annual report archive 1875 Report of Inspector General Of ...

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NEvV SOU'rH WALES.

POLIOE DEPARTMENT. (REPORI' OF I NSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE FOR 1875.)

l@rf~cnte'll to ;Wadiamcnt U2 Ql:ommanb.

THE I NSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE to THE PRINCIPAL UNDER SECRETARY.

Police Department, Inspector General's Office,

Sydney, 21 January, 1876. Sm,

In compliance with the instructions conveyed in your circular letter No. 71, dated the 9th J ulr , I 73, I have the honor to submit the following as my Report, regarding the working of this Department du ring the year 1875, as required also by clause 40 of the Police Regulations.

The increase of sixpence per diem in the pay of the- Force has had the effect I anticipated of inclucing efficient members of the Force to be n10re anxious to retain their appointments, and of enabling II 0 to make a better selection of candidates for employment, though the state of the labour market st ill perates to limit the number of applicants; I ha,e therefore been unable to fill all the vacancies in the

Department up to the increased establishment voted, whereby there has been a saving of upwards of £3,000 on the Vote for salaries and wages of the Department.

The vacancies which have taken place in the Force during the year have been occasioned as shown in the table hereunder given ;-

Death". I Resignations. I Discha.rges. I Dismissals. I Total.

7 60 33 25 125

By the death of Sub-Inspector 'r ay lor, which occurred in November, 1875, the Department and the public lost the services of a zealous and efficient officer.

Four police pensioners also died during the year, the aggregate of whose allowances amounted to £426 per annum.

Eight members of the F orce were placed on pensions, amounting in all to £678 per annum; and seven men received gratuities upon discharge oa medical certificate, amounting in the total to £G27 . Gratuities to widows, £1,098; and pensions to ditto, £51 per annum.

The state of the Police Reward ' and Superannuation Funds is still less satisfactory than when I fU l'llished my a.llllual Report last year, and especially reported Oil the subject on the 12th of August last, No. 75,441 ; and I trust that the consideration of the matter, with a view to legislation, will ere long engage the attention of the HOllQrable the Colonial Secretary.

I am happy to report that, with few exceptions, the members of the :1<'orce have been well conducted and efficient during the year. This statement is supported by the very general. testimony borne by the magistracy and other gentlemen to the intelligence and efficiency of the police serving nnder their observa-tion. I have to acknowledge the assistance I have received in the performance of the duties of the Department from the Superintendents in charge of districts, and the officers generally.

The attached return of the strength and distribution of the Force, already laid before Parliament , shows the total number of stations to be 276, of which the following were formed during the past year ;-

Chatsworth I sland. Marsden. Greg Greg. Pilliga. Lithgow Valley. Catherine Hill Bay. ' Vardell. Black Creek. W ollar. Mandurama. Campbell's Springs.

Several other new police stations are in process of establishment, but the llumber of preseing appli-cations which al'e being constantly received by the Government for additional police protection far exceed even the increased provision proposed on the Estimates for the current year of 25 men . .

By the courtesy of Lt.-Colonel Richardson I have been enabled duriug the past year to send squl1cls of police recruits for ball practice at the Paddington Butts, a portion of their instruction which will prove a great advantage.

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Buildings for court houses, lock-ups, barracks, and stabling have been completed at several per-manent townships during the year, and others are in progress; this will t end to materially improve the uiscipline of the service, and also serve the convenience of the public by enabling them to find police at any moment when required. Some very high rentals will also be saved thereby, for example, £120 per annum at Albury, and £150 at Tamworth.

Crime of a serious character is I am happy to say still gradually decreasing, though the number of offenders taken into custody has increased, more especially in the metropolis .

The duties of the police have also materially increased by the work imposed upon them in connection with the public lands and in the collection of statistics, also by their duties at the Courts of Petty Sessions when they act as clerks.

I regret that I am unable ~est at present any means whereby the cost of the service could be safely reduced. The charges fo}' the gold escort service have been considerably lessened of late, but additional constables are required in many count ry districts now without protection, and the cost of forage is so high that this item alone will make a considerable increase in the expenditure of the Department.

DISTRICT.

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I have, &c., EDMUND FOSBERY,

Inspector General of Police.

RETURN showing the Distribution of the Police For;!e on the 1st December, 1875.

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STATION.

No.1 H ead Station 1 1 1 5 5 37 Female ' Vatoh-house 1 Pyrmont ........ . . 2 Glebe I slaml . .... . 1 No.2 Head Station l~ 2 5 3 27 Ncwtown ...... .... 1 4 Redfern . ........... 1 1 Wate.rloo .......... 1 Cook's River •••• o. 1 Concord .. .. ... .. .

