Committee of that Council was appointed by Sir G. Bowen, - consisting of the Major-General - Commanding the Troope, the @doting Colonial Secretary (Mr_ Stewart), the Attorney General, and
& the Colonial Treasurer, to consider
the question of alleged bribery
in
the Volice Force in connection with
Gambling, and
dany
in the discretion.
As
other question
of
the Committee
affecting the management of
the Police Force. The scope of enquiry by the Committee bring
very
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wide, I have salled their special
PA LEJ
of robbery
very attention to a list of with violence committed generally by 5 or 6 persons, frequently armed,
which have occurred between the 30th November last and the present date. The evidence already takin by the Committee extends over 225 -printed pages, and their report
will be sent in before long, it will be duly transmitted to The Colonial Office
3.
when
An explanation of the
frequency of the cases
of Robbery
with