NEW ZEALAND VOLUNTEER FORCE (RETURN OF THE STRENGTH OF THE, AND HOW ARMED).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1878 Session I, H-20a

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1878. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND VOLUNTEER FORCE (RETURN OF THE STRENGTH OF THE, AND HOW ARMED).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

RETURN of the STRENGTH of the VOLUNTEER FORCE, and How Armed.

How A ted. Sniders. S3 District. Corps. 1j I o s = — 3 E a to I - G d 9 r% 00 1 a as "2 o a EC c o 9 bfl E QQ a .1 if: 00 •w a 1 a> if. - f .5 sa 00 — a 1 So E a> DQ aj •a a M a a A ■ o -3 H 1 I K E? - o g o b E bo I 1 o i d N .E Remarks. 1 •~ o "5 s p. o 0 o E (fi o m s .ucklancl Staff Nixon Cavalry Troop ... Auckland Artillery „ Engineers ... Victoria Rifles No. 3 „ Hobson ,, Otahuhu „ Scottish „ Onehunga „ Naval Brigade Engineer Cadets Grammar School Cadets 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 I I I I I I I 2 4 2 5 4 2 2 3 2 4 4 32 77 72 78 49 76 57 67 5° 89 57 38 85 79 87 57 82 63 73 55 100 64 21 41 7(> 64 89 61 60 9' 55 1 1 1 4 86 Not yet armed. 1 1 1 1 1 1 60 ... aiuku Staff Waiuku Cavalry Forest Rifles... Waiuku „ ... Pukekohe „ .,. Tuakau „ ... Wairoa „ ... Forest Cadets Tuakau „ Pukekohe „ Waiuku „ 1 45 47 47 44 49 43 10 Si S3 S 2 5° 56 49 10 45 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 58 61 65 55 43 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 ■4 14 27 22 '4 27 22 "V I 33 Caikato Staff ... • ... Te Awamutu Cavalry ... Cambridge „ I I03 5i 95 gi 1 1 1 3 1 I 1 4 3 112 58 aranaki Staff Hawera Light Cavalry... Taranaki Rifles ... 1 5° 61 ... i i i 5 52 75 Not yet armed. i Canganui and Rangitikei Staff Alexandra Cavalry Wairoa „ Wanganui Rifles „ Cadets Alfred Cavalry Royal Rifles ... :- 1 I I 1 ... 1 ... I 2 4 5 6 45 40 82 58 32 S« 53 48 92 65 38 59 44 3« I 1 I I I ... 1 ... I 100 27 22 I I I 4 3 5 38 Wellington ... I I ... 72 I I I ... Staff Artillery City Rifles ... Makara „ ... Kaiwara „ ... ... I 2 I 2 4 6 64 60 54 49 72 69 60 7i I I 1 ... ■ 60 60 5° I I j... 1 ... 4 3 55

