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The colonial army of the Netherlands comprises a force of 27,449 men, composed of the following rank and file : —

Infantry Cavalry Artillery

Sappers and miners

Total

Europeans

Natives

Total

9,667 583

1,684 323

13,394

1,129 659

23,071

583

2,813

982

12,267

15,182

27,449

The number of officers, all- Europeans, commanding the rank and file enumerated in the above statement, is 1,314. Of these, 745 are in the infantry, 36 in the cavalry, 118 iu the artillery, 62 in the corps of sappers and miners, 209 in the sanitary service, 78 in the military administration, and 66 on the staff.

The navy of the Netherlands was composed, at the beo-innino- of June 1870, of 70 steamers, the names- of which, liorse-power, number of guns, and strength of crews, are given in the following list, furnished by the Eoyal Government to the Statesman's Year- book : —

Name3 of Men-of-War

Horse- power

Number of Guns

Crews

Ieokclads : —

De Ruyter . . . , "

400

14

250

Prins Hendrick

400

4

200

Stier .

400

2

100

Buffel .

400

2

100

Schorpisen .

400

2

100

Matador

400

2

100

Krokodil

140

2

75

Heiligerlee .

140

2

75

Tyger .

140

2

75

Cerlierus

140

o

75

Bloedhond .

140

2

75

Panther

140

2

75

Hyena .

140

2

75

No. 1 (Gkmboat)

120

2

50

No. 2 (Gunboat)

40

2

30

Frigates : —

Admiraal van Wassenaer . . ...

300

45

470

Evert sen

400

51

500

Zeeland

400

51

500

Adolph ran Nassau

400

51

500

Anna Paulowna ,

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600

20

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