FARMING AND COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1170, 4 July 1911, Page 8

FARMING AND COMMERCIAL.

FARMERS' UNION. ■DOMINION CONFERENCE, . ' DELEGATES AND REMITS. There are, 128' remits, set down'for. discussion at tho' annual. Dominion Conference ofthe.New Zealand Fanners'- Union. The conference is to.be hold in Wellington on July 2a, L'G, and 27. .. ' ■ -.I'lio, representatives, at the confererico will include the Dominion EXecntive, the provincial, and the following delegates:—- • • .Messrs. J. E. Makgill (Auckland), ]•!.. Maxwell . (Taranaki), A,. D. Eraser (H.iw.ke's Bay), E., Campbell "and 11. A. Nevins (Wellington), John Corder (Nelson), (t. Sheat and C. H. Ensor (North

Canterbury), J. Talbot. (South Canterbury), A. Fraser (Otago), and J. M'Queen (Southland).' LAND LAWS. • • Motions'affecting .-the lsrid ■ laws are dbwiifqr-first consideration. . Wellington, Taranaki, Marlborough, Auckland, and Otago have remits favouring the principle .of the-option to .purchase, Auckland pro- : poses:—"That the residential requirements • regarding Crown lands be-.more strictly enforced"; and Hawke's Bay will moverf 1 "That-all applicants for .Crown lands who i art! landless and qualified by-law to ballot .for-land, be passid for tho. ballot without any; other- test than'the declaration." Hawke's Bay has also tabled tho following:—"That, the Advances to Settlers Act be so amended as to enable ally landless person eligible for tho ballot to take up any land having an undeveloped value I 'j and "That the, .Government be ; tfr&ed to r&toro to the Stiitnte Book the Liberal legislation recently, repealed which: empowered' the purchase, of ; lands bV the State-at the ;price'indicated by the rain a produced."' .On/the' subject of,, land' valuation for the-purposes of. taxation, there, tire seven notion*; Wellington's reads:—"Thai when .tho Valuation Department proposes p'to-value any lands, for taxation-purposes, tho local .body'interested should be-first notified, and that the owner of'the land bo notified of- the approximate date when their land valuation would ■bo made." Canterbury, woven:—"That the improvements allowed on rural lands are gether beneath; the actual cost, and -this conference recommends that the valuers should, be instructed, to allow lair valua tibns for improvements (including water-, faces, and any other improvements calculated .to increase tho productive powers of land);, and, that■' failing tho Department adopti.ng the above recomriiendaiion, this , conference is of' opinion,, that l - tl;e valuations could be as satisfactorily adjusted in the .Government offices as by perpetuating the nresfiit farcical system of so-called valuation." TAXATION. ■ Of the various motions respecting taxation, tho following is from Taranaki:— "That the present system of taxing farmers on tli9 so-called unimproved value of their farms be abolished; that farmers should . pay tax on their income .from land in the same proportion as money invested in other.industries.is taxed; the farmer's income to be calculated at 5 per cent, ori tho capital'value, of their holdings, after deducting,all encumbrances in the, shfipe of mortgages.". V ' ' .Hawke's. Bay proposes: "That in, tho case of undeveloped, lands, the graduated Jand .tax be ,-iid.t, imposed for. .seven years from the tline.of.occnpatio.il, on any areavvhere. improvement's have beeh'.ejfected to the satisfaction of tho Land Board;" and North Canterbury will mive: "That (is a rnortgagee lias an exemption of, =£5000 from taxation under the graduated land tax, that snch exemption be allowed tfhen. his "mortgage exceeds-.that amount, and that t'lie mortgagee's exemption from the graduated land tax be .CIO,000." AGRICULTURAL. Marlborough will- move: "That specimens of noxious weeds be supplied to ea«;h agricultural and pastoral.association or farmers' union that will properly house them arid allow them to bo examined;" and the same province has a similar remit respecting, useful grasses. Marlborough' also moves: "That districts which derive no benefit, from the annual expenditure in • connection with State farm bo supplied with'.a full s6t of. wool counts, properly arranged, and the proper counts attached." A North Canterbury remit' reads: "That it be a recommendation to the Advisory Committee...that.Jthey inquire if there .is. . ahy liecessity, apart from custom, for • allowing oiip. pound per cwt. draft oh ■wool to, secure to the buyer a hundredweight of woof in a fair commercial' sense." . .. ~ . .

