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is a truculent town -.nu there has seen trouble
ther^ in the oust. 1":• • « x i a o; n ce of o re u l •: r
police . 031 in the .liialo c;f ih<. to« :i ill
assist ii-e police in mu in tain in*. law .• .u aruer.

3. i.dnc.rrjh Fort.' Constant repairs have
been necessary in the Fort :it Manuaah. «.t
regular intervals largo sections of the outer
walls -no the towers suddenly collapse. The

//hole building needs renovating, .Several of
the barrack roons became dangerous daring the
year and,instead of repairing these rooms one
long new barrack room has been built inside

the Fort whicn will accomodate about, forty men.
it is hia*i and 'well ventilated and the men v/.:c
occupy it will enjoy .more healthy conditions
than before.

9. Health. A drain has seen dug, by prison
labour, from the j?ort to the municipal drain
which carries off the spare water from the
municipal garden, i'his has cleared the *ort
garden of all stagnant water and since this

was done there has oeen a noticeable diminution
of malaria among the police. i'heir health
on the whole is satisfactory and their physical

standard is good. V.'hen recruits are required
there ore so many applications that it is pos­
sible to pick and choose. .Then a few men are
needed as recruits thirty or forty applicants
come daily to the Fort asking to be enlisted.

10. divine debts. .i large nunoer of the
police are uivers v;no owe money to the naKhudas.
in tiie past only men with small dents were