D.—No. 17

RETURN showing the Number and Rates of Pay of the under-mentioned Colonial Forces.

RETURN OF RATES OF PAY GIVEN TO COLONIAL FORCES.

Corps. Rank and Kumbi ir. Yearly Pay. Daily Pay. Remarks. 'ield Force Colonel Commanding Adjutant Brigade Major Paymaster Assistant Surgeons ... Quartermaster Acting Quartermasters Quartermaster Sergt. 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 £ 600 s. d. Chief Inspector. / 22 8 18 1 23 0 13 0 18 1 12 6 7 6 amed Constabulary Inspectors Sub-Inspectors Acting Sub-Inspectors Senior Sergeants Sergeants Corporals Constables Senior Sergeants Sergeants Corporals Constables 5 19 10 3 6 6 113 8 48 49 1,145 350 250 150 *• 9 6 8 0 7 6 7 0 7 6 6 0 5 6 5 0 > Mounted. >• On foot. zocal Militia Lieutenant-Colonel... Ditto Majors Brevet-Major Captains Lieutenants Ensigns Surgeon Assistant Surgeon ... Ditto Sergeants Corporals Privates 1 3 3 1 4 3 4 1 1 3 9 11 187 450 23 0 19 0 23 1 16 1 11 0 9 9 18 0 21 0 13 0 5 0 4 6 4 0 Officer Commanding Waikato, am Inspector A.C. Includes 5s. as Paymaster. Includes 6a. 3d. for medicine. r olunteer Militia Captain Ensign Sergeants Corporals Privates 1 1 2 2 51 16 1 9 9 6 0 5 6 5 0 83 of these are Ngatiporous ii the Armed Constabulary; 31 are mounted men attached t Wanganui Cavalry. Fatives Captain Lieutenants Ensigns Chiefs Sergeants Corporals Privates 1 2 3 10 9 9 723 16 1 11 0 9 9 10 0 6 0 5 6 5 0 2,468