The total strength of the police-force remained unaltered during Mr. Kennedy’s term of office. Including the constables attached to the Veterinary Department, the force numbered 2118. The annual cost, however, had increased in 1900 to Rs. 792,959, in consequence of extra allowances and contingencies. These charges were met partly from imperial, partly from provincial, and partly from municipal and other revenues. The municipal contribution was recovered under section 62 of Bombay Act III of 1888, and continued to be so till 1907, when under the provisions of Bombay Act III of that year the Government became responsible for the whole cost of the force. Besides the police-force proper, the Commissioner recruited and controlled a force of 1048 Ramoshis or night-watchmen, whose wages, as previously mentioned, were recovered from the individuals and firms employing their services. The Ramoshis as a class were not very satisfactory; and though nominally under the supervision of the police-officers of the division or section in which their post lay, there was really no one to see whether they kept awake at night and really did their duty. Had there been any proper and comprehensive beat-system for the divisional constabulary, such as there is in London, the existence of a Ramoshi force would have been quite unnecessary: but the total number of police-constables was never sufficient to admit of the introduction of such a system. For administrative purposes, Bombay was composed in 1899 of the eleven police divisions mentioned below, which were sub-divided into sections or areas controlled by a “police-station”. The staff of a station comprised usually an European inspector and sub-inspector and a number of subordinate native officers (jemadar, havildar, naik) and constables. +----------+-----------------------------------------------+ | Division | Sections | +----------+-----------------------------------------------+ | A | Fort | | B | Umarkhadi, Market, Mandvi | | C | Bhuleshwar, Nal Bazar, Dhobi Talao | | D | Girgaum, Khetwadi, Mahalakshmi and Walkeshwar | | E | Byculla, Mazagon, Kamathipura | | F | Dadar, Sewri, Matunga, Parel | | G | Worli, Mahim | | H and I | Harbour and Docks | | K | Detective Branch | | L | Reserve (Armed and unarmed) | +----------+-----------------------------------------------+