PARLIAMENTARY. • Under the heading "Parliamentary" seven remits appear. 1 It; is. the wish of Auckland t'bat the. ■union form a farmers' Party; and .Auckland will also move: "That this conference approves) the formation of a Farmers' Political Party in the Dominion Parliament to safeguard tho interests of farmers." A Wellington remit is: "That the question with reference to freehold be put t& candidates at Parliamentary elections ho.added as follow:—'And will you take active steps, and assist to the utmost to liavo the optional system' brought into force and made applicable in every ca»e t6, all Crown lands, arid lands f6r "settle-ment-.lands?" and (2) 'That the sitting members, bo .asked to t'ako steps in' that direction.' " . . .; . Tarariaki wishes.: "That candidates failing,to give pledges to support the three .following questions in Parliament benpt supported.,by . the Farmers' Uhitfh":' D).freehold for, land- tenure; (2; -tariff for revenue, purposes only; and (3) freedom of contract'. , ... 'MISCELLANEOUS. .As .to tariff matters there are remits objecting lo the engineering trade rcceiying. any further protection; protesting against the' "threatened increase in the import duties" on hardware, .advocating a.substantial increase in tlie duty on imported grain; and objecting to an export duty on hides and greasy wool. Other remits deaf with railway, and. j A iiiunber of remits ftd\ocrtto o^.co^^^JJt 4 mGlJ} , . of iroivnjfrfitioii of farnv hands, and some approve of-the hddgwick s'cliome. Taraiiaki proposes that it should .fee made compulsory to pasteurise milk and whey. . THE GRASS GRUB. The grMs.gr'iib' has suggested two" remits for, the Dominion Co'liferenco of ■ t-lie Farmers' Union. Southland.propose?:—"That, in riew of the serious joss to farmers caused By. the lavages of tho gtafs grub, the Department of Agriculture be- requested to take steps to instruct farmers-as to the best method of coping with the pest." Another remit reads :-"Tli"<it the Dominion Conference impress upon farmers the necessity, for lighting fires-in'season for. the destruction of the beetles • that afterwards turn,into.grass grubs!" DOMINION DAIRY-SHOW, HAWERA. Arrangements for- the- opening of the Dominion Dairy Show on Wednesday next by hiV Excellency the Governor, Lord Islington, D.5.0., K.C.M.G., are practically completed.. Exhibitors arc arriving daily from all parts of the Dominion, and the Hallway Department have made v'erv complete arrangements to cope with the railway traffic. It is estimated that the attendance'will reach 20,000 for the four days > A movement is being made in the Wairiirapa in the direction of forming a cowteSting association, in connection with each dairy. It is proposed to establish n central testing depot in the district. Mr. W. W. Singleton will address meetings at Masterton, Taratahi, Belvedere, Parkvale, and during the ensuing week. gJ ■ v The Dalefield Dairy Factory Directors have decided to instal five new-Victor Milk Vats, and have instructed Mr. Albert J. Parton, of Carterton, to deliver them complete for August. Anyone interesed in milk vats, ■ cans, or cheese hoops should write for. a catalogue. Tho "Victor" makes aro out on.their own for quality atd finish. [Writo now."

BEW& AND' MOTES.

