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which do not exist in the other colonies.

I have prepared a table (C)
showing the cost of the Native Police alone,
which as you will perceive amounts to
£10622.3.8. This does not include trackers
but merely the troopers and their officers
who are engaged solely to protect settlers
from the blacks; another condition with
which the other colonies are not saddled.

In conclusion I would beg to refer
you to the fact that there are no places
in the colony where stations are in
existence at which police are not required,
or where there are more officers or men
than are absolutely necessary. As regards
the expenditure, every effort is made to
keep it down, and the check in the Head
Office is as perfect as it can be made,
and I can with confidence say that the
Department cannot possibly be managed
more economically than it is.

I have the honor to be

Sir,

Your most obedient servant

[signed] D.T. Seymour

Commissioner of Police