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would not be permanent rangers, but would be detached 

 for this special duty for a period to be fixed by the Inspector- 

 General, and they would thus be available for transfer, on 

 promotion, or otherwise, like any other policeman. A 

 great advantage of the arrangement would be that the 

 rangers would be in close touch with their superior officers, 

 and thus the difficulty of bad characters making habitual 

 use of parks for criminal and vicious purposes would be 

 much increased. Last, but certainly not least, I am a 

 great believer in the value of a police-uniform for the main- 

 tenance of order, particularly amongst young people, in a 

 public park. The mere presence of the uniform has a 

 wonderful effect. When detective work is required, the 

 services of plain-clothes constables can be called into 

 requisition. 



b. Traffic regulation. — Wheeled traffic in parks is per- 

 mitted only so far as it enhances the public enjoyment of 

 the park. By means of a vehicle a citizen (whether invalid 

 or not) can take the air and visit distant parts of a park 

 without fatigue. The driver of a vehicle should be especi- 

 ally considerate to a pedestrian in a public park. Miscel- 

 laneous traffic is undesirable in a park, as it interferes with 

 its restfulness and beauty. 



There are several reasons why carriages are not permis- 

 sible in public parks at night. 



1. No matter how well a park is lighted, vehicular traffic 

 is more dangerous to the pedestrian at night than by day, 

 and a feeling of insecurity takes away the restful feeling 

 which it is one of the objects of a park to secure. 



2. The regulation of vehicular traffic at night is costly. 



3. Vehicles may deposit rubbish in a park under cover 

 of the darkness. 



4. Vehicles provide facilities for certain forms of vice, 

 particularly amongst the well to do. 