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1 Petersham 1 Call~)erdoWll ...... 2 Ash eld . .. .. ..... 1 Hark Huts 1 Glebe .......... .... 1 3 Canterbury . ....... 1 Mun iek ville 1 Bnrwood ' 0 •• ••• • o. 1 No. 3 Head Station 1 2 6 28 'Vatson's Bay .. .... 1 Waverley .. . ....... 1 1 Pac1dillgton 2 Botany Day . . .... . . 1 Cougee . . ••.. ...• o. 1 Rushcutter's Bay 1 Double Day .. . ..... 1 Woollahra 1 1 No. 40 H eael Station .. 1 5 15 Balmain .. . .... , .. 1 3 North Shore .. .... .. 1 2 Lane Cove 1 Manly Beach 1 Water Police ., . ... 1 ~~ 3 10

Arm ic1ale . . . , .... .. 1 4 1 3 Bcndemcer •••• , . 0, 2 Uralla ........... .. 2 Walcha .. .. ..... . ... . 1 2 Tenterfi eld 1 1 2 Wilson's Downfall .. 1 1 Inverell .. . ......... 1 1 1 1 Tingha .. .. ... ...•. 2 Ashford ....... ... . . 1 Bllnda,rra ••••• •• o' 1 1 Glen Innes 1 2 2 Vegetable Creek . ... 1 1 Grafton .. .. . ... . .. , 1 2 1 4 So,," Gm''''' "" " " " "I

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/ I lIIaclean . .. ...... . 1 La '~7 r~nce .......... 1 SoHenno . . ..... •.. 1 Dalmorton ...... .. 1 Cas ino . .... , ...... 1 Dallina .......... .. 1 Lismo,'c ., ...... . . 1 " 'weuc1 .,., . . . , .. . , 1 Dmko . , ••• •• ," o. 1 U lmnrm . . ... , •. o . 1 1

Wardell . , ., •••• o. 1 ChlLlswo,.lh I sland .. 1

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IIIthcrn .... Goulburn . . . ..... .. 1 1 2 2 7 Marulan .0 .•...... 1 Bungonia .•.•.. .... I Tarago . • ••. •.•.. . . ] I Collector . . . .. . . . . . I I Crookwell 1 I 'raralga ......... . I 1 Binda ............ I 'ruena ••• •• . • . • . o . 1 I Yass .. . .... . .. .. .. 1 3 I I Gunuing .... .. . . . . I 1 Binalong ........ .. 1 I BUlTowa ... ... . ... 1 1 I Dryburgh I I Gundaroo 1 Young ••••• • o ••• • • 1* 1 I 4 Marengo . . . ..... . . 1 Wombat .. .. ...... I Cootmnundry . .•• o. I I 1IIIlHum burrah .. .. 1 I Morangarell ] 1 Braidwood . ... .... I 2 2 I Mongarlow I Campbell's Springs 3 Major 's Creek . ... . . 2 Nelligen ...... .. .. 1 Araluen ... . .. ... . I 1 1 Queanbeyan .... ..... I 1 2 Bungendore ........ 1 1 Moruya . . ... . ...•.. I 1 1 N errigumlah I Cooma . . . ..... . ..• I 1 2 2 Nimitybelle . .... ... I Bombala .. .. .. ... . 1 2 1 Bega . ... .. ... ..... 1 I 1 Michelago 1 1 Edcn .......... . .. . 1 1 Seymour .... .... .. 1 Merimbula . . .• . . .. 1 Panhula .. ... .... , 1 1

Eastern ... .... Depot • • • • •• •••• o. 1 1 P an amatta .... ... . 2 I 5 Smithfield 1 Ryde . . ........ .•. . 1 Windsor .. ... .. . .. 1 1 3 Richmond ... ..... .. 1 Rouse Hill 1 Wilberforce " ... ... 1 St. Albans 1 P enrith . .... .. . . . . . 1 1 St. Mary's 1 Emu Plains .. .... .. 1 Liverpool . . . .. .. ... 1 1 Campbell town .. . .. . 1 1 Appin .... . . .. .. . . I Oamden . .. . . .. ... .. 1 1 1 Picton ... , .. . ... . . 1 I Bel'l'ima ••••• 0 •• o. I 2 Sutton Forest .. .... 1 Mittagong 1 Wollongong ... . " .. 1 1 I Dapto . ..... . ..... I Woonona ••• 0· ••• •• 1 Kiama . .. .. . .. . . .. 1 1 Shcllharbour 1 .Jamberoo . . . . . .. ... 1 N owra. . . . ... . ..... I T errara .... ..... .. . 1 Broughton Creck .. I Ulladulla . . ........ 1

'Western Bathurst .. . .. .. . .. 1 1 1 1 G 1 1 8 Kelso ....... .. .. ... 1 Raglan . . .... . .... . , :: 1 Diamond Swamp 1 Oheron . . ..... . .... 1 1 Hartley . ... .. .. .. . . 1 Hockley .......... . . 1 1 BI'WJ1cy ••.••••• o, 1 Orangc .... ........ 1 ~ 1 1 4 Molong . ... ... ... . . 1 1 ' Vyagdon .. ....•. .. 1 O'Connell Plains .. 1 'r l'1lnlwy Creek . ... 1 1 Rydal ...... . ..... . . 1 1 Careoar . . .. ........ 1 1 I Bourke ... ....... . . 1 1 I Gongolgoll . ....•.. 2 Brecwarl'ina .... .... 1 I

"Acting Sub· Inspector.

