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with by Mr. May's Commission.

2.

- my despatch n°26 of the 7th

of March 1879 I reported that I had taken

the responsibility of instructing the Captain Superintendent of Police, Mr. Deane to place

two thirds of the force on night duty thought the increase of

was,

to a

large

crime

of

late

extent, due to the

as

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years

insufficiently guarded state of the town

at night.

3.

I instructed him to furnish____

from time to time reports important change

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this

in the distribution of

:police work and also to submit for my

consideration any suggestion he might desire to make with respect to it, or in regard to any

additional strength to the

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force he might think essential.

On the 1st of July Mr. Deane

4.

reported as follows:

5.

"I have collected

reports from

the

six Inspectors on duty in the City of

Victoria and their

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opinions coincide

with mine vix: that having so many

men on

deity be

between 10 p.m. and 6

a. m. has had a decidedly beneficial

effect in diminishing the amount of

crime during those hours?"

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Chief Inspector Horspool writes:

Being absent from the Colony from

May 1878 to May 1879, I am

unable to

give any opinion as to the immediate

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effect, the change to the two thirds_____

principle had

upon

the crime

of the

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