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174. How do you determine the number of religions required for each particular body ?-Only my own idea. when the sys.en. of referring to Ministers commenced?-I ""V Cotae? Stoned . return thathe had prepared "hen he took teSi "j''T d hS woiia enable ,ou to know whether it would be wise to make . transfer ?-That fa pointed out was this: He has said to me, " I know that man, he has got a sick wife, and Ido not think he ought to yQu d d „ police stations thToughout the colony and become personally acquainted with the men?-I cannot tell Mr Taylor Ido not know what the Defence Minister does when he is away. ' 188 Did he make himself personally acquainted with the members of the Force ?-I dcrno know 1 should think it likely, for instance, that Mr. Seddon knows every policeman on the West COaS 189 A good many appointments have been made from the West Coast ?-Yes. 190 More in proportion than the population warrants ?-No ; I cannot say that think rf men the game place twenty years ? SSSff £®« s≤ £ SSX howZgS if V£*i tOh transfers he always transferreclan officer wh had been Clerk of the Court to another place where he would be Clerk of the Court, so that he are quaked for country stations and who have clean defaulters' sheets, in regard to takmg men who have been Clerk of Court for years and years down to town duty, and letting other men take their places ?-Undoubtedly, they have a right to have a turn when there is a vacancy. S?- $$%23rSS25i£Z&£ —tea to the. Minister, the Premier .nd which you thought he .pproTed, did the reduced p.y only apply to third-class constable. ?-Th»t is all. on big pay-to work a sliding scale up to that—l had to start at the lower pay , 201 The reduced pay was approved of, but the scheme itself was not adopted ?-No, the reduced pay was not approved of. I got » wigged" for introducing it without authority. 202 But it was adopted ?—The Minister said, " Let it stand. 203 There is one regulation, part of Eule 202, that provides for eight hours duty at night do you not think that is largely responsible for some of the offences that constables are reported fo ? -I may explain in the day-time they are four-hour shifts, but the night shift is from 9 at night to 5 204 Xd 1 h g e is never to sit down ?-No, never to sit down. That is the practice in all Police Forces. Ido not know how you can relieve it. It is universal I think 205 Is there no means of allowing a man to go to the barracks for an hour?-No. I tried to work that, but I found I could not. I believe it is the rule m every Police Force w the world, as far as I know, to have an eight-hours' shift at night,