Permanent and Volunteer Forces of New Zealand.

(Compiled from the Official Report of Lieutenant-Colonel Fox, Commandant New Zealand Defence Force.)

Permanent Artillery.

	Gunners.
Distribution of the Force.	1st Class.	2nd Class	3rd Class.	Total.
Auckland	8	3	11	29
Wellington	9	4	35	56
Lyttelton	3	3	8	21
Dunedin	5	3	12	27
	25	13	66	133

The total includes 3 majors, 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 3 sergeants-major, 2 corporals, 2 bombardiers, and 12 artificers.

Submarine Mining Corps.

	Torpedo Men.
Distribution.	Artificers and 1st Class.	2nd Class.	3rd Class	Total
Auckland	6	4	3	15
Wellington	4	4	19	33
Lyttelton	2	0	3	6
Dunedin	1	1	0	8
	17	9	25	63

The total include 2 captains, 4 officers, 1 corporal, and 4 second corporals. Attached to this corps are the torpedo instructor and one sergeant major instructor of the Royal Engineers.

New Zealand Volunteers.

Districts.	Naval Artillery and Batteries.	Cavalry and Mounted Rifles.	Infantry.	Total of all Ranks.
Wellington	300	351	642	1293
Napier (sub-dist.)	117	46	133	296
Auckland	256	167	422	845
North Canterbury	204	119	590	913
South Canterbury	112	...	251	363
Dunedin	305	56	571	932
Southland	134	...	220	354
Oamaru	109	63	216	388
Westland	57	...	245	302
Nelson	128	...	161	289
Marlborough	...	49	125	174
Total	1722	851	3576	6149
Permanent Artillery, as above	...	...	...	133
Submarine Mining Corps, as above	...	...	...	63
Total strength	...	...	...	6343

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There are thirty-nine cadet corps in the colony, numbering in all 2,153 cadets. "They vary in value," says Colonel Fox, "from very great efficiency to absolute inefficiency," a condition of things arising from a lack of "system or guidance in the management," an official hint which will doubtless be productive of improvement in the drill and training of our youth to familiarity with arms.