B.—No. Id,

48

VIII. —E STIMATES FOR THE

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 30 June, 1869, to defray the Charges of MILITIA, VOLUNTEERS, and ARMED CONSTABULARY.

Item. 1808-9. General Charges. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Militia and Volunteers — Establishment — Clerks, 1 at £300,1 at £260,1 at £210, 1 at £185 Sub-Storekeepers, 1 at £250. 2 at £100 Clerks to ditto, 1 at £160,1 at £150,1 at £130 „ 2 at £160, for six months Armourers, 2 at £182 Arm-cleaners, 4 at £109 10s. ... .. I Inspection of Volunteers and Stores —Travelling Expenses ... Messenger 955 0 450 0 440 0 160 0 364 0 438 0 350 0 109 10 Total —Vote 48—Establishment, Militia and Volunteers 3,200 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Miscellaneous — Prizes for Bine Shooting Passages by Sea and Detention Allowances for Competitors for Colonial Prizes Pay of Markers and other Incidental Expenses... Ammunition purchased from the Imperial Government Carriage and Freight of Arms, and other Military Stores ... Insurance on Government Military Stores Eepair of Arms in places where regular Armourers are not employed... Eent of Offices, Orderly Booms, Storehouses, Armouries, and Magazines Advertising Books and Printing Preparing Militia Eolls ... ... ... ... Contingencies 1,000 400 200 2,800 400 250 200 180 100 50 500 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total —Vote 49—Miscellaneous, Militia and Volunteers 6,586 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 Armed Constabulary— Chief Inspector 6 Inspectors, at £350 10 Sub-Inspectors, at £250 5 Acting Sub-Inspectors, at £150 ... 3 Assistant-Surgeons, at 13s. a day ... 3 Senior Sergeants, mounted (including rations and forage allowance) at 9s. 6d. 7 Sergeants, mounted (including rations and forage allowance) at 8s. ... 8 Corporals, mounted (including rations and forage allowance) at 7s. 6d. 150 Constables, mounted (including rations and forage allowance) at 7s. 3 Senior Sergeants, on foot (including rations) at 7s. 6d. ... 18 Sergeants, ditto ditto at 6s. 17 Corporals, ditto ditto at 5s. 6d. ... 350 Constables, ditto ditto at 5s. Paymasters'Allowance, 4 at 5s. 600 0 0 2,100 0 0 2,500 0 0 750 0 0 711 15 0 520 2 6 1,022 0 0 1,095 0 0 19,162 10 0 410 12 6 1,971 0 0 1,706 7 6 31,937 10 0 365 0 0 a 64,851 17 15 10 17 18 19 Clothing, 168 Constables (mounted) at 10s. a month Ditto, 338 ditto (on foot) at 6s. a month Forage Allowance —24 Officers at 3s. a day Forage Allowance —50 Pack-horses at 3s. a day... Shoeing Allowance —50 Pack-horses at 6s. a month 1,008 0 1,396 16 1,314 0 2,737 10 180 0 0,030 6