The acquittance of salaries rolls were (in effect) receipts for pay disbursed to units of the permanent forces, militia and volunteers. They record names, rank, number of days training or service, allowances and amounts paid.

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This series consists of the inwards and outwards letters of the Aliens Service Branch from 1918 to 1919.

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This series is comprised of an index to the Multiple Number Subject Classification Files created by the Army Department.

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This series consists of army lists and registers of commissions. The lists showed the names and ranks of officers attached to each unit of the Militia and Volunteers before 1900. The Registers of Commissions mainly cover the post 1900 period up to 1930.

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These are miscellaneous papers of the Artillery Staff Officer. They contain reports and memoranda on artillery defence works, maintenance and training.

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The records include returns, lists and notifications relating to troop movements, medical and dental treatment, casualties, graves, wills, furloughs, discharges, pensions and similar matters.

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This series contains duplicate copies of despatches sent by the Commander of the New Zealand military forces in Samoa, and by the civil administration there, to the Earl of Liverpool, Governor (from 1917 Governor-General) of New Zealand.

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This series contains Capitation Rolls for the Band, Cadet Volunteers and Battalion/Regimental Staff of the Volunteer Corps units. The Capitation Rolls were made out of each unit giving names, rank, details of training and allowance claimed.

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This series consists of the Capitation Rolls of Volunteer Corps 1860 to 1911.

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This series contains circulars and orders that were used to keep officers informed of new rulings on such matters as expenditure, instructions, and care of government property. Orders used to issue routine instructions or notify officers of changes in regulations or organisation.

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This series consists of the Fort record books of the Coastal Defence, Royal New Zealand Artillery (RNZA). Fort record books give operational details of fortifications, topography, armament and operations.

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This series consists of a miscellaneous collection of maps and diagrams, pertaining to Coastal Defences, used by Royal New Zealand Artillery and New Zealand Artillery units.

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This series is a collection of miscellaneous records that includes mobilisation schemes, draft manuals, standing orders, fighting books, radar equipment precis and defence exercise records.

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This series consists of the papers of Colonel T.W.R. Porter. The letterbooks have been divided into three groups: defence and native affairs; native land purchase business; and non-official matters.

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This series consists of the inwards letters of the Colonial Secretary's Office, Militia Branch.

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Letterbooks of outwards correspondence from the Colonial Secretary's Office, Militia Branch.

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This series contains a single register of inwards correspondence of the Colonial Secretary's Office, Militia Branch for 1860-62.

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This series contains the Inwards letters of the Commandant of the New Zealand Forces' Office. The main body of records refer to officer corps matters, appointments, promotions, examinations and postings, but also included are files on the establishment, equipping and training of regular force and volunteer units.

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This series comprises of the general inwards correspondence of the Commandant of the New Zealand Forces' office and was recorded in two sequences.

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The indexes relate to the registers of inwards correspondence in the Commandant's office.

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Volunteer files, relating to the appointment and promotion of officers, and applications for medals. The records are a subsidiary series of the Commandant's office.

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In 1937 a New Zealand Army contingent was sent to Britain to represent the country at the coronation of George VI. The papers are the contingent's records.

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This series contains Department of Defence registered subject files from 1912-1914. The filing system of inwards correspondence was changed in 1912 from the previous annual single number system to a multiple number subject filing system.

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This series consists of just one file concerning Private Tetiamana, A. Atea, of theTahitian Contingent, French Colonel Forces.

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This series contains the inwards letters of the Deputy Adjutant-General. Preparations began in 1858 to establish a permanent basis for a local defence force with the passage of the Militia Act. The following year the post of Deputy Adjutant-General was created to administer the act.

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This series contains the outward letterbooks of the Deputy Adjutant-General (1859-1865). Each letterbook in this series has been given a running number.

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These are registers of the inwards letters to the Deputy Adjutant-General covering 1859 to 1865.

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This series contains the registered files of the Director of Recruiting. The Director was responsible for the administration of the Military Service Act, 1916, and the implementation of Recruiting Board policies, which was the controlling authority.

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These registered files relate to the Director's activities in military camp and building construction. They include records on various types of buildings and on the actual structures erected.

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This series consists of the registered files of the Education and Vocational Training Branch.

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This series contains the Registers of the Inwards Letters of the Engineer Staff Officer. These books give some indication of the nature of corps correspondence.

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The Fortifications and Works Branch was probably set up in the early part of the Second World War; its duties concerned the construction and maintenance of defence works and installations.

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The maps and drawings which were transferred from the branch, include material dating before the Second World War and also a quantity of more recent origin.

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This series is comprised of registered files created by Headquarters Military Linton Camp.

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This series contains a number of manuals about standing orders, operating procedures, general instructions, and administrative instruction.

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As in the same manner as the registers of inwards correspondence, the indexes of the various sequences of records have been placed in one series. Three duplicate Colonial Defence Office indexes, however, have been placed in Series 8642.

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This series contains the minutes of the Inspector of Militia and Volunteers, who was the principal commissioned officer administering Militia and Volunteer affairs.

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This series consists of the outwards memoranda of the Inspector of Stores. The Inspector of Stores was responsible for supervising expenditure and payments on supply contracts for the New Zealand (Defence) Forces, including the Militia and Volunteers, and also for land grants to discharged servicemen.

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This series contains copies of internal minutes of minister and senior officials, minutes originally written on inwards correspondence by the Minister, the Under-Secretary and other senior officials.

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This series describes the inwards letters and registered files of the Permanent Militia and Permanent Force. The series relates to routine personnel matters, equipment and training. It also includes memoranda, reports and instructions on the maintenance and construction of defence works.

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This series of inwards letters and registered files contains records of the Colonial Defence Office, the Militia and Volunteers and the Defence Office, which subsequently became the Defence Department and later still the Army Department.

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This series consists of the papers of Major L.W. Loveday. The papers are an accumulation of records from his various posts within the military.

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This series comprises of assorted manuals and other publications. It includes a draft of standing orders for any proposed Third New Zealand Expeditionary Force (3NZEF).

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The 'Maori War Series' was specially created by the Army Department from a miscellaneous collection of documents and papers. Papers included in the series do not necessarily date from the wars but merely relate to matters arising from that period.

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This series contains the military personnel files of Victoria Cross and George Cross holders' who served in the Army; it also includes indexes and registers/rolls for the New Zealand Cross, New Zealand War Medal, Queen's/King's South Africa Medal, Military Medal (1NZEF), Distinguished Service Order (1NZEF), and decorations awarded by the French Government.

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Outwards correspondence and memoranda from the Military Secretary.

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This series contains the register to the inwards correspondence to the Military Secretary from 1863 to 1866.

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This series contains the inwards letters of the Military Secretary (and Aide-de-Camp) to Major General T.J. Galloway. The series of inwards letters was continued as part of the records of the Headquarters, Waikato Force when the position of Military Secretary was abolished in 1865.

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This series contains the correspondence of the Minister of Defence. It included reports on the effects of policies and the attitudes of disaffected Maori tribes, instructions to departmental officials, and other officers.

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This series contains the Minister of Defence registered files. During the latter part of the First World War the Minister of Defence had his own records system identified by the letters 'MD'.

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