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The St. John's College Cadets, the New Plymouth School Cadets, the Blenheim School Cadets, the Christ's College Cadets, the Christchurch High School Cadets, the Palmerston South High School Cadets, and the Tokomairiro High School Cadets are good companies. The remainder of the cadet companies which I have inspected during the past year are not up to the standard of the above companies. In most cases the work done was simply setting up and recruit drill. There are in all thirty-seven companies of cadets, and the difficulty of instructing such a number of companies is very great. It would be extremely beneficial if all the companies could be raised to the same state of proficiency as those reported upon as being very good. Several applications have Been received from Auckland for the formation of cadet companies. If there is a reasonable prospect of such companies receiving good instruction it would be wise to form them. Indifferently-instructed cadets are worse than useless, as they from the commencement get into slovenly and careless habits.

Return of Cadet Corps, showing Strength, and Amount of Annual Allowance paid each Corps, on the 28th February, 1895.

District. Corps. Strength. Allowance paid. Auckland ... East Coast Taranaki ... St. John's College Eifle Cadet Volunteers Napier High School Naval Artillery Cadet Volunteers ... New Plymouth School Eifle Cadet Volunteers ... Wanganui Collegiate School Eifle Cadet Volunteers Wanganui Boys' Public School Eifle Cadet Volunteers ... Masterton School Eifle Cadet Volunteers Wellington College Eifle Cadet Volunteers Mount Cook School Eifle Cadet Volunteers Nelson College Eifle Cadet Volunteers Westport School Eifle Cadet Volunteers Blenheim Borough School Cadet Volunteers ... Tuamarina School Cadet Volunteers ... Christ's College Eifle Cadet Volunteers Christchurch Boys' High School Cadet Volunteers Kaiapoi Eifle Cadet Volunteers Queen's Eifle Cadet Volunteers Timaru High School Cadet Volunteers Temuka District High School Cadet Volunteers Oamaru High School Cadet Volunteers Oamaru North School Cadet Volunteers Oamaru South School Cadet Volunteers ... Waitaki High School Naval Cadet Volunteers ... Palmerston South High School Cadet Volunteers Union Street School Cadet Volunteers Normal School Cadet Volunteers South District School Cadet Volunteers ... Arthur Street School Cadet Volunteers Outram School Cadet Volunteers Dunedin High School Cadet Volunteers Lawrence District High School Cadet Volunteers North-east Valley School Cadet Volunteers Albany School Cadet Volunteers Tokomairiro High School Cadet Volunteers George Street School Cadet Volunteers Balclutha School Cadet Volunteers ... Invercargill Middle School Cadet Volunteers ... Woodlands School Cadet Volunteers ... 55 40 42 106 44 51 49 62 61 43 60 24 56 60 46 40 46 47 47 48 47 43 47 65 62 51 81 45 53 50 60 62 39 69 50 50 41 £ 20 Wanganui ... 15 20 20 it • • • Wairarapa... Wellington 20 20 20 it •' • Nelson „ ... ... Marlborough 20 North Canterbury... „ ... it South Canterbury... a ... Oamaru If ... ... If • • • tf . - . ... Dunedin ... 20 20 20 20 15 10 15 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 Disb. 20 20 10 10 20 10 // ... ... „ a • • • ... ... u .- . ... It • • • ■ • ■ Southland ... ' 15 „ ... ...