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Volunteers. The strength of the Volunteer Force (inclusive of cadets and rifle clubs) on the Ist July was distributed as follows: — Auckland (Officers and Men). 1 battery of Field Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 72 3 companies Garrison Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 181 2 companies Engineers ... ... ... ... ... 119 4 battalions Mounted Rifles (in all, 23 companies) ... ... ... 1,283 2 battalions Infantry (in all, ltj companies) ... ... ... 979 1 Field Hospital and Bearer Company ... ... ... .. 34 5 defence cadet companies ... ... ... ... ... 286 12 defence rifle clubs ... ... ... ... ... ... 261 1 garrison band ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 Wellington (Officers and Men). 1 battery of Field Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 83 2 companies of Garrison Artillery ... ... ... ... 245 2 companies Engineers ... ... ... ... ... ... 178 4 battalions Mounted Rifles (in all, 19 companies) ... ... ... 1,006 5 battalions Infantry (in all, 38 companies) ... ... ... 2,074 1 Field Hospital and Rearer Company ... ... ... ... 31 23 defence cadet companies ... ... ... ... ... 1,158 60 defence rifle clubs ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,628 1 garrison band ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 (Four corps Mounted Rifles and one rifle corps in process of disbandment, also one cadet corps.) Canterbury (Officers and Men). 1 battery of Field Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 78 2 oompanies Garrison Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 192 1 company Engineers ... ... ... ... ... ... 96 3 battalions Mounted Rifles (in all, 14 companies) ... ... ... 775 3 battalions Infantry (in all, 21 companies) ... ... ... 1,133 1 Field Hospital and Bearer Company ... ... ... ... 29 8 defence cadet companies ... ... ... ... ... 486 14 defence rifle clubs ... ... ... ... ... ... 289 1 garrison band ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 Otago (Officers and Men). 1 battery of Field Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 67 2 companies Garrison Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 248 1 company Engineers ... ... ... ... ... ... 93 2 battalions Mounted Rifles (in all, 13 companies) ... ... ... 880 4 battalions Infantry (in all, 34 companies) ... ... ... 1,944 1 Field Hospital and Bearer Company ... ... ... ... 42 15 defence cadet companies ... ... ... ... ... 881 15 defence rifle clubs ... ... ... ... ... ... 329 1 garrison band ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 . Nelson (Officers and Men). 2 batteries of Field Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 148 1 battalion Mounted Rifles (in all, 4 companies) ... ... ... 304 1 battalion Infantry (in all, 11 companies) ... ... ... 651 1 Field Hospital and Bearer Company ... ... ... ... 56 8 defence cadet companies ... ... ... ... ... 332 16 defence rifle clubs ... ... ... ... ... ... 464 1 garrison band ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 (One cycle corps and one cadet corps in process of disbandment.) Summary (Officers and Men). 6 batteries of Field Artillery ... ... ... ... ... 448 9 companies of Garrison Artillery ... ... ... ... 866 6 companies of Engineers ... ... ... ... ... 486 14 battalions of Mounted Rifles (in all, 73 companies) ... ... 4,248 16 battalions of Infantry (in all, 120 companies) ... ... ... 6,781 5 Field Hospital and Bearer Companies ... ... ... ... 192 59 defence cadet corps ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,143 .17 defence rifle clubs ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,971 5 garrison bands ... ... ... ... ... ... 141 19,276 After taking into consideration the corps noted as in process of disbandment, there still remains an increase on the total strength for Ist July, 1905.