DISTRI CT.

Western-continued.

STATION.

Mudgee .. ...• .. .• . • Keen's Swamp .. .. . . Rylstone .. . . .. .. .. Windeye1' ... .... .. . r albraga1' .. . . .... .. Colah . ..... .. .. . . M unclooran Coonaba1'abran . . , . Gulgong .... . . .. . . Home Rule .. . . .. . . Tambaroora .. ..... . Hill End .. . .. . . .. . Hargraves .. . . .. . . Sofala ....... . ... . 'Wollar . . ...... .. .. F orbes .. . ... . .. • •. Parkes ... . ....... . T ichborne . ...... . Toogong . . .. ..... . E ugowra ... ... . • •. Condobolin ...... .. Grenfell ........ .. Cowra .... . . .. . . . . lIIarsden .. . .. ... . . Dubbo . ... .. . . ..•. Wellington ... .. . . . Obley .. .. .. .... .. Dandaloo . .. ... .•.. ' Van'en . .. . .... .. . . Canonbar " ... . ... . Terribile .. . ... .. . . Coonamble Stony Creek ... .•• .. Lithgow Valley ....

North-eastern .. West Maitland Lochinvar .. .... .. . . Branxton . •... . . ... Greta ... . . ...... . . . Cessnock . . . . . . ... . 'Rast M aitlanc1 ..... . Mount Vincent Coor umbong .. ... . Catherine Hill Bay .. Largs . . ........ . .. . JIiorpeth . .... ... .. Hinton . ... .. . . . . •. Paterson . .. ... . .. . Gresfonl .. . . ..... . Raymond T errace .. Cbrence Town Dungog . ..... ... . . . Stroud . .. . . . ... . . . Bulah Delah Newcastle ..... .... . Hamilton .. . . . .. . . . Waratah ........ .. Lambton ........ .. Wallsend .... .. .. .. Gosford . ... . . .. ... . Wollombi .. .... .. .. Singleton ... ... . • .. Broke . .. . . . . .. . . . J erry's Plains .. ... . Muswellbrook . . . .. Denman .. .. ... .. . l\1erriwa .. ... ... . . Cassilis .. . . " . . . . . . Scone . .. . . . ..... . Taree . ... , . .. .. .. Cundletown Wingham T inonee . ... .... . . Port lIIaequarie Kcmpsey . . ...... . . Bellinger . . ...... . .

North-western T amworth Murrurundi . ... ... . Black Creek Gunnedah . . ...... . . Boggabri . . . . ..... . Narrabri ... . . . ... . Wee Waa . . Pill iga .. ........ .. Wnlgett ..... ...... . Goo(looga .... . . . .. . Y t ITIan ......... . . . More .... .. .. .. .. \\'nr ill lila ........ . .

M OU NTED.

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Bingera. _ . .. _ .... . . Barraba . ... . ___ . .. _ Wallabadah . . " ... . Nundle ....... . .. " Barradille .. ... .... . Manilla .... ... . . .

Hau th-western Deniliquin . .... .. . lIfoama . .. . . . .. . . Tocumwal ... . . .. . J erilc1erie . . .. . . H ay .. .. . . . .. . .• . . Booligal .. .. . .. . . . lIfoulamein .. ... . . . Balranald . ... .. ... . Euston . . .... . . . . . . ·Wentworth ....... . lIfenindie " ...... . . P oollcarie ......... . Wilcannia .• . .. ..... Mount Gipps .. . . . . Hillston •• .•. . . .. .

Murray. . . . •• Albury .... . ...... . Walbundrie . . . .. . . . 'l'en-mile Oreek .. . . Coro,va .... ...... .. . H owlong ........ .. Mulwala . . ....... . Tumberumba ... . . . Greg Greg ...... .. Gundagai ......... . Tumut .. . , •....... Adelong . . ....... . Shepherdstown ... . Reedy F lat ..... . . . J ugiong ... . . .... . Wagga Wagga . .. . Vrana . . .... . ... . . Narandera ...... . Kyamba . .. . .... . . Tarcutta .. . .. . ... .

D EPOT. Incoursoofinstruction, under OrderS}

for transfer, en j'oule to country districts, sick, &c. . ..... . . . . . .

Gold E scort ... ... .. ... . . •. . ...... Mint .... . .. . .... .... .. .. . . . .... . General P ost Office ...... .. .. . . ... .

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~(OUNTED.

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T OTAL • • •••• .• .. . • - -8 - --2- 2118 271103 260 ~ 22 4'81357

Police Department, Inspector-General's Office,

Sydney, 9th December, 1875.

EDMUND FOSBERY, Inspector Geneml of Police.

Sydney : Thoma. Richards, Government Printer.-18i6. [6el .J 247-B