CO129-225 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [1-3] — Page 146

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