D.-No. 16.

RETURN OF THE COLONIAL FORCES ON PAY ON THE 15th JUNE, 1869; TOGETHER WITH THE RATES OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES, AND THE TOTAL DAILY COST OF THE FORCES.

(Return to an Order of the Souse of Representatives, of tie 23rd June, 1869.) That there be laid on the Table of this House—" A Return specifying the Number of Field Officers, Captains, Subaltern Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates (European and Native), respectively, who were on Pay on the 15th clay of June, and specifying the Bates of Daily Pay and Allowances in each Class, and the total Daily Cost of such Pay and Allowances for the whole Porce." (Mr. Billon Sell.)

WELLINGTON. 1869.