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Police Buildings, etc. The following works in connection with police-stations have been carried out during the year by the Public Works Department : — New buildings erected : Te Araroa (lock-up), Napier (motor-garage), Palmerston North (sergeant's residence), Mount Cook, Wellington (sergeant's residence), Dannevirke (police-station, lock-up, and residence), Eastbourne (lock-up), Eketahuna (new stables), Seddon (additions), Hokitika (offices and residence). Properties purchased : Police-stations —Rongotea, Woodhaugh, Lower Riccarton, Levin, Portobello, Port Chalmers, Seatoun, Ashhurst, Millerton, Belfast, Upper Hutt, Otira, Cuba Street (Palmerston North), Fortrose, Wanganui East, Green Island, St. Kilda, Ravensbourne, St. John's (Wanganui), Brooklyn, Hamilton (sergeant's residence), Whangarei (Inspector's residence), Hamilton (detective's residence), Invercargill (Senior Sergeant's, sergeant's, and detective's residences), Wellington (Chief Detective's residence), Greymouth (Inspector's residence). Sites acquired : Miramar, Ohaeawai, Herekino, Middlemarch, and Feilding. Additions, alterations, improvements, &c, were effected at Whangarei, Hikurangi, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Mangonui, Auckland (central), Takapuna, Otahuhu, Helensville, Mercer, Otorohanga, Tauranga, Gisborne, Wairoa, Napier, Port Ahuriri, Taumarunui, Ongarue, Tokaanu, Fitzroy, Hawera, Normanby, Waitotara, Palmerston North, Wellington South (training-depot), Masterton, Johnsonville, Wellington (central), Upper Hutt, Pongaroa, Kilbirnie, Weraroa, Lower Hutt, Lyall Bay, Petone, Pahiatua, Nelson (station and quarters), Nelson (cottages), Richmond, Port Nelson, Christchurch (Inspector's residence), Bealey Flat, Cheviot, Papanui, Timaru, Lyttelton, Sumner, Upper Riccarton, Akaroa, Addington, Fendalton, Woolston, Amberley, Sydenham, New Brighton, Glenavy, Temuka, Balclutha, Clinton, Dunedin (central), Hampden, Kurow, Lawrence, Milton, Mornington, Outram, Owaka, Ravensbourne, St. Kilda, Tapanui, Waitahuna, Wyndham, Invercargill (detective's residence). Growth of Department. The following return shows the growth of the Department, the continued increase of the population, and the total number of offences (irrespective of by-laws offences) reported, and in which arrests or summonses resulted, each year since, 1877, prior to which date each province in the Dominion had its own Police Force, and reliable data are not available : —

Year. CD a o CO £ is gsfl oO CO CO CD > o CD O CO CD 3 C8 -449 CO a o O Total. Polioo to Population. Cost per Inhabitant. Population. Offences reported. Offences where Arrests or Summonses resulted. Arrests for Drunkenness (included in " Ofienoes reported "). 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 25 25 25 13 18 13 13 20 20 20 13 13 12 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 11 11 11 12 1.2 12 12 14 14 15 16 16 IS 15 17 17 19 19 20 20 20 21 23 90 84 86 73 72 72 70 65 66 69 69 65 66 61 60 53 55 51 51 45 56 53 56 56 58 59 59 65 71 78 83 87 86 87 89 93 94 100 104 108 111 112 114 112 14 16 21 18 19 20 17 17 18 L8 17 17 18 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 16 15 20 20 20 20 21 25 2,5 30 32 35 34 88 39 41 40 37 36 36 38 41 38 47 329 364 379 337 343 356 365 372 390 395 388 389 403 404 401 407 410 416 414 453 457 475 499 504 514 522 534 553 557 577 604 633 639 648 692 695 719 755 757 734 732* 705* 743* 768* 458 489 511 441 447 461 465 474 494 502 487 484 494 486 482 481 485 487 484 517 536 554 586 591 604 613 626 655 667 699 734 771 775 788 835 846 870 911 916 898 901 878 916 950 1 to 944 \ 1 to 948 1 to 949 I 1 to 1,136( 1 to 1,1581 lto 1,173/ 1 to 1,263 1 to 1,293 1 to 1,266 1 to 1,265 1 to 1,328 1 to 1,347 lto 1,346 1 to 1,375 1 to 1,401 1 to 1,439 1 to 1,472 1 to 1,495 1 to 1,530 1 to 1,461 1 to 1,435 1 to 1,414 1 to 1,359 1 to 1,381 lto 1,375 lto 1,388 1 to 1,398 1 to 1,375 1 to 1,387 1 to 1,375 1 to 1,331 lto 1,308 1 to 1,330 1 to 1,333 1 to 1,287 1 to 1,303 1 to 1,304 1 to 1,257 1 to 1,258 1 to 1,280 1 to 1,274 lto 1,319 1 to 1,325 1 to 1,310 g O <D ■ & \ 3/3 3/Of 3/2 3/2* 3/l| 2/lOf 2/10f 2/1H 2/9 2/8* 2/7* 2/6| 2/7* 2/7* 2/8 2/9i 2/10f 2/10* 2/lOi 2/10* 2/10| 2/101 2/10* 3/0 3/2* 3/*i 3/3* 3/4* 3/5 3/8 3/9 4/1 4/2* 4/3 4/6* 5/2* 4/llf 6/4f 432,352 463,572 484,939 500,976 517,626 540,753 587,295 613,212 625,849 635,215 646,913 652,125 664,855 668,353 675,775 692,426 714,258 728,121 740,699 754,016 768,910 783,317 796,359 816,290 830,800 851,068 875,648 900,682 925,605 961,604 977,215 1,008,373 1,030,657 1,050,410 1,075,250 1,102,389 jl, 134,506 1,145,840 1,152,669 1,150,002 1,147,391 1,158,156 1,214,184 1,244,620 14,157 16,374 17,837 16,635 18,613 18,775 18,263 18,955 18,135 17,752 12,897 12,945 13,115 12,674 13,153 13,165 13,530 14,010 14,673 15,219 16,378 16,865 18,358 19,909 19,771 20,736 21,066 20,249 21,160 23,204 23,510 23,930 25,106 24,999 25,981 25,415 27,563 28,412 24,920 21,724 19,067 24,278 26,106 13,959 14,696 16,723 15,212 17,470 17,727 17,322 17,723 17,000 16,500 11,854 11,885 12,177 11,748 12,187 12,100 12,500 12,435 13,171 14,042 14,730 15,561 17,131 18,742 18,802 19,867 20,118 19,251 20,241 22,244 22,484 22,880 23,949 23,492 24,837 24,364 26,494 27,096 23,848 20,701 18,043 23,312 24,718 6,668 6,794 6,484 5,587 6,860 7,572 7,151 7,034 6,260 5,226 5,387 5,444 5,866 5,416 5,360 5,251 4,594 4,636 5,005 5,204 5,532 6,289 7,299 8,057 8,269 8,815 9,615 8,707 9,210 10,203 10,343 10,657 11,718 11,699 11,884 11,707 13,189 13,268 10,833 8,800 7,228 8,216 8,979 * Includes tern] lorary oo istables.