B.—No. 6.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE EXISTING EXPENDITURE FOR PURPOSES OF COLONIAL DEFENCE.

Description of Force. Districts where employed. i _ Monthly Expenditure including Forage and Rations. Per Month. Per Annum. Remarks. Military Settlers ra Waikato and Tauranga 1091 £ s. d. 6,609 0 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. Pay only. Must be retained on pay for at least six months longer. Including 380 women and 1008 children, at Is. 6d. per ration for twelve months, and half that sum for six months in addition. Pay and rations. Expected to be off pay on 31st March, and then entitled to twelve months rations. Pay and rations. Expected to be off pay on 31st January, and then entitled to twelve months rations. Ditto. Ditto. Rations for ditto 2315 6,543 14 3 Taranaki 4,196 10 0 White Cliffs 146 966 14 8 Opotiki Waiapu Women and Children at Taranaki 373 154 . 51 < and U14 3,357 19 6 1,264 14 6 i 132 10 6 1,050 0 0 Hospitals Rations only. 24,121 4 3 289,454 11 0 Pay and rations. Ditto. Forest and Bushrangers l- Waiapu Wanganui 63 33 558 8 9 336 7 0 894 15 9 10,737 9 0 Defence Force Auckland Wairarapa Poverty Bay Opotiki 26 27 27 53 210 4 2 370 9 0 354 19 4 519 15 6 f No rations. Pay and rations. Volunteers Poverty Bay Opotiki 53 5 554 9 6 78 4 6 1,455' "$ 0 17,464 16 0 Pay and rations. Ditto. Native Allies 632 14 0 7,592 8 0 Opotiki White Cliffs Wanganui 132 104 72 1,208 8 0 439 11 2 598 6 0 Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Friendly Natives 2,246 5 2 26,955 2 0 Waiapu Wanganui 150 Rations only. Ditto. 406 17 6 357 15 0 Militia & Mounted Volunteers 764 12 6 9,175 10 0 Taranaki 36 529 0 0 529 0 0 6,348 0 0 Pay and rations. Militia Staff Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Rangitikei Wellington Napier Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland 77 5 0 118 10 0 48 1 0 65 2 0 83 0 0 53 10 6 41 17 0 35 13 0 63 1 6 39 9 0 Included in Military Settlers. Steamers " St. Kilda" "Sturt" "Gundagai" "Moutoa" Superintendent of River Transport 300 0 0 300 0 0 625 9 0 7,505 8 0 j Paid by Commissariat. Carrii 80 0 0 680 0 0 8,160 0 0 >d forward 31,949 8 8 383,393 4 0