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Return of volunteers at present in New Zealand:

Return of the Number and Strength op Corps or Volunteers in each District.

District. Cavalry. Artillery. Engineers. Rifle. Naval. Totals. E em arks. Auckland Waikato Taranaki Wanganui, Patea, and Rangitikei Wellington and Waivarapa Napier Poverty Bay Bay of Plenty ... Thames I 1 2 1 4 1 I 91 1 1 89 6 4 1 18 6 389 211 79 918 770 370 I 106 9 5 3 19 16 7 2 2 2 8 675 276 276 985 1,027 622 129 120 140 775 65 197 67 257 1 1 1 "76 61 60 1 1 68 160 1 176 1 1 6 60 107 457 Increase since 1st August 1878 :— 33 North Island —Adults 2,191 1 158 South Island —Adults 350 Total North Island 9 619 4 288 3 317 57 3,351 440 73 5,025 i Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Oamarn Dnnedin IuYereargill Lake ... Westland ... ! 1 1 79 3 4 3 3 11 3 3 2 197 272 199 174 696 137 204 108 1 52 5 4 7 4 15 5 3 2 328 272 510 239 1,073 290 204 108 IIS 2 1 2 2 125 t 65 197 ! 153 | 1 73 2 180 Total South Island 1 113 619 1 73 32 1,987 232 45 3,024 Total all New Zealand 10 732 12 907 4 380 89 672 118 8,049 5,348 i