VOLUNTEER ESTABLISHMENT.

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21. Mr. HUNT

asked the average strength of the Volunteer Forces for the ten years 1897 to 1906, inclusive?

Colonel SEELY

The average strength of the Volunteers, all ranks, exclusive of the permanent staff, for the years 1897 to 1906, including the three years of the South African War, was 252,005, and of the Yeomanry 17,785, making a total of 269,790.