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Return showing Strength of Volunteer Corps— continued.

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Name of Corps. Strength on the 31st March. 1898. 1899. 1900. 190L 1902. 1903. Strength on the 31st March. Canterbury District--conti', led. Cadet Corps 60 60 53 43 60 60 53 43 Christ's College Rifle Cadet Volunteers Christchurch Boys' High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers Kaiapoi Rifle Cadet Volunteers ... .... Queen's Rifle Cadet Volunteers Lyttelton Naval Artillery Cadet Volunteers Timaru High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers *Timaru Main Public School Rifle Cadet Volunteers... 57 54 46' 49 62 60 45 44 54 46 49 63 63 No record 63 49 63 63 45 42 35 63 65 66 46 62 43 63 Otago Distrk :t. Adult Corps. Otago Hussar Volunteers North Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers Southland Mounted Rifle Volunteers Clutha Mounted Rifle Volunteers ... Mataura Mounted Rifle Volunteers Maniototo Mounted Rifle Volunteers Tuapeka Mounted Rifle Volunteers Taieri Mounted Rifle Volunteers ... Waitaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers Wakatipu Mounted Rifle Volunteers Kelso Mounted Rifle Volunteers ... Murihiku Mounted Rifle Volunteers Wallace Mounted Rifle Volunteers Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteers Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers ... B Battery, Artillery Volunteers Dunedin Engineer Volunteers Dunedin City Guards Volunteers ... Bruce Rifle Volunteers ... ... ... ... • East Taieri Rifle Volunteers North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers ... Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers Dunedin Rifle Volunteers Wakari Rifle /olunteers ... Caversham Rifle Volunteers Owaka Rifle Volunteers ... Clutha Rifle Volunteers ... Green Island Rifle Volunteers Popotunoa Rifle Volunteers Dunedin Volunteer Cycle Corps ... Dunedin Volunteer Bearer Corps .. Invercargill City Guards Volunteers Oreti Rifle Volunteers Awarua Rifle Volunteers... Riverton Rifle Volunteers Gore Rifle Volunteers Riversdale Rifle Volunteers Mercantile Rifle Volunteers Winton Rifle Volunteers ... Tapanui Rifle Volunteers Orepuki Rifle Volunteers Bluff Guards Volunteers... Colac Bay Rifle Volunteers Queen's Rifle Volunteers... Hampden Rifle Volunteers Oamaru Rifle Volunteers... Naseby Rifle Volunteers ... Palmerston South Rifle Volunteers Alexandra South Rifle Volunteers... Queenstown Rifle Volunteers Cromwell Rifle Volunteers Duntroon Rifle Volunteers 62 58 63 68 57 65 66 69 64 113 72 76 110 88 85 83 66 45 46 69 61 48 56 59 25 23 69 71 68 97 97 111 103 91 84 86 ::: 69 107 103 87 103 71 . 60 54 72 55 60 59 63 63 63 63 27 53 69 66 68 63 104 94 70 92 72 70 75 92 71 60 79 69 113 74 81 98 66 56 33 61 61 56 51 63 62 65 j 58 63 66 63 30 46 60 62 62 79 108 92 72 105 64 70 75 93 67 71 81 71 115 80 65 98 68 45 47 67 54 59 56 62 56 63 51 62 63 63 21 50 57 54 47 81 73 62 76 55 52 41 62 59 56 87 78 71 79 68 46 47 67 47 58 50 62 59 47 45 44 45 52 27 27 55 50 56 43 55 68 63 65 64 58 55 62 62 56 87 66 62 57 66 55 72 56 56 64 63 64 65 69 58 75 62 62 64 54 58 64 61 51 62 62 57 34 63 52 33 38 66 68 57 55 57 60 60 59 60 64 68 67 59 55 63 ... * The Timaru Main Public School Rifle Cadet Volunteers were pi; department in 1902. ,ced under the lontrol >f the Education