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APPENDIX B— continued. Return showing the Strength, etc., of the New Zealand Police Force— continued.

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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a I stations. S s~_rrj fi is K $ CO u z a CD T CO ! CO a a of Jfi th a_ to oi Is s 1 •§? g8i ■£ ij. as .S3 h * 3g o CO as — S--S '- =1 Cti CO v, a o O Dunedin District — continued. Morningtoi Mosgicl Nasebv Niirth Dunedin North-east Valley Oamaru .... Ophir .. I .. Outram .. I .. Owaka .. J .. Palmerston South Port Chalmers .. .. Portobeno .... Raufuriy .. I Ravensbourne Roslyn Roxburgh St. Bathan's St. Clair .. St. Kilda .. | .. South Dunedin.. j .. Waikouaiti .. i .. Waitahuna .. ! .. Waitati .. , .. Woodhaugh i . ••! 'il 5 [ i "! r) i 5 i j ■ • j •• Totals .. 1 10 891 I 106 1 2 in 1 1 i Invercargill District— Invercargill .. | .. Ariowtown .. ! .. Bluff 1 11 1 2 l 15 1 8 i .....

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Place. Number of Police. Estimated Population (iilst Dec., 1916). 1,150,002 1,399,779 1,860,767 669,467 436,561 308,806 199,925 I I Proportion of Cost of Police to Population. P« Inhabitant. s. d. 1 to 1,280 4 J! 1 to 806 4 11J 1 to 733 6 5* 1 to 614 8 8j 1 to 775 6 44 1 to 626 8 5J 1 to 861 4 9| New Zealand Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia.. Western Australia Tasmania ' I 898 1,735 2,537 1,090 563 493 232