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Return of Armed Land Forces (exclusive of Regular Troops) in Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions— continued.

No. of Troops, Batteries, Establishment of each Corps. Actual Strength. Increas Decrease Corps si] E,etu >e and of each :1C0 last 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. or Companies in each Corps. a a CD o g irn. 0Q g 1 Armament of each Corps. cd o CD o m o n o O o so GO o w i i CD -4-3 Rifles — continued. No. 2 Waikari 1... Bruce East Taieri ... West Taieri ... Clutha Oamaru Hampden Otepopo Invercargill ... Wellington City Waikouaiti ... 1st Westland... Greymouth ... Temuka Forest Makara Wo. 1 Thames Scottish,.. No. 2 fNo. 3 Pukekohe Thames Hangers Spring Creek Wanganui Kahvarra. Nelson City ... Renwick Hobson Otahuhu Tuakau Auckland Scottish Portobello Stoke Thames Natives Arrowtown ... No. 1 Taranaki Blenheim 2 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 4 2 4 1 3 3 3 4 3 49 59 59 42 64 108 47 55 66 79 61 86 61 63 55 59 126 97 57 61 111 75 105 59 46 59 97 49 53 63 57 53 43 68 42 65 "l* I 2 1# 1* i# 6* 11 6* 4* 36 7 7 7 12 9 13 10 19 9 2* 1* 9* Dunedin ... I ,, i 33 »• ■ Oamaru 33 •■• In vercargill Wellington Dunedin Hokitika Christchurch Auckland Wellington Thames 3 97 t t 4* Snider rifles 12 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 i* 2 11 4 3* 8 8* 8* 5 9* 3* 8 3 2 Auckland Thames Picton Wanganui Wellington Nelson Bicton Auckland "i* ... I "i» "ii 11* 33 •• ' Dunedin Nelson Thames Queenstown New Plymouth Blenheim ... ... *De ( :rease. + New corps. J As spi icified in column of " Actual Strength."