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The following table shows the numbers posted in each district: —

Table of Postings, 1917-18.

Regulations and Publications. The following regulations have been gazetted since my last annual report: — (a.) Under the War Regulations Act, 1914 : War Regulations providing for compulsory national service for alien enemies and other persons of alien enemy descent; War Regulations making it an offence to trespass on a wharf guarded by the Naval or Military authorities ; War Regulations requiring the production of military papers on request of Civil police ; War Regulations providing for the, closing of licensed premises before, upon, or after the arrival of any oversea vessel carrying troops ; War Regulations (amendments) providing for the protection of the. property of soldiers or discharged soldiers from the execution of civil process ; War Regulations providing for the administration of the property of prisoners of war by the Public Trustee. (b.) Under the Military Service Act, 1916 : Regulations as to employment in the Home Service Branch, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (c.) Under the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915: Amendments to regulations governing the appointment, promotion, and gradation of members of the, New Zealand Expeditionary Force- ; amendments to the regulations governing the disposal of officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers invalided from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force ; regulations as to appeals by persons whose names are entered in the, military defaulters list. ((/.) Under the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments: Amendments to regulations re military honours and military funerals ; enlistments into the Royal New Zealand Artillery ; equipment of the New Zealand Military Forces ; duties of the Assistant Director of Medical Services of a district; promotion of officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps ; age for retirement of Chaplains ; registration, enrolment, and posting to the Territorial Force; Rifle Clubs and Dominion Rifle Association; alteration to establishment of New Zealand Army Pay Corps ; special grants for the Territorial Force ; organization and general duties of the New Zealand Army Pay Department; allowance for the use of private motor vehicles ; orderlies to His Excellency the Governor-General; regulations for the New Zealand Army Medical Department and New Zealand Medical Corps ; amended regulations re pay and allowances of New Zealand Staff Corps, Royal New Zealand Artillery, New Zealand Permanent Staff, New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps, and New Zealand Army Pay Corps ; Reserve of Officers and Retired List; disposal of condemned, surplus, and obsolete stores. The following official publications have been issued : — (a.) New Zealand Army List for June, 1918, and December, 1918. (/>.) General Orders (monthly). Special General Orders : —■ (c.) Returned Soldiers' Handbook (three demobilization editions). ((/.) Demobilization Scheme. (c.) Demobilization Instructions for New Zealand Troops on the Voyage to and in New Zealand. ((.) Rules for Military Detention Barracks. (;/.) Rules and Regulations for Defence Vessels and Boats, and Instructions lor their Maintenance. (h.) Notes for the Guidance of Military Police. (».) The Soldier's Guide. (j.) Instructions in the Method of Accounting, Care, and Custody of Territorial and oadet Clothing, &c. (k.) Instructions regareling the Wearing of Orders, Decorations, and Medals. 1(1.) Transfer to Quarantine Island of Soldiers suffering from Venereal Diseases. (m.) Pay and Allowances, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Foreign Service Branch). (n.) Pay and Allowances for Members of New Zealand Defence Forces employed on Home Service. (o.) Separation Allowances, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Foreign Service Branch). (p.) Instructions for Supply and Transport Service. (q.) Syllabus of Cadet Training, 1919.

District. To Senior Cadets. I ! To Territorial Force. I Totals. Auckland Canterbury .. Otago Wellington Totals i 1,903 2,380 1,411 3,235 8,929 2,110 1,971 1,377 2,907 8,365 1 4,013 4,351 2,788 6,142 17,294 8,365 17,294