COMMERCIAL "ITEMS. INVESTMENT SHARES. ■ There were no transactions in investment shares yesterday. The buying and selling quotations wore.as under:— Buyers. Sellers. . . £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of New Zealand... 12 0 0 — National . Hank : ; 6 10 .. ~ .Wellington Deposit';. — 0 8 6 Wellington Gas (new) ... — 3 2 0 -83. Insurance 3 12 6 \ -r Meat Export (£5) .. 6 5 0 — Meat Export (525. 6d.) — . 1 ' New Zealand Shipping ..., Ul" 0 Union. Steam 2 13- — Kaiapoi Woollen 59 6 . — ,Woll. Woollen lord.). ... - . « 2 0 Well., Woollen (prcf) 3 1:0 - :Westport. Coal ...: .1.9 0 1 9 6 P.1.C..; ordinary 0.56 —. Leyland-O'lSrieii 17 0 —■ Manning and Co • — 4 7 6 N.n. Drug 2 9 3 - • N.Z. Paper Mills - 12 0 Taranaki Petroleum 0 17' 0 ' SJ2 5 Taringamutu Totara ,-2 6-0 210 0 ■Ward and . Co. 5 2i 0 5 3 6 Well. Opera House ..;... — 712 6 ... . POPULARISING CONSOLS. - The governor of, the Bank of England made some interesting remarks recently, m regard, to the suggestions for., popularising Consols put forward by bankers and others .jn. London. . ..The. governor stated that; Uo personally was not a. believer in reconversion; and he did not s.ee any .justification fo; the proposal jthat .Consols-should be exempt from income tax. One suggestion, -however, which- merited consideration'was that greater facilities for dealing in Consols.should be granted by adopting the method of transfer by deed. Tho Bank of England, he continued, had long recognised that, the adoption of thi3 method might tend.-.to popularise Consols, and .it had mad® .provision, for . carrying it. into effect-, if the Government decided that at was - desirable. .• It would have to be in addition to the 1 present system. It was absolutely necessary,' he . thought, that tho present' system of transferrins Consols .at tho bank , per personal attendance should be maintained. . In the case of any financial, difficulty in the city a holder could transfer any amount of-his Consols at the bank inn, few minutes. To complete a transaction of transfer by deed would require a good many days. Tile usual timo required by registrars, of companies was ten . days. They would , require to have the two systems running concurrently, but the Bank of England was quite prepared .t-o adopt, the new systom, although ho thought it would require a .new short Act of Parliament to bring it into operation. When the bank officials become accnstomed to thq innovation in question.- -it may be possible to introduce some of the other reforms mentioned . to increaso tho popularity of the national security.

JAPANESE TKADEfiS. The commercial morality of Japanese trad&rs is not held in high esteem.. In the Far East the Chintse-merchants are much preferred to thoS2 of. Japan. Tho Japancso themselves are beginning to recognise their shortcomings in this respect. At all eients, Baron. Oura, Minister for Agriculture and Commerce, who recently made, a tour of Europe, is very candid in his comments on the subject. According to a translation ,of his remarks, which was published in the Kobo "Chronicle," he considers that "in the important essentials of a great power—wealth and commercial morality—Japan is still too young to be clasMd among the world's foremost countries," Japanese merchants, the Minister added, are regarded with suspicion, with tho result that their merchandise "cannot pass the Customs authorities oh a .mere invoice, but i 3 subjected to a very rigorous examination, being completely unpacked and minutely inspected." this entailing, expense and delay. His opinion of British, methods, on the other hand, affords, a striking contrast to, those of his Own countryman. "British merchandise," he declares, "is always more substantial than it is advertised to bo. For example, if a piece of cloth is announced to he 30 feet in length, it always measures a little longer: and a similar observation cpplics in the case.of goods sold by weight. In short." lie concludes, "English goods never fail to'.iustify their advertised description." ■ ''■■■ "BUSINBSS-BEIJIGEiS?'-Lord. Furncss, in the course of an address on tho commercial future of Great Britain, paints out that.the country is in urgent need' of. trained business-bringcrr.. We admit a liking for the phrase "busi-ness.-bringprs" (tho "British Exporter" confesses), although it may be but a euphemism for tho more, old-fashioned "commercial travellers," it sums up more pithily tho typo of, man required. The country has plenty of men who aro exports in the manufacture of .goods, and the educational tendency, is ever .towards improving the instruction available for. this class. It is too often forgotten, however, that, a good technician,.a sound man in the workshop, is often a bad seller. To make a thing is one. art;, to-be. able-to sell it-is another and distinctly different art. Tho business-" bringer must, have the latter art: his is tho task of . finding market? and keeping them, .and, in many respects ho has a more difficult' job than tho maker of goods, although it-, may.:be freely , admitted that his ultimate success depends entirely upon tho ofEciency and soundness of his source of supply. \Ve have heard a good deal lately of ..tho apathy of business firms iu availing, themselves of the surolus labour r>roduct turned out from the • universities. -These young, men might well make "ood busincss-brinsM'j. The cardinal- qualities required are initiative, shrewdness, c.nd doggedness, and if to these is added a 'broad education, 'lie university graduate might, .well meet the need to which Lord Furness calls attention. PERMANENT INVESTMENT' OF WAIKARAPA. . The balance-sheet, of tho. Permanent Investment and -Loan Association of Wairarapa-, for. the . year ended May 31 last has boen circulated. The association appears to have ..experienced an excellent year, and the. profits, totalled £2166 lis. lid., which, .according to the rules, has .been appropriated as'.follows:—lnterest oi) investment shares, £1439 16s. Id.; carried to reserve fund,.£lß3:,lßs., 10d., making that fund £675 ss:, 8tl.; profit divided among. 987 shares and equal to/ Us. per share, '£542 17s. The amount on mortgage is now £51,819 Is. 4d„ and there are, 1436 investment shares now current, 136 shares .having,-been paid off, arid 249 ntiw ones being taken up during .the ydar.

