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RETURN OF MILITIA.

Nil.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

The Hongkong Volunteers, Artillery aud Rifle Corps, originally incorporated by Sir HERCULES ROBINSON under Ordinance 2 of 1862 was disbanded by Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL in 1866, but revived and re-organized by Governor POPE HENNESSY in 1877. It was again disbanded in 1882, and re-organized in the same year by the Hon. W. H. Marsh, C.M.G., (now Sir WILLIAM MARSH, K.C.M.G.,) the Officer Administering tho Government, uudor Ordinance 18 of 1882.

It now consists solely of an Artillery Corps; there are 50 Houorary Members and 40 (exclusive of officers) Effective Members. The latter pass through a course of Garrison aud Mountain Gun Drills, as well as Martini- Henry Carbine Drills. The Corps passes through a good many fluctuations owing to the changes that take placë, as many residents come and go. During the past three months 14 recruits bave joined to re-place those who have left the Colony; of these some have sorved as Volunteers iu England.

The business hours being from 9 or 10 A.M. until 5 r.at., Drills can only be carried on before and after those hours. Then only sufficient men can be assembled for one or two gun detachments, except on Public Holidays as China New Year, when the Annual Artillery Practice takes place. However, sufficient instruction can be given to make the Corps a valuable Auxiliury in the event of War. The Officers of the Corps are as follows:-

ACTING COMMANDANT-

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Capt. J. McCALLUM.

SURGEON-

JAMES CANTLIE, M.B.

LIEUTENANTS—

H. E. DENSON.

J. B. SCOTT.

W. D. BRAIDWOOD.

Lt. W. C. A. NICHOLSON, R.A., Adjt.