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Volunteer Corps rejected.

Akthub P. Douglas, Under-Secretary for Defence. Defence Office, Wellington, 19th August, 1898.

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Locality. Strength (i.e., Number of Persons signing Requisition). Date when Application. in Defenoe Office. Date of Rejection of Service. Remarks —Reason for Rejection. 1896. 1896. June 24 1898. July 22 Ngatimoti 50 June Infantry establishment of district over strength. Ditto. Sarau... Motueka Wakapuaka 52 49 46 Aug. 10 July 25 1897. May 25 27 Aug. 21 Sept. 5 1897. May 27 22 22 22 I! It Hampden 58 June 2 1897. Infantry establishment of district up to regulation strength. Offer again renewed, and refused in June, 1898; establishment complete. Establishment over strength. Gisborne 89 July 10 July 14 Aug. 3 Picton 49 Aug. 24 1898. March 16 Sept. 17 1898. March 22 1898. Aug. 8 Rotorua (rifle corps) Thames (rifle corps) Alexandra South (rifle corps) Kawakawa 68 July 11 Infantry establishment of district complete. Ditto. 60 April 22 May 10 June 24 70 to 100 May 4 11 May 14 Infantry establishment of district over strength. Infantry establishment of district complete. Cycle corps only provided for at four centres. Infantry establishment of district complete. Ditto. 50 April 29 14 14 Wanganui (cycle corps) Denniston 27 May 14 18 June 24 Not given 18 23 May 23 Hunterville Newman Greymouth (honorary artillery corps) Carter ton (mounted rifle corps) Owaka (rifle volunteer corps) Not stated 51 40 17 26 30 28 June 2 8 31 June 13 20 No fortifications or guns at Greymouth. 51 June 3 20 27 Eegulation establishment of mounted corps for district complete. Regulation establishment of infantry corps for country district complete. Ditto. 53 June 11 23 27 Masterton (rifle. volunteer corps) Greytown (rifle volunteer corps) Yictoria Valley, Mangonui Eahotu (Maori corps) 112 Not given 27 29 52 June 29 July 1 July 7 57 9 2 7 Not given March 4 25 28