-Customs. duties., collected. at the port of Wellington 'yesterday amounted to £1918. 13a.. 3d. I'EILDING MARKET REPORT. Messrs.. A. ;H. Atkinson and .C 0... Ltd., offered on .Friday a good yarding of.' pigs,' stores and. slips Belling well. All the poultry, penned .made gopd values. A good rnbber-tyred gig and spring,dray were- of-, fered, and also.. ,a. staunch 6-year halfdranght gelding, reserves, not being reached.' Sodio. tons,, of,, carrots- sold , readily, every .bag' going, under ' the hammer . at quotations. Apples ; made ,top .prices,. and pumpkins .and onions! found ready buyers. "We 1 sold Cape barley at, '3s. 4d.' to 3s. 99. per bushel; onioiis, 6s.' to 7j. per cwt.; pickling, Id. per lb.: pumpkins, ss. to. 6s. per.^ack;'marrow,, 2s. ,6d. to : 3s. 6d.; cauliflowers, is. 9d.' per small bag;',. potatoes, 7s.' 6d. to 10s.; pig do:, 35.;. carrots, 4s. 6d. t.rt- 4s. 3d. per sat!;;. ripples,, 4s;. 6d. , to 6s: por.case of 261b.; parsnips., 3s; 9c!.' per sack: currant-and gooseberry. trees, 9d. to Is. 3d.; rhubirb: roots, Bd. Pigs: Slips, 6s. 3d., 6s. 6d., 3s. 3d. to 95..; stores, 10s.' 6d. to' 12s. 6d.: light porkers. 16s. 6d„ 17s. .3d.',' 17s. 6d. to 2(W. Poultry: liens. 2s. 9iV, 3s. to 4s. nor pair.:, roosters. 3s. to 3s. 6d.; ducks, 3s. 9d.; turkeys. 35., Is. 6d: to Bs.; cattle' pups, 35.; bacon, Sd.; hani, 9d. per lb. LONDON .MARKETS.' By Tcleiraph- -l'ress Association—Oooyrisht . - London, July 2. 'Rabbits are neglected; prices nominally tuichauged. ' Tallow—stock,'6o23 casks'; imports, 4837: deliveries. 3566. : \ ; Hemp is inactive, prices unchanged. ' Jute.—Native first marks, August shipment, £22. Rubber, 4s. o|d. per lb. Cotton.—July-August shipments, 7.775 d. per lb. Hides arc in small supply, only a retail business being done. Prices arc unchanged. Copra is active. South Sea, in bags, £23 15s. to £24 ss. per ton. Wheat—Nine thousand five hundred quarters of South Australian, loading, have been sold at 335. 9d. per quarter; SILVER. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, July 2. Bar silver is quoted at 2-IJd. per ounce standard. LONDON WOOL MARKET. Messrs. D.ilgety nnc! Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from

