appended shows the number of old and new Precincts, and the location of station-houses, also
the location of the several squads not included in the Police Force attached to Precincts.

No appointments were made to the Pjlice Force during the year, for the reason that by the
provisions of the Charter the maximum number of patrolmen was fixed at 6,382. The reinstate¬
ments ordered by the Courts, 'together with the persons whom the Board was obliged by law to rec¬
ognize as members of the Force in the borough of Queens during the year, kept the number above
the maximum fixed by the Charter. On the 31st day of December, 1897, there were 4,4.37 patrolmen
in the then City of New York. On the 31st day of December, 1898, there were 4,702 patrolmen,
an increase of 265, due to the transfer of 306 from the Central Park Force and go from the Brook¬
lyn Bridge Force (the latter now enumerated in the Manhattan Force), making a total of 396
added to the old City of New York. Adding this 396 to the Patrol Force in December, 1897, we
have a total of 4,833, indicating that the Force in Manhattan and Bronx, exclusive of Park and
Bridge Force, has decreased 131. This decrease is just as marked in the Borough of Brooklyn, but
the necessity of providing a Patrol Force in Queens necessitated the reduction in the three
boroughs first named.    In the Borough of Richmond the Force is practically the same as in 1897.

There is a pressing necessity for an increase in the number of patrolmen, the neces;ity for
properly patrolling the Borough of Queens together with the increase in the population of all
boroughs require that additional men should be provided; the patrol posts as divided in many pre¬
cincts are so large in territory as to be almost impossible to expect the proper patrolling it by an
officer ; this will apply to many posts in the thickly settled parts of the boroughs of Manhattan and
Brooklyn, as well as in the other boroughs.

The following comparative statement of the relative strength of the Police Force to
population in The City of New York, exhibits in the clearest manner the importance of giving
this subject consideration with as little delay as practicable :
 

Year.
 

1876...............

1896...............

189; {Greater CityJ
 

Population.
 

1.075.532
3.553.053
 

Patkol Force,
 

2,261
3.684
6,396
 

The expenses for the year 1897 of maintaining the Police Departments, or their equivalent,
in the several cities, towns and villages consolidated into The City of New York (as shown in
detailed schedule) with the exception of that portion of the Township of Hempstead which was
annexed to the Greater City, the apportionment of the cost of which cannot as yet be ascertained,
amounted (o the sum of $10,235,280.14.

The expense for the year 1898 of the Police Department of The City of New York (as also
shown in detailed schedule) amounted to the sum of $10,705,764.91 ; showing an excess of cost
for the year i8g8 over thai of the year 1897 of $470,484.77.

There are two items of expense included in the cost for the year 1898 which should not be
considered as particularly chargeable to that year, to wit: There were reinstated in the year
1898, by order of the courts, 117 men.   The salaries, costs, etc., paid in that year, on account of said