VOLUNTARY RECRUITING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1672, 8 February 1917, Page 4

VOLUNTARY RECRUITING.

FAIRLY SATISFACTORY RESULTS. When all the circumstances are taken into consideration the response given to the call for recruits for the 27th and 28th Reinforcements is considered to have been fairly satisfactory. The following tables show the quotas required from the various recruiting districts, the number of recruits who have come forward, and the number to be supplied by ballot from those remaining in the first division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve: — 27th. REINFORCEMENTS.

Recruiting Vr >rtry Short District. Quota. Ree"'ts • »ge Auckland City 301 285 1(5 Hauraki 58 22 30 North Auckland 73 43 30 Waikato 100 57 43 Wellington City 222 140 82 Manawatu 107 44 03 Hawke's Bay 83 59 24 Taranaki 10-1 05 39 Cliristcliurch 172 50 110 South Canterbury 100 40 00 North Canterbury 04 12 52 Nelson 7(i 32 44 Dunedin 138 99 39 Southland 130 74 50 North Otago 53 11 42 Clutha 50 18 32 Bay of Plenty 37 30 1 AYairarapa SO 00 20 Poverty Bay 07 31 30 Wanganui 7!) 55 24' West Coast 07 12 55 28th. REINFORCEMENTS. Auckland City 295 213 82 Hauraki 57 (i 51 North Auckland 71 7 04 Waikato 09 54 45 Wellington City 218 105 1.13 Manawatu 105 23 82 Hawke's Bay 82 29 53 Taranaki 102 20 70 Christchurch 109 14 155 South Canterbury 103 40 03 North Canterbury 02 10 52 Nelson 74 19 55 Dunedin 130 79 57 Southland 128 43 85 North Otago 52 13 39 Clutha 49 (I 43 Bay of Plenty 37 20 .1.7 Wairarapa 84 20 04 Poverty Bay 00 11 55 Wanganui 78 28 50 West Coast 00 0 00