A.—No. 14.

RETURN showing the present Monthly Cost of the COLONIAL FORCES, in Pay and Rations; and the Monthly Cost of the same for the Month of January, 1865.

5

COST OP THE COLONIAL FORCES.

resen\ m ('/ COEPS. i o p 02 CO s -1 Pat ajtd Rations. to I £ s. d. 1st Waikato Regiment 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Waikato Regiments Tarnnaki Military Settlers and Native Military Settlers ... Hawke's Bay Military Settlers and A rolunteers Defence Force ... Native Contingent Patea Military Settlers from the East Coast Force 2 1 1 1 11 5 3 1 3 4 20 11 5 3 1 2 11 5 8 3 2 BO 11 13 7 3 4 21 45 13 8 6 2 4 1! 650 260 157 118 69 62 205 783 309 190 138 78 75 260 5398 12 6 2329 13 4 1390 10 10 1443 15 0 1079 14 6 561 5 0 2397 17 C i i 4 Totals 7 29 53 109 92 1521 £14301 8 8 22 1823 Proportionate Monthly Cost for Contingencies, including surveys, clothing, hospitals, blockhouses, transport and miscellaneous expenditure, for the Month of June, 1866 10663 0 11 Total 7 £24964 9 7 Monthly Cost in Ja, nuar, ', 1 165. Corps. I o S I I J 1 o t c B GO I & o M I Pay and Rations. 1 DQ 6 a E I £ s. d. st Waikato Regiment !nd, 3rd, and 4th Waikato Regiments farnnaki Military Settlers ?aranaki Mounted Volunteers iavke's Bay Military Settlers defence Force ... 2 7 2 8 23 12 24 58 24 2 4 2 5 16 6 62 132 49 3 6 3 48 130 40 3 6 5 726 2370 874 51 174 65 875 2736 1007 59 165 78 6862 7 4 21079 9 8 7051 17 1 839 3 11 1105 5 7 1079 14 6 1 I 3 1 Totals ' ... i 11 I 47 114 28 255 232 4233 1920 £38017 18 1 'roportionate Monthly Cost for Contingencies, including surveys, clothing, hospitals, blockhouses, transport and miscellaneous expenditure, for the Month of January, 1805 *, 10833 1 8 Total 48850 19 9 James Holt, Under Secretary.