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1887. NEW ZEALAND.

THE PERMANENT MILITIA FORCE (RETURN SHOWING NUMBER AND COST OF).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, dated 11th May, 1887. Ordered, " That a return be made of persons at the present time enrolled in the Permanent Militia Poreo of this -colony : (1) The number of commissioned officers and their ranks; (2) The number of non-commissioned officers; (3) the, number of privates ; (4) the cost per head per annum of the above ranks respectively."—(Mr. Pitzhebbeet.)

I. Number of Commissioned Officers and their Ranks.

Cost per head per annum, £271 13s. 4d. 11. Number of non-commissioned officers, 49. Cost per head per annum, £127 7s. 3d. 111. Number of privates, gunners, &c, 286. Cost per head per annum, £106 17s. IV. Number of men of all ranks, 350. Average cost per head per annum, £121 Is. Id. G. S. Whitmoee, Major-General, Under-Secretary for Defence. [Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,275 copies), 15s.]

Authority : George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB7.

"umber. Ranks. Salary. I 1 2 1 8 2 1 Lieutenant-colonel Majors (1 for six months) Major ! Captains (2 with rank of major) Lieutenants ... Assistant-surgeon £ 400 600 350 2,000 500 225 £4,0'