VOLUNTEER CORPS ACCEPTED AND REJECTED (RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1900 Session I, H-19b

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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

VOLUNTEER CORPS ACCEPTED AND REJECTED (RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 6th July, 1900. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing—(l) The number of Volunteer corps whose services have been accepted during the last twelve months ; 2) the number of men in each such accepted corps ; (3) the electoral district in which each such corps has its headquarters ; (4) the number of corps previously iv each such district, and the number of men in each corps ; (5) the number of corps whose services have been rejected in each electoral district, and the number of men in each rejeoted corps; (6) whether each suoh rejected corps was infantry or mounted."—(Mr. R. McKbnzie.)

Return of Adult Volunteer Corps accepted and rejected from the 6th Day of July, 1899, to the 6th Day of July, 1900. Accepted.

Previously in District. Name of Corps. Number of Men. Maximum Establishment of Corps. Electoral District. Number of Corps. Number of Men. Marsden Mounted Rifles Seddon Horse Mounted Rifles Pukekohe Mounted Rifles Franklin Mounted Rifles Huntly Rifles East Coast Mounted Rifles Hawke's Bay Mounter) Rifles Ahuriri Mounted Rifles Ruahine Mounted Rifles Pahiatua Mounted Rifles Wairarapa Mounted Rifles South Wairarapa Mounted Rifles Opunaki Mounted Rifles Taranaki Guards Rifles Stratford Mounted Rifles Wanganui Highland Rifles Horowhenua Mounted Rifles Otaki Mounted Rifles Engineer Volunteers (not yet completed) Wellington Highland Rifles Wellington Bearer Corps Wellington Naval Artillery (not yet completed) Wakatu Mounted Rifles Takaka Mounted Rifles Westport Rifles* Waitohi Rifles Kaikoura Mounted Rifles Amuri Mounted Rifles Cust Mounted Rifles North Canterbury Rifles Waimakiriri Mounted Rifles Christchurch Civil Service Rifles Malvern Mounted Rifles Ashburton Mounted Rifles Mackenzie Mounted Rifles Studholme Mounted RiflVs .. Hampden Rifles Palmerston South Rifles Maniototo Mounted Rifles Wakari Rifles Caversham Rifles Tuapeka Mounted Rifles Alexandra South Rifles (not yet completed) Mataura Mounted Rifles Winton Rifles Mercantile Rifles 73 65 Not given 66 69 63 81 80 65 125 56 80 62 100 70 56 46 69 Not given 84 Marsden City of Auckland .. Franklin Nil 16 Nil Nil. 1,132 Nil. 63 84 Waikato Waiapu Napier 2 Nil 2 2 2 1 Nil 147 Nil. 159 159 118 58 Nil. Waipawa Pahiatua Wairarapa 63 84 63 84 84 84 Taranaki Egmont Wanganui Manawatu Otaki City of Wellington.. 1 1 Nil 3 1 Nil 11 65 65 Nil. 217 64 Nil. 792 56 23 Not given 63 27 104 70 86 80 60 40 40 70 65 74 140 70 160 70 70 65 65 82 92 83 76 Not given 60 63 74 84 City of Nelson Motueka Buller Wairau Ashley 4 Nil 1 Nil Nil 304 Nil. 60 Nil. Nil. 63 63 84 Kaiapoi 2 2 13 131 131 833 Nil. 127 62 63 84 City of Christchurch 84 84 63 63 84 63 Selwyn Ashburton Waitaki Nil 2 1 Waihemo.. Nil Nil. City of Dunedin .. io 717 84 63 Tuapeka Nil Nil. 84 63 Mataura Awarua Invercargill 1 1 2 62 63 166 * Accepted provided a stron detachment is formed at Denniston. Question iot yet settled.

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Return of Adult Volunteer Corps accepted and rejected from the 6th Day of July, 1899, to the 6th Day of July, 1900— continued.

Arthur P. Douglas, Defence Office, Wellington, 31st July, 1900. Under-Secretary for Defence. Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (1,375 copies), £2 ISs.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9oo. Price 3d.]

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'ejecte Locality of Corps. Electoral District. Number of Men. Infantry or Mounted Rifles. Waimamaku Dargaville Bay of Islands 53. 63 Not stated Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Hukerenui South Paparoa (Kaipara) Aratapu Helensville Marsden 65 Not stated Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Waitemata 80 70 62 50 77 30 63 70 Not stated Mounted Rifles. Ashton, Maungaturoto Watuku Tuakau Waihi Glen Murray Waimai Te Mata, Raglan, and Waitetuna Waingaroa Tauranga Rotorua Opotiki Frasertown Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) Gisborne Franklin Ohinemuri Waikato Infantry. Either Infantry or Mounted Rifles. Mounted Rifles. Bay of Plenty 73 62 72 51 113 Not stated 129 45 50 45 90 70 76 113 80 65 70 30 60 Not stated Either Infantry or Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Mounted Rifles, Cavalry, or Lancers, Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Waiapu Napier Maraekakaho Clive .. Mohaka Ormondville Pahiatua Eketahuna Masterton Greytown Okato .. ... Waitara .. .. ' Kaipakopako Inglewood Awakino Stratford Hawera .. Eltham Wanganui Hunterville Patea Feilding .. .. x .. Palmerston North Horowhenua Foxton Karori Wellington Nelson Motueka Reef ton Brunnerton Stafford aud Goldsborough Manaroa, Pelorus Sound Cheviot New Brighton Christchurch Napier Hawke's Bay Either Infantry or Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Waipawa Pahiatua Masterton Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Wairarapa Taranaki Mounted Rifles. Infantry. (Natives), not stated. Infantry. Egmont Hawera 107 69 64 67 35 47 100 65 Not stated 70 Not stated Second oorps Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Wanganui Patea Mounted Rifles. Infantry or Artillery. Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Rangitikei Palmerston Manawacu Wellington Suburbs Wellington City .. Nelson Motueka Buller Grey Westland Wairau Ashley Avon City of Christchurch 99 106 60 33 Not stated 54 Not stated 50 74 28 30 Not stated Naval Artillery or Coastguards. Mounted Rifles. Artillery. Infantry (Scottish). Infantry. Marine Band. Cycle Corps. Infantry. Mounted Rifles. Lyttelton Leesfcon Akaroa Little River, Banks Peninsula .. Waddington Outram Green Island (Otago) Kelso Roxburgh Queenstown Bannockburn Arrowtown Mataura Bluff (Campbelltown) .. Orepuki Riverton ■Colac Bay Lyttelton Ellesmere Selwyn Taieri Clutha Tuapeka Wakatipu 50 63 84 Not stated 59 64 Not stated 64 64 75 28 21 Not stated Infantry. Mounted Rifles. Infantry. Mataura Awarua Wallace Mounted Rifles. Infaptry. Field or Garrison Artillery. Infantry. Mounted Rifles. Infantry.