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Fbiday, 25th Maech, 1898. The Commission sat at 10 o'clock a.m. Present; Messrs. Wardell, Poynton, and Colonel .Pitt. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. proceed furt£r with fhe complaint he had lodged, as the matter complained of had occurred some years ago"and the constable chiefly concerned had now left the Dunedin district. Complaint :-E. B. Jones, of Dunedin, private detective, attended, was sworn, and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. Complaint :-Denis Treacy, constable, Port Chalmers, attended, was sworn, and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. Complaint of J M Brennan, constable, Caversham :-William Stone Pardy, Inspector of Police a'teTded and, being reminded he was still on his former oath, gave evidence, which was take Co^ain y t:-VergeatiT John Dwyer, sergeant of police, Clyde, attended, was sworn, and gave evidence which was taken down by the reporter. evidence, which was taken down by the reporter At 5.15 p.m. the Commission adjourned until to-morrow, at 10 a.m.

Satukday, 26th March, 1898. The Commission sat at 10 o'clock a.m. Present: Messrs. Wardell, Poynton, and Colonel Pitt. The minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed. Colonel Hume and Mr. Tunbridge were in attendance. Complaint-Charles Bonner, mounted constable, Queenstown, attended, was sworn, and - •*»■ and **• evidence ' whlch was take C^J John Dwyer attended, and, being reminded he was on his former oath, gaVe C U oloS which was taken down by the reP ° r —Sergeant John Dwyer, Clyde, attended as a delegate for certain members of the PoliceXce "ationel S rEhe g olafiei y ds'in the Otago district, and, being sworn, gave evidence, till Tuesday next, at Invercargill, at 10 o'clock am.

INVEECABGILL. Tuesday, 29th Maech, 1898. The Commission opened its proceedings for public business at the Supreme Court Buildings, Invercargill, on Tuesday, the 29th March, 1898, at 10 o'clock. Present: Messrs. Wardell, Poynton, and Colonel Pitt. The minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed. Mr Tunbridge and Colonel Hume were m attendance. Conrolaint —Arthur Chillas Henderson, solicitor, Invercargill attended, was sworn and gave Complaint. *v reporter. During the hearing of Mr. Henderson s evidence rSSiSwjS?!pKS Slgeant Macdonell, to which he was entitled to twenty-four hours' notice bSSh waived, and ttuTcaee was proceeded with John McDonough, pohce-constable notice, out wmo , evidence, which was taken clown by the reporter. SterSSimotT latuTer, SSkti, InvercargUl, attended, was sworn, and gave evidence, £!f ta ken down by the reporter. Richard Matthews, solicitor, Invercargill, attended, was which was tajcen cio J * k d b the reporte r. Mary Powell, wite of Thomas pTwdi sworn, and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. Complaints and suggestions —William Walker, constable, Eiverton, attended, was sworn and , avP 4idence wruch was taken down by the reporter. Godfrey Cornelius Jeffery police-constable, KreJent at InScargill, attended, was sworn, and gave ev.dence, which was taken down by the reP °At r 5.30 p.m. the Commission adjourned until to-morrow at 10 o'clock a.m.