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EETUEN of the Steength of the Volunteee Foece, and How Ar: L— contin, Ho Armed. o 3 44 i a oo o £ 3 | SB ■ ■ Snidei 4 i O District. • Corps. a § s a 'rH S •= — - 3 =: QQ o 00 c a B tc E fi CD ■ ■j 1 o Gc E <u QQ o K § a H FT, ■m o 15 O EH a I o b s s O 8 a h "1 © a IS a o b 60 n i i o 3.9 3 .a Remarki. E c X '5 eg S Wellington — continued. Artillery Cadets City College „ Te Aro Greytown Rifles 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 44 S 2 24 92 5° 57 30 96 75 2 55 40 47 24 Napier Staff Artillery Engineers Cadets i 1 1 3 3 1 54 54 3« 61 61 34 Not yet armed. I 1 I 53 60 Poverty Bay ... 1 I I 3° Gisborne Rifles Cook County Rifles Bay of Plenty Cavalry... Queen's Native Rifles ... i i i 7 3 69 59 23 79 65 26 52 95 100 i i 44 Thames ,,, New corps; not yet armed. Staff Engineers Scottish Rifles, No. 1 ... „ No. 2 ... Rangers Native Naval Scottish Cadets St. George's „ I I 1 I I 1 1 1 I I 4. 5 4 5 2 5 3 4 "3 120 88 74 39 128 5° 59 120 128 94 81 44 137 56 66 IOO "5 67 84 40 l 2 130 5' I 45 I Nelson Staff Normanby Hussars Artillery City Rifles ... Stoke „ Naval Brigade Artillery Cadets City College „ Naval „ ... i I I I I I 2 5 3 3 3 2 3° 51 45 48 45 22 35 59 51 54 5 1 27 41 57 39 4° 58 60 52 49 I I 46 5° 56 1 4 2 34 53 39 1 Marlborough,,. Not armed. ••• Staff Pieton Rifles... Spring Creek Rifles Renwick „ Blenheim „ Pieton Cadeti Blenheim „ i I I I I I 4 4 3 4 4 3 92 73 54 61 90 97 99 80 60 68 96 103 5 7 ,(> 45 6.5 72 25 I ... Canterbury ... Staff C.Y. Cavalry... Timaru Artillery Christchurch „ Engineers No. 1 Rifles ... No. 5 City Guards Rifles Timaru Artillery Cadets High School „ I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 I 101 5* 47 47 4' 36 43 38 4i 109 57 55 54 48 42 5° 41 46 109 40 52 40 20 37 46 1 1 37 27 3 lamaru Staff Artillery Oamaru Rifles Hampden „ Otepopo „ Grammar School Cadets Citizen CadetB i 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 4 4 4 4 52 61 38 3i 48 43 58 69 45 38 55 48 5° 74 5° 40 1 30 5° Dunedin Staff Artillery City Guards Rifles North Dunedin ,, South District ,, Waikari „ Bruce „ East Taieri „ West Taieri „ Clutha „ Waikouaiti „ 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 4 66 75 56 47 75 45 62 42 59 48 73 83 65 53 83 53 69 5i 68 54 68 100 63 56 70 58 60 46 73 39 1 1 1 1

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the Stbength 0: ie Volunteeb oece, an .ow I — con, \mu Ho Avi ied. Snidei 3 o District. Corps. J 3 r. 3 a o 5 X .- 3 3 o 3 O 5 7i a c o -} 3 O -i 3 72 i o © CO -_- 5 I rri •0 B jo xn c: DO ■*-> P. B e o ED B 3 g n S a M ,—i li tw O 3 0 H o a 1 O I E o o 3 '.3 5 o b 3 o C '.3 s b E B 60 a -a O i « N -3 Remarks. so 3 '3 5. 2 O Eft c o So 3 00 'unedin — continued. Portobello Rifles Dunedin Naval Port Chalmers Naval ... City Guards Cadets High School Artillery „ Rifle North District School ,, South „ ,, Middle Normal School ,, Tokomairiro „ Waikouaiti „ Sandymount „ Dunedin Naval „ Port Chalmers Naval „ 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 3 6 10 54 7° 68 36 29 40 93 56 92 90 54 37 60 80 81 81 77 5° 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 5 7 2 43 36 47 100 63 100 100 59 42 5° 73 31 49 5° 5i ioo 50 5° 85 40 40 1 1 4 New corps; not yet armed. 1 1 I I 3 s 67' 23 Bo 3° iv«rcargill ... Staff Artillery Engineers Invercargill Rifles Riverton ,, Invercargill Cadets Riverton „ 2 7 4 4 6 3 90 82 67 43 68 100 90 76 52 75 So So 1 I I I 2 I 1 I i I I I I 57 40 New corps; not yet armed. I I 60 New corps; not yet armed. ,ak» Staff Arrow Rifles ... Queenstown Rifles Cromwell ,, Queenstown Cadets 1 I I i I I I 3 3 5 2 5° 29 43 55 57 37 53 61 67 47 60 i i Vestland i i i 14 i i I Staff 1st Westland Rifles ... Greymouth „ Hokitika Cadets Greymouth „ 1 8 130 48 3> 33 142 52 36 36 121 5° I 1 1 3 2 24 1 1 60 1 2 >ric« 3d.] By Authority : Gboegb Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—1878.