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and the part taken by that body in helping to preserve the peace of the Colony during the past year.
My especial attention
having Watchmen by the reference Made in the Earl of Kimberley's despatch of the 24th of April, 1873, No47, to the gradual disbandment recommended by the Police Commission of 1871. I have
been drawn to these
watched with more than
ordinary interest, the results tending their employment;
and the conclusion at which I have arrived is that it
· would be very.
on
unwise toact
n' the suggestion of the Police Commission -
It was admitted even then.
I perceive that they
useful body, certainly
were A
and there is
no disposition on the part of those with whom they
come into close contact to detract from their merits now. On the contrary they are
still trusted and praised and are held to be so
important.
a
check on the native portion of the Regular Police Force, that any change is deprecated. Moreover many of them are