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APPENDIX C. Return showing the Proportion of Police to Population and Cost of Police per Inhabitant in each of the undermentioned Places.

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Place. Number of Police. E Population. Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. New Zealand Victoria New South Wales.. South Australia .. Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 775 1,595 2,434 424 969 495 232 1,030,657 1,303,357 1,621,677 416,047 572,654 273,543 186,860 1 to 1,330 1 to 817 1 to 666 1 to 981 1 to 591 1 to 553 1 to 805 s. d. 3 3* 4 5 5 9§ i 4J 7 4J 8 6| 4 3