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Return of Volunteer Cadet Corps in connection with Colleges or Secondary Schools on the 31st March, 1898.

Return of Volunteer Cadet Corps unconnected with any Primary School, College, or Secondary School on the 31st March, 1898.

Aethub P. Douglas, Under-Secretary for Defence. . Defence Office, Wellington, 15th September, 1898. Approximate Cost of Pwper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,325 copies), £3 13s. «.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9B. Price 3d.]

District. I Name of Corps. Locality. Strength on March 81, 1898. .uckland Wellington ... [elson . ... ianterbury ... St. John's College Bifle Cadets PrincelAlbert College Engineer Cadets College and Grammar School Bifle Cadets ... KingVCollege Bifle Cadets No. 1 Company Wellington College Bifle Cadets No. 1 Company Wanganui Collegiate School Bifle Cadets Napier High School Naval Artillery Cadets ... No. 2 Company Wellington College Bifle Cadets Te Aute Native College Bifle Cadets Nelson College Bifle Cadets ... Christ College Bifle Cadets Christchurch Boys' High School Bifle Cadets Timaru High School Bifle Cadets ... Oamaru High School Bifle Cadets ... Normal School Bifle Cadets Waitaki High School Naval Artillery Cadets Dunedin High School Bifle Cadets ... Palmerston South High School Bifle Cadets... High School Bifle Cadets... Tokomairiro High School Bifle Cadets Balclutha High School Bifle Cadets Invercargill Boys' High School Bifle Cadets... Auckland it Wellington ... Wanganui ... Napier Wellington ... Te Aute Nelson Christchurch 38 41 44 64 66 106 45 51 50 70 60 60 57 45 96 48 48 45 50 52 50 45 it •tago Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Waitaki Dunedin Palmerston S. Lawrence Milton Balclutha Invercargill ... Total 1,231

District. Name of Corps. Locality. Strength on March 31, 1898. Danterbury Kaiapoi Eifle Cadets Queen's Eifle Cadets Wellington Boys' Institute Naval Artillery Cadets Kaiapoi Christchurch Wellington ... 53 43 60 Wellington Total ... 156