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This will necessitate the provision on this year's estimates of a similar sum to meet this capital and non-recurrent expenditure. As regards the future, I am confident that the normal annual expenditure on a Territorial Force of 30,000 men, 35,000 Senior Cadets, and a second line of 25,000 Rifle Club men need not exceed the amount originally stated in Parliament and by Lord Kitchener. 39. Conclusion. In conclusion, 1 wish to bring specially to your notice the excellent work that has been done by all the permanent officers and non-commissioned officers and by the civilian staffs of the Department in initiating the new scheme. Those who were taken on locally in order to start it have, almost without exception, more than justified their selection. I do not think that the magnitude of the undertaking has been generally realized, and I am convinced that, had it not been for the tact, loyalty, and unceasing hard work of all those who have been concerned in its inception, there would have been little chance of its having become already practically an assured success. The success has also been due in great measure to the interest and cordial co-operation shown by the Territorial officers of all ranks, most of whom, I am glad to say, have taken their military responsibilities very seriously. They evidently do not intend that their military knowledge shall suffer more than can possibly be helped from the fact that they are not able to devote all their time to soldiering. ' 1 have the honour to be, Sir. Your obedient servant, Alex. J. Godlet, Major-General, Wellington, 27th June, 1912. Commanding New Zealand Forces.

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX A.

NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES 1912.—RETURN OF ATTENDANCE AT CAMPS BY UNITS.

Unit. S" ft Ua 2 1 S3 4)4) «'g o ft « D tj Xlrrf <0 3 o | CD S <i o "eS O H 4 1» H.| . O o •o S35 — E3 ■2 II i Sa 5 ■s ii.o si.- | |g SSlS g$ . 5 lo 4j S3 -44 §4* fl S oj 3-8.3 a .- o S» 4 9 Bo ,3,2 ooo £So« S a sS3 "8 fc fc so Ph fc H _6 7 8 9 i 10 11 1 Atrc JKLAND MlLITAI IY Disi raid. 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles 1 lth (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles Auckland Field Artillery Brigade .. Auckland Garrison Artillery Division No. 3 Field Company, N.Z. Engineers 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (" Countess of Ranfurly's Own ") 6th (Hauraki) Regiment 15th (North Auckland) Regiment .. 16th (Waikato) Regiment Auckland Mounted Signal Company Auckland Infantry Signal Company.. No. 1 Field Ambulance .. ... No. 5 Mounted Field Ambulance 369 428 291 178 280 136 715 16 Nil Nil 3 11 3 71 385 428 291 181 291 139 786 15 15 13 5 16 Nil 73 3 13 41 20 66 43 Nil 5 64 5 16 4 148 ! 50 416 504 413 191 376 159 1,057 92-55 84-92 70-46 94-76 77-39 87-42 74-36 128 163 159 309 74 46 207 544 667 572 500 450 205 1,264 396 454 531 18 104 104 6 94 33 92 Nil 2 9 Nil 490 j 487 623 18 106 113 6 50 22 58 2 10 6 2 27 43 10 115 17 12 Nil Nil Nil Nil 15 I Nil j Nil 407 I 311 610 634 710 20 116 135 8 80-33 76-81 87-75 90-00 91-38 83-70 75-00 414 390 314 11 (Over) 116 108 1,024 1,024 1,024 31 62 251 116 Totals .. 4,010 334 4,344 287 5,349 81-21 2,385 7,734