their London ofiic,e, dated June 30, in regard lo the wuol market", Tilt; ouotations fov Bradford lopa (j-fcowji belov; in parentheses) represent Hie market rate at the ciid of May. Hvndt'ovd Typs :~liuotution.s tb June S'J arc: 36's, "13£ d. i!4d): 4t)'a, 1-Md. (14J.c1.); 44'g, 142rt. «'?, 15.\d. (15IM.); 50's, tISEd.); £6'?, 21£ d. (22d.): 58's, 23£ d. <2<UU; CO's (common), 25>ii. (252d.i; 6j's (super), [fiid. (263 d.); 64's. 271 d. (27Jd.); 'ATf, £Bd. (28\d.). The market is Quiet, and little is doiiiK. owinjf to the combers' strike. It is considered that the strike is not likely to last long. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLEGRAM. The Commerce and Tourists' Division of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Tourists, has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, July 1. (Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— Mutton.—The market is quiet, but holders are firm. Canterbury, 4d.; North Island, 32(1. per lb. Lamb.—There is a good demand for all lamb, and prices are firm. Canterbury, 5Jd.; other than Canterbury, sd. per lb. Reef.—The market is very dull, as a result of heavy arrivals. New Zealand hinds, 3£d.; lores, .2Jd. per lb. Butter.—The market is firm. The supply of New Zealand is runuintr short. Choicest New Zealand butter. 108s.; Australian, 1025.; Danish, 1155.; Siberian, ICZs. per cwt. Cheese.—The market is firm; there is a Kcueral and active demand. New Zealand. CO?, per cwt. Hemp.—The market is quiet but steady, and is dependent on Manila reports. New Zealand go.od fair, on spot, per t;m, £21; fair grade, £20; fair current Manila. £20. For forward shipment it is generally believed that prices will advance. The outnut from Manila for the week was 27,CC0 bales. : Wheat.—The market is very auiet and nothing doing. New Zealand long-berried wheat.' ex granary, per quarter of 4961b., 335.. 6d.; short-berried, 355. I Oats.—Demand on spot is good, but supplies are nearly .exhausted. New Zealand oats, short sparrowbills, ex granary, per 3541b., 215.: New Zealand oats, Dauish, per quarter of 3201b., 17s. Cd. Beans.—A poor demand continues. New Zealand beans, f.a.0., old crop, per 5041b., 355. . Peas.— I The market remains very depressed. New Zealand partridge, per 5C41b.. 395. . Wool.—The market is very quiet—nothing doing. No change in prices. PRICE OF BUTTER. Invercargill, July 3. 1 The price of butter (wholesale) has been raised, as from to-day. from Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. j retail, Is. 4d. to Is. sd. MINING NEWS. WELLINGTON SHAKE MARKET. jfew. Sylvias showed a further upward tendency yesterday, and sales were reported up to ,4s. 2d. These shares have risen rather rapidly and, for that reason, there is bound to be a- slight reaction. There aro quite a number of punters short in their delivery, and these people are bound to make efforts to break the market so as to buy back, but, fortunately, the public is now buying New Sylvias, and this may check the "bear" movement. The sales recorded were as under:— New/Sylvia; os. 9d„ 3s. LCd„ 4s. Id. (second call). Saxon, 2s. 'lid. (second call). ' Tairiia llines, 2s. Id. (second call). Waihi, 675., C6s, 9d. (second call). Tho buying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s, d. Blackwater 18 0 — Bremner's 0 0 3j — Con. Goldfields 10 6 116 Kuranui Caledonian — 0 13 New Sylvia 0 4 1 0 4 3 Saxon 0 2 3 0 2 4 Tairua Mines — 0 2 1 Talisman 2 9 0 2 9 6 Waihi 3 6 6 3 7 0 Waihi Grand Junction ... — 18 0 Waihi-Paeroa 0 12 0 — Mystery Flat '— 0 8 0 The Wellington Stock Exchange received the following telegram yesterday from the Tairua Mines :-"lC9oz. hot water squeezed amalgam for the week. STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, July 3. Business done on .'Change this morning: Kuranui Caledonian, Is. Id.

