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Police & Public security.

£n instructor can be obtained from the Indian Police
department.

Various innovations have been introduced in the
routine including football, route inarches and physi­
cal drill and fouryoung neri.are being trained as
buglers and drummers so that when the Police go on a

route inarch they march to music.
The agreement of Captain L. S. Parke, who is now

Inspector of Police, Llauritius, and who held the post
of Assistant Adviser and Commandant of Police, termi­
nated on 25th September 1933. Prom the date of his
departure on leave in April last I have undertaken

the duties which he formerly carried out.
Crime.

Considering the general state of want which has been
caused by the depression in the diving industry it is sur­
prising that there has been so little crime during the
year. Only two cases of murder ocurred and one case

of an armed raid on a Bahrani village which resulted in

grievous hurt to the owner of the house which was
attacked.
a local Arab in Uanamah was murdered during a quarrel
by a liejdi. The murderer was tried and executed.

A 70Ung wonan who gave birth to an illegitimate child
murdered by her four uncles in Iiuharraq. The murder

k place in the house of the victim’s relations which
was closely surrounded by other houses. It appears that
s_ie was actually killed in the compound, by stabbing,

b^t although the neighbours heard and were aware of what