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Subhead 2 -'Clothing' has been increased by $3,500. The present material used is not satisfactory, and it is proposed to purchase "Wet Proof" material from England. This should prove much more durable, and so more economical
in the long run.
$10,500 has been inserted for the purchase of a
light motor pump to replace a worn out machine.
Head 17 Attorney General.
In order to obviate the necessity of taking a
supplementary vote in a small department, where there would
not be sufficient savings to pay the salary of the officer
acting for an officer on leave, it has been decided that
where such liability can be forescen provision shall be made
in the Estimates. There is a case in point in this department.
Head 23 Police Force.
There is a nett increase on this head of $185,525,
Under
of which $128,100 is accounted for by two launches.
personal emoluments provision is made for one morc European
Sergeant, who will take the place of one European Lance
Sergeant. Provision is however made for seven additional
European Lance Sergeants so that the Estimates show one
additional Sergeant and six additional Lance Sergeants.
This increase has been very carefully considered by the
Government, and has only been allowed because the Government
is satisfied that it is necessary. One of the seven is
required for the finger print and photography department, for which at present only one officer can be spared; the
work is very much on the increase, and extra assistance is
urgently required, onc is needed for duty in the Pass Office to assist in keeping track of and rounding up undesirable alions. Of the remaining five, two are required for street
duty