May Quern, "s. Bd., "s. 7d. New Sylvia, 3?. 10:1. to «s. Id. • Suxon, 2s. 3d.. Ik 'id. VieLori - i t lljtl. liauraki lieefs (coll.), 6Jd. Crown, 3s. 7d. Crown (options), led. Golden Cross, Is. Id. Tuirua, Golden Hills, lCd. Tairua. Jlines, 2s. Waihi, ,£"i 7s. .Handsworili, 2d. Jfew Zealand Insurance, £4 9s. 6d. Northern Coal, lis. 9d. Auckland Gas (new), £3 18s. The following business was done at tho 3.15 p.m. call:— "May Queen, 2s. ctl. Moanataiari, sd. Xew Sylvia, Is. Id., 4s. ld„ 4s. Tairua Mines, 2s. Waihi, 665. 9d„ 675. AVnihi Grand Junction, 275. 9d. l'nirua Golden Hills. lCd. Waitangi Consolidated, 2s. Bd. Waiolahi, 3.-'. Id. Saxon. 2s. £d. t 2s. <!d., 2s. sd. Now Zealand Insurance, 89s. 9d. Northern Steam (con.), 7s. <d. Duncdin, July 3. Stock Exchange sales:— New Sylvi?, ss. 9f]„ <s. Talisman Consolidated, £2 9s. 6d. Sales reported:— May Queen. Ss. Ltd. Wiiitcombc and Tombs, X 6 10s. Wellington Gas (new issue), £9 12s. 3d. Christchurcli, July 3. Sale reported on the Stock Exchange of Canterbury was:-Farmers' Co-operative THE TALISMAN-DISPUTE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, July 3. Tho dispute between the Auckland Stock Exchange and tho Talisman Consolidated Company over the refusal of the latter to supply telegrams of tho development of the mine to the Exchange unless the Exchange paid for the same, still remains unsettled. Speaking to a. "Herald" representative to-day, a prominent shareholder in the Talisman Company said he considered that the Stock Exchange had taken up a very mistaken attitude, and one that was hardly fair to their clients. "Tho Exchange," heproceeded, "ought to have consulted the interests of the shareholders before arriving at the drastic decision not to quote Talisman shares. This would have saved the Exchange putting their own clients into an awkward position. Why should the Auckland Stock Exchange." he continued, "take up a different attitude to tho other Exchanges in the Dominion? From what I can hear from shareholders and others whose opinions are entitled to some weight, tho general consensus of opinion seems to be that the action of the Stock Exchange is wrong." There were no sales recorded in Auckland to-day in Talisman shares, but. there were buyers at 495.. and sellers at <9s. 6d.

DREDGING RETURNS. , (By Tcleera'ph.—Press Association.) Rcottcn, July 3. Reef ton Dredging:—Pactolus returned 350z. 13dwt. for 123 hours' working. New Bip P.iver roturns for . June: 6780z. melted gold from 723 tons crushed; cyaniilcd 16oz. bullion; total approximate value, £2850. Dunctlin, July 3. Dredging returns, reported:—Karaunui, 320z: lOdwt.; Worksop, 7Goz. ldwt.; Golden Sun. looz. 7dwt;-, Central Charlton. !3oz. 13d\vt.; W'aikaka United (No. 1), 18dz. "dirt.: No.-- 2, 14oz. ldwt.; Otago, 430z.; Ei;ins Sun, 4<ioz. FIRE IN A MINE. (By Telezraph —Press Association.) Rcoftcn, July 3. A nasty Ore started in the.wood of tho underlay workings at the Lneraetic Mine. The mine is temporarily closcd up. but the firo is expcctcd to be quenchc-d by Thursday. In tho 395 trade unions, witli a net membership of 764,515, which ntado returns, snys !ho British "Board of Trade Labour Gasette," 21,407, or 2.8..per cent., wero returned as unemployed, at the end of April, 1911, as compared with 3.o.per cent, a.-ho' Olid of March, 1911. and 4.4 per ceil, at the end of April, 1910. Accidental deai'i was the verdict at a Dover inquest on Archibald Sands, of Tower Hamlets, who was killed by a fall from tli© cliffs when searching for seagulls' eggs.

AT WAR STRENGTH. THE DOMINION CITIZEN ARMY. FOUR FIELD DIVISIONS. Originally (he organisation oi' the Dominion's new* citizen army under the Kitchener scheme was to be based on what is technically known as a peace e.stablishinent. That is to say. al tough the structural elements of the army wore lo lie complete, tho total strength at any time was lo bo fixed at a number considerably short of what would be required to I'llily equip it for .war. The idea then was tiiat Willi the structural elements of the force actually present and effective, (lie raising of the army to its war -irenglh would lie automatically accomplished, with a stroke of (lie pen, so to >peak, by the enlistment of Iho required number of men from (he general I raining section' or from the first line of reserves, 'lliis basis of organisation had in view a certain economy of effort involved in the provision.of instructors for those who might be called upon to train in the general training section. Since the arrival in Neiv Zealand of Major-Gcncrul Godlev, Commandant ol the Forces, and the officers ol' the Imperial General Staff, this scheme of organisation lias been amended in certain important respects, the principal one of which has been the raising of tho strength of the forces to a permznent war footing, based on the Imperial war establishments, and the abandonment of the general training section, now incorporated in the New Zealand Territorial Army. This change of policy lias necessitated tho drafting of a new set of establishments for each arm of the service, the whole . being organised in four district field divisions, in addition to the Garrison Artillery divisions at each of the defended forts—Auckland. 'Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Westport. The provisional establishments for the new scheme of organisation have now been issued. The details are 100 technical to be of general public interest, but the following table will give a comprehensive view.of our citizen army—still in the chrysallis—with respect to the total number of all ranks in each department, together with an estimate of the horsesriding, draught, and pack animals—to ba allowed for annual, training:—

