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Enclosure in No. 81. Rettjeh" of Armed Land Forces (exclusive of Regular Troops) in Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions. NAME OE COLONY— NEW ZEALAND.

Remarks on Organization, Recruiting, fyc. [Since last return, dated 31st January, 1879, the services of the following Volunteer corps have been accepted : Cavalry— V&tea Light Horse, Taranaki Mounted Rifles. Artillery —L Battery, N.Z. Regt. Artillery. Rifles — Palmerston North, No. 3 Thames Scottish, Masterton, Carterton, Waiinea, Waitara, Wangarei, Waverley, No. 1 Inglewood, Normanby, Bell Block, Urenui, Okato, Omata, No. 2 Inglewood, No. 2 Taranaki, No. 3 Taranaki, No. 1 Hawera, No. 2 Hawera, Manutahi, Tikarangi, Oakura, No. 1 Carlyle, No. 2 Carlyle, Kent Road, Manchester, Mangoui, Kakaramea, "Waitara West, No. 3 Inglewood, Hamilton, No. 4 Inglewood, Wellington Guards, Katikati, Wanganui City, Coromandel, Ashburton, Wellington Naval, Torpedo Corps. The following corps have been disbanded: Nixon Light Horse, Alfred Troop Cavalry, Normanby Hussars, Waiuku Bifies, Gisborne Rifles, No. 5 Kaiapoi Rifles. Designation of corps altered : Redding Rifles to Manchester Rifles, Queenstown Rifles to M Batt. Artillery.]

Establishment of each Corps. Actual Strength. Increase and Decrease of each Corps since last Return. Distribution of each Corps, specifying Head Quarters. Average Number of Days Training in each Year. Whether Militia, Volunteers, Police, &c. Designations of the several Corps grouped by Arms of the Service. Ko. of Troops, Batteries, or Companies in each Corps. a I © ; OS la*; a cd PS a I i to cb s 5 Armament :>r eacn Corps. o co O CD o CD O H o to CD CO o CD O : i Cavalby. Canterbury Yeomanry Waiuku Cavalry Bay of Plenty Cavalry... Alexandra „ Wairoa „ Te Awamutu ,, Cambridge „ Hawera „ fPatea „ ■j-Taranali Mounted Rifles ■ 1 f4 3 3 4 3 3 4 112 64. 29 55 54 125 77 90 32 72 116 67 32 59 57 130 80 9336 75 "i 7 IS 6 1* 5* 17 21 37 7 18 6 1* 5* 18 21 37 Christelmrch ... Waiuku Opotiki Wanganui Wanganui Te Awarmitu ... Cambridge Hawera Patea "New Plymouth 97 100 + 4- + 4. Snider carbines 12 J ... * Decrease. f New corps. J As specified in column of "Actual Strength."