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discipline and interpres materiallying

with the distribution o

duties, and the

of the

the regn

quartering of the

(c.) Since April 1865.

(6)

9.

lar

no recruits

have bus imported into the Calary.

"The Colony feels more reur boy

your the

consequen

of the enlistment

of Bombay and Calcutta Indians

in 1862. These men appea

appear to

-deteriorate yearly in mental and... bodily capabilities, and at the same -time become entitled to pensions.

I believe that a fusion of the Gaol and Police Departments would tend greatly to diminish exime. At

present

the Police have not sufficient opportunities of making themselves acquainted with

the persons of criminals, neither are the arrangements for identification of

prisoners satisfactory.

10.

Iregret to know to observe of some

have

of the Inspectors, and more the Sergeants, that they.

experially of

are too apt to

settle down into a groove of duty. They

andr

furfarm their work strially according to regulations, and thus shield themselves from the possibility of a severe reprimand: A want of energy interest in their work is often observable among the Offices and appears the characteristic of the Constables. Police letter The perception of this ofxat induced

Aal

26. of 1871.

to be

me to apply of or permission to reduce

ov

Sergeant; and Iremarked in the