Men. Horses. New Zealand Staff Corps... 100 — lioy.il N.Z. Artillery 255 — Divisional Headquarters'... ISS — Mounted Rifles brigade headquarters 112 — Infantry brigade headquarters 92 — Mounted Rifles 6,660 6,816 Field Artillery- 2,000 "44 New. Zealand Garrison • ■ Artiilery 1.356 — Engineers S2S 144 Infantry 16,308 170 Signal companies 420 256 Army Service Corps* — — Mcdic.il Corps .' 1,092 — Veterinary Corps* — — Ordnance Corps* ■ - — - — Railway Corps* — — Po.-t Officc Corps* — — Pay Department* — — Chaplains' Department* ... -- — Totals ...-. 29,471 8,536 *Details of organisation not yet available. . A clearer view of the new organisation may be obtained from a detailed examination of the forces, required for each of the four military., districts, and as these in each case are similar, the Wellington force.? may bo taken as.a pattern. AVhen mobilised'for war, the troop? in the Wellington district .command will be organised in-what is termed a "mixed division"

—that is, infmtr.v, mounted troops, field artillery, field engineers, transport and supply column-, ttelrl auibujaiKv corps, and signal'carps, under the headings of divisional .-tall', divisional troops, and brigade troops. The officer in .supreme command of the division on mobilisation will rank a- brigadier-general, whose personal .-.tali' will be made up as follows:— General Stall'.—Two gnieral staff officers. Administrative Stall'.—Assistant adjut-ant-general and qu.arter-masler-gencral; stall captain. The remainder of the divisional staff will consist ol' an administrative medical ollicer, ail administrative veU-rinary officer, a divisional ordnance officer, assistant provost marshal, live military mounted police, six clerks, nil acting-quarter-nuister-sergeant, farrier, cook, 17 "batmen" (servants), three Army Service' Corps drivers, and two Mfdical Corps rank and file. In close (ouch with divisional headquarters will be the field artillery brigade, consisting of two four-gun batteries (18pcuiuler Q.F. guns) with aminunilion rolumn, the field engineers company, one squadron of mounted rifles (termed divisional cavalry), a transport and supply column (Army Service Corps); a mounted field ambulance, and an infantry field ambulance. The artillery brigade will include I) Battery (Wellington), and F Battery (Napier), while the engineer corns would be furnished by the iV:>. 1 Field Company (Wellington Jingineer), the mounted field ambulance by No. t Company, Medical Corps, and the infantry field ambulance by No. 5 Company, Medical Corps. The transport and supply columii will be furnished by the Wellington section of the New Zea|and Army Service Corps yet to be organised by .Major Knox, who has recently arrived in New Zealand to undertake this work.

. •CTlieii come the'brigades, who, supplied by the artillery, will bear the heat and burden of the figlit. The mounted brigade will consist of three regiments—the 2nd, fith, and 9th New Zealand Mounted Rifles with a mounted signal company and the infantry brigade, of four battalions—the sth, 7th, 9th, and 11th NewZealand Infantry with an infantry signal company, liach brigade will have its own headquarters stall", with its brigadier, an officer of the rank of colonel, in supreme command. The artillery brigade will also have its own headquarters staff, with a lieutenant-colonel in command.

Plus the divisional field force, will be the garrison • artillery division of 450 of all ranks,, stationed at the forts. The establishments fcr the various units are interesting. A senior cadet company will consist of 120 of all ranks; field ambulance (mounted), 116; field ambulance (infantry), 251; signal company (inJantry), G2; signal company (mounted), 31; field engineers, 207—mounted branch, 48, dismounted branch, 150; infantry battalion, 1024; mounted regiment, 514; field battery, 140; ammunition column, 170; held artillery brigade, 500; garrison artillery company, 150.