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 1878] Retirement of the Molteno Ministry. 115 necessary for the defence of the frontier districts. They consisted of 1. The establishment of a force to be called the Cape Mounted Yeomanry. By Act 5 of 1878 this was to consist of three regiments, not exceeding one thousand men in each, whose head-quarters were to be respec- tively King-Williamstown, Queenstown, and Uitenhage. They were to agree to serve for three years, and were liable to be called out for duty whenever needed and to remain in the field as long as required. They were to drill one day in every month and one week in every year. The government was to provide them with arms, ammunition, and camp equipage, and was to allow them £25 for the purchase of a horse, saddle, and bridle and £15 yearly for the maintenance of the horse during the second and third years. During the yearly drill and when on active service, they were to receive pay at the following rates : captains 15s., lieutenants lis., surgeons 31s. 66?., sergeants 6s., corporals 5s., and privates 4s. a day. Each regiment was to be under the command of an officer to be termed lieutenant-colonel. 2. By Act 7 of 1878, entitled "to provide for the organisation of the inhabitants of this colony for the defence thereof," all burghers between the ages of eighteen and fifty years were to be enrolled, and, with certain exceptions, were made liable in case of need to be called out for service. They were to be divided into two classes : the first consisting of those from eighteen to thirty years of age, and the second those from thirty to fifty. They were at liberty to elect their own officers, and when on service were to be provided with material of war and to be paid at the following rates : comman- dants 20s., captains 15s., mounted privates 4s., and un- mounted men 3s., a day. Coloured inhabitants were also made liable to be called out, and under the name of levies were to be paid 2s. 6c