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ARMED CONSTABULARY. (1.) Number of men appointed to the above Force from the Ist January, 1883, to the 31st August, 1886, when the Force was formed into the Permanent Militia and Police (both dates inclusive) ... ... ... ... ... ... <... 298

(2.) They were enrolled at the Armed Constabulary Depot, Wellington. There is not sufficient information to show their previous places of residence : in many instances they were recent arrivals in the colony.

(3.) The names of persons transferred from the Field Force to the Police Branch of the Armed Constabulary during the above-mentioned period, and the length of service previous to their transfer to the Police Branch, are shown on the attached list. J. B. TUNBRIDGE, 2nd December, 1897. Commissioner of Police.

Names of Persons transferred from the Field Force to the Police Branch from the 1st January, 1883, to the 31st August, 1886.

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Names. Length of Service previous to Transfer to Police Branch. Names. Length of Service previous to Transfer to Police Branch. Hilliard, William Livingstone, William James Maclde, Francis Sheehan, Bartholemew Smith, Frederick Charles .. Mackisack, Redmond Thomas Hickey, James Barrett, William Hunter .. Patterson, Adam Barry, Edward Gray, Benjamin Marsh, Nicholas Carroll, Laurence Foreman, Henry .. Bridgman, John Beattie, Frederick BucklancI, William Frederick Williams, Walter Sole, Charles Kelso, Thomas Sheary, James Bradshaw, Thomas Lionel .. O'Donohue, Daniel Weathered, John Joseph Joyce, Patrick Martin, Edwin Nixon, James Sheldon, James Rowles, Denis Teversham, William Donovan, Timothy Madden, John Boche, Maurice M'Cormack, Thomas Joseph Cowley, Thomas Mclntyre, John O'Rourke, Timothy Hobson, John Meade Dew, Samuel Joseph Duncan, Patrick Henry Patterson, Richard Lewis, William Toole, Thomas M'Gaughan, Charles Stephard, John Fald, Henry Hansen, Frank Armstrong, Henry Chapman, John Cameron, John Kenny, Joseph McDonnell, John Meehan, Thomas Dillon, John Wyllie, David Dale, James Sams, Frederick James Daniel Bowers, George Edwin Bollinger, Max Healey, John Bree, James Bogue, Daniel Hastie, George Heaney, William Gleeson, William .. O'Rourke, Daniel Yrs. moa. dys. 0 1 14 0 0 29 0 7 17 4 4 17 0 5 23 0 6 30 3 7 26 0 0 13 3 11 15 1 9 20 4 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 15 1 8 29 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 6 10 0 0 10 4 2 16 1 11 13 0 2 23 0 2 27 4 8 29 0 2 4. 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 0 3 1 0 2 25 3 9 3 2 14 0 3 28 2 0 8 0 2 4 0 2 7 0 0 11 0 6 13 0 3 23 4 7 4 0 1 18 0 2 2 5 4 6 0 2 17 9 5 28 4 9 6 0 9 8 2 5 27 2 3 28 2 7 18 4 11 10 2 8 12 2 8 13 2 8 16 2 9 24 0 11 8 0 1 29 2 11 2 110 4 4 27 4 7 3 5 1 30 0 2 13 5 0 12 4 6 18 West, Joseph Beddek, Thomas Henry Helyer Christie, Andrew Gray, Robert Downey, Hugh Louis Koster, John Jacob Browne, James Ulysses Connor, Denis McLaughlin, Peter Bree, Patrick Lloyd, Charles Edward O'Brien, Benjamin Russell, George Thomas .. Walker, George Lucas MacRae, Duncan O'Leary, Denis Stanton, Alfred May, Joseph George Taylor, Francis James Theobald, Nicholas William Clark, Alexander.. Ensor, Ernest Rollo, James Smith Neale, George Phillips, James Hugh Hattie, Alexander Bleasel, Charles .. Martyn, John Haldane, Richard Flaherty, John Maddern, William Berriman, Andrew Fea, James Cooper, Charles Stewart, Hugh Johnston .. Moon, Alfred Morton Wooding, Charles Sturmer, Edward Fleming, Patrick.. Hallett, Henry Addison, James .. Whelan, Reenan .. Treanor, James Kennedy, John Bleasel, Michael Edward .. Carmody, Patrick McAnerin, William Henry Bethel, William O'Brien, Michael.. Davy, Charley Mullany, Luke Graham, Thomas O'Sullivan, John Leonard, John Ingram, John Hewitt, Elijah Salmon, Henry Annan, Thomas Gantley, James .. McDonough, John Strickland, David Fullbrook, William Wood .. Mathieson, William Dunne, John Howard, Thomas.. Yrs. mos. dys. 0 0 2 0 4 15 0 0 6 0 10 24 0 19 0 2 11 0 0 6 6 2 10 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 3 3 4 24 5 8 8 3 7 7 0 3 21 5 2 20 0 0 5 3 8 17 5 5 9 0 0 14 0 7 28 10 10 7 11 0 19 0 0 16 0 3 10 6 11 8 11 1 5 0 1 15 0 2 7 0 4 7 0 4 19 11 4 10 0 4 14 12 4 24 0 11 29 14 4 14 6 10 26 17 1 4 0 0 2 17 0 27 17 1 0 15 9 21 12 3 7 0 2 26 7 1 16 0 0 7 4 5 20 1 4 27 6 11 3 2 7 9 0 8 18 10 6 13 11 11 15 1 0 22 0 6 9 0 3 24 15 3 19 0 10 21 0 8 23 4 10 0 14 11 11 5 3 22 0 11 11 7 9 7 6 6 27