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X.-MILITARY FORCES AND EXPENDITURE.
(a.)-REGULAR FORCES.
The following Return shows the number and nature of the Forces employed in the Colony during 1901 :-
General Staff,..
CORPE
Officers.
EUROPEAN,
N.C.O.'s and Men.
Warrant
Officers.
INDIAN.
Officers.
Warrant
Officers.!
CHINESE.
[N.C.O.'|N.C.O.'s and Men and Men.
TOTALS.
DRAFT.
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Mr.
Mr.
02
Tri H.A. Blake
MINUTE.
Fiddian 13/10
Collins 13/
Mr. Antrobus,
6
1
Garrison Staff,
Royal Garrison Artillery,·
21
2
578
601
Hongkong-Singapore Battalion, R.A.
12
9
137
466
Royal Engineers,
13
221
238
Chinese S. M. M. Co., R.E.,
65
65
Second Battalion Royal Welch Fuere. 27
1,012
1,041
Army Service Corps,..
6
ર
Royal Army Medical Corps,.
46
56
A.O.D. and Corps,.
52
59
A.P.D. and Corps,..
10
Indian Sub-Medical Dept.,
3
Educational Dept.,..
2
Hongkong Regiment,
13
899
928
22nd Bombay Infantry,.
13
12
678
703
3rd Madras Light Infantry,
10
16
652
678
5th Infantry Hyderabad Contingent,.. 13
16
671
699
Hr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
Totals,
150 13 1,930 68
3,338
65 5,564
Mr. Graham.
Sir M. Ommanney.
Earl of Onslow,
Mr. Chamberlain.
(6.)-COLONIAL CONTRIBUTION,
The Colony contributed $801,275 (being the statutory contribution of 20% of revenue) towards the cost of the maintenance of the regular forces in the Colony and Barrack Services..
(c.)-VOLUNTEER CORPS.
The total establishment of the Corps is 351 of all ranks. The strength in 1901 was:-Staff 7; one Field Battery (80) of six 2.5′′ R. M. L. Mountain Guns; three Machine Gun Companies (157) of four .303" Maxim machine guns each; an Infantry Company (53); an Engineer Company (25), and a Band (19).
The .45" Maxim machine guns have been converted into guns of .303" calibre. The expenditure on the Volunteers, which is entirely borne by the Colony, was $261772.60.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
My Gascoigne Geneval
Major-
Officer Administering the Government,
The Right Honourable
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
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&c.
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Ath 29that reforting on the Book of the Colony
29th Angest last
the Blue
Colony for
the year 1901.
2. J. Jang
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