. Vide Estimates for 1895-96—viz.: Number of police, 815 (exclusive of 10 supernumeraries and 100 Native trackers); vote, £159,710. Population, 472,179. Victoria 1 to 832 4 % New South Wales .. 1 to 692 5 1£ South Australia 1 to 1,041 4 3 Queensland 1 to 579 6 9