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can be worse than this, as
ze than this, as if all
if all the circumstances in connection with the
Case are not observed and recorded on
the spot, and witnesses secured, it is difficult and perhaps impossible to
obtain the necessary evidence afterward.
Adverting to these paragraphs, however
I regret to say that the practical difficulties are considerable; neither can I admit that the evidence given at pages 144, 145, at all bears out the assertions
of the Committee. Apart from the fact
that the Police are dispersed all over
the Colony, in some stations,
there are lively different schools
or other rooms suitable for class instruction.
About 13 years ago land was
bought with a view to affording, among
other purposes, this accommodation,
but no buildings have been erected. Even assuming that there was accommodation for class instruction there still remains the question of how the men are to be collected so that the
Captain Superintendent should personally instruct them; it is doubtful that he has time to visit the various stations
for the purpose of delivering lectures.
The Committee in alluding to the report
of 1892 (not 1871) appear to have overlooked the fact that they (the 1872 Commission) proceeded to say that they took this "opportunity of referring to the excellence of the draft" of Police Rules proposed by Mr
"Deane, which would, if they
were "got..."