s ▁of ▁cool ies , ▁with ▁great ▁p atience , ▁tact , ▁jud g ement ▁and ▁decision . ▁During ▁the ▁min ing ▁bo om ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁K inta ▁was ▁hit ▁with ▁a ▁wave ▁of ▁crime , ▁influenced ▁by ▁drink ing ▁and ▁g amb ling . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁breaking ▁down ▁of ▁the ▁secret ▁soci eties , ▁there ▁was ▁less ▁organ ised ▁crime ▁but ▁the ▁region ▁was ▁pl ag ued ▁with ▁ro ving ▁gang s ▁of ▁ro bb ers . ▁Walker ▁compla ined ▁to ▁his ▁super iors ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁police ▁the ▁district ▁with ▁a ▁police ▁force ▁of ▁only ▁ 1 9 6 : Pol ice ▁work ▁in ▁K inta , ▁as ▁elsewhere , ▁has ▁increased ▁with ▁the ▁population , ▁and ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁men ▁for ▁work ▁does ▁not ▁increase ▁proportion ally . ▁New ▁places ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁keep ▁opening ▁out , ▁but ▁although ▁the ▁old ▁places ▁do ▁not ▁die ▁as ▁these ▁spring ▁up , ▁the ▁same ▁number ▁of ▁men ▁are ▁still ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁sufficient ▁to ▁efficiently ▁check ▁crime . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁a ▁large ▁force ▁from ▁the ▁Per ak ▁S ik hs ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁P ah ang ▁to ▁qu ell ▁an ▁u pr ising ▁there . ▁Following ▁the ▁supp ression ▁of ▁the ▁" P ah ang ▁dist urban ces ", ▁Walker ▁was ▁again ▁able ▁to ▁concent rate ▁his ▁attention ▁on ▁the ▁situation ▁in ▁Per ak . ▁Following ▁a ▁sudden ▁increase ▁in ▁crime ▁in