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146. Ana the same in 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1895?-That is right. Jf«" t P *° 1895 Was this exclu sively enforced?-I expect so that the Government Buildings were going to be burned down, and w pu7 N ofon hTS g yen to me as a very reliable man. We put him on as night watchman, and I told him when Ipu £ fl lSi try and do u some , th i n S f ° r him if be carried out his duties satisfactory Hβ was there I think three months, and then I got the Minister to appoint him to the Force 101. lhat was in contravention of the regulations ?—Oh yes Jfm? T?« y °\ know was secretary to Mr. Lawry's election committee in Parnell in ithT k n e eLhe V mL SOOd As far as I remember tha^ has gofabout t""i JrvS at *" * aPP ° iDted t0 the Eoroe? - 1 Cannot tell that " H ° 154. Mr. Taylor.] In the Police Force ?—Yes had any 156 ' He went straight on as acting-detective ?—Oh, no; he did constable's duty for some time teUhnT f dUt 7' Ut that d ° eS DOt aff6Ct mS - The InS P ector ruas his own Strict. Tdo Z S2 g T' C °Tu' T & f ° nally ; When J knOW a man has done something very good in SSlffiiifi? teU the InSPeCt ° r - * may «"* nOt acting-detectLs/th S ey° d a" first ii 7 ayfhea d rd n clit knOW hS & m6mber ° f Mr ' LaWry ' S eleCti ° n committee ? ~No; that-is the M " — d - g ? _No; but that can be ascertained 158. Are there never any other recommendations, excepting those that accompany the amlica Yes 159 ' Are there nOt ° ther perSOns recommendin g in addition to the two that fill in this form ?— 160. Are they not kept?—No; returned to the man, unless they are copies 161. You are quite clear Nixon was appointed on the recommendation of the Minister?—l did not say so. This man was taken on in a peculiar sort of way. If my memory serves me right we put on two men. Ido not remember the name of the other man. He was taken fo thS nieht watchman business, and told if he carried out his duties something would be done for him because it was a very ticklish business. We had reliable information that arson was going to beTried +1, v -ijJ- V hmk an m expenenced man was a good man to employ for the purpose of preventing S!5 b b rn g ed b rw e n. doWn ? - Y ° U d ° DOt a detec^o y walk rouVa bu^ngio^ lutf £* " ° f the re^la tions ? -I Mini l ? 4- ? 01 ?/ 0U T T y W o ™* at all du ™g y° ur term of office without consulting the Minister not think so. I will not be certain. I may have at first, but Ido not think so • /To It j \ s eo 'J? m man must have been discussed with the Minister before he was an FhTMinisTer Government Buildings scare was over I took this man's nameTo" If- ™ c Y6Uiook a special outside man to do this duty?-Yes. I took two men Srl n? ] h l dld y ° U nOt S ° int ° yOUr Own F °rce?-I had not got the men to smre' —Yes Chairman.] He was an outsider, who came recommended to you to do this duty? _ 169. Mr Taylor.] I would like to know whether the practice could not have been followed of taking some of the artillerymen to do this special duty?—l do not think it could If mv memory serves me right it was about seven o'clock at night when we heard it memory 170. And would not the Permanent Militia be available ?—No; Ido not think it would as far as I remember. ' aa ltu 171. What becomes of them at night ?—I am speaking from memory. They may have been up in the Urewera Country. J J utJOU 172 Was it necessary to put a man on in an instant, and was this man the only one on the s P ot ■—} do not say so - It! is impossible to tell at this stage what were the exact circumstances 173. In your evidence you said that you gave in the list-of applications for employment the number of men of each religion required. Is the ratio of religion fixed so far as the police is con-