NEW ZEALAND'S CONTRIBUTION. SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON, January 29.
The following figures give the number of officers and men who have composed the several contingents : —
First Contingent. — 11 officers, 204 men ; — total, 216.
Second Contingent. — 14 officers, 254 men ; —total, 26?.
Third Contingent.— l 2 officers, 252 men; — total, 26t.
Fourth Contingent. — 24 officers, 442 men ; —total, 466.
Fifth Contingent.— 24 officers, 571 men; — total, 595. Sixth Contingent. — 22 officers, 560 men; — toral, 552,
Seventh Contingent. — 31 officers, 562 men ; —total, 593.
Eighth Contingent. — 60 officers, 1110 men; — total, 1170.
Grand total. — 193 officers, 3955 men. When the ninth contingent has been recruited the colony will "have contributed over 5000 officers and men to the war within less than two and a-half years.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2499, 5 February 1902, Page 30
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127NEW ZEALAND'S CONTRIBUTION. SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Otago Witness, Issue 2499, 5 February 1902, Page 30
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