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u | 2d district | 47 | 60 | 41 | 52 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 200
m |Alnwick,
b | 1st district | 93 | 54 | 44 | 54 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 245
e |Alnwick,
r | 2d district | 137 | 83 | 72 | 80 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 373
l |Carleton | 757 | 429 | 376 | 402 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1965
a |Beresford | 327 | 294 | 225 | 228 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1086
n |Glenelg | 323 | 174 | 175 | 163 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 836
d |Saumarez,
| 1st district | 299 | 209 | 201 | 234 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 949
|Saumarez,
| 2d district | 524 | 446 | 408 | 450 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1828
|Wellington | 420 | 393 | 335 | 406 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1555
|Nelson | 574 | 185 | 201 | 166 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1132
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NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
County of York 10,972
County of Saint John 12,907
County of Kings 7,930
County of Queens 4,741
County of Charlotte 9,267
County of Sunbury 3,227
County of Westmorland 9,303
County of Northumberland 15,829
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Total in the Province 74,176
The enrolled Militia amount to about twelve thousand. They are divided
into twenty-three battalions; the battalions are composed of six,
eight, or more companies, according to local circumstances. The
companies consist of one captain, two subalterns, three sergeants,
and sixty rank and file, except flank companies, which are allowed
four sergeants. Where districts are in remote situations, and not
sufficiently populous to form two companies, but exceed the number of
sixty effective men, eighty are allowed to be enrolled in one company.
They assemble by companies two days in a year for drill; and by
battalions or divisions for muster and inspection, once or oftener, if
the Commander-in-Chief thinks it necessary. An Inspecting Field Officer
is appointed to inspect the battalions at their general muster. He
visits the different corps successively, and reports to the
Commander-in-Chief. He is paid a certain sum per annum, which is
granted yearly by the Legislature. The Militia Law is continually
undergoing alterations, and has not yet attained to that per
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