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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. Estimated Population (Hist Dec, 1912). Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. New Zealand Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia.. Western Australia Tasmania 846 1,736 2,490 1,053 512 490 231 i 1,102,389 1,380,561 1,777,534 636,425 430,090 306.129 197,205 1 to 1,303 1 to 795 1 to 713 1 to 604 1 to 840 ljto 624 1 to 853 s. d. 6 8 4 10| 5 10 8 8J 5 5| 8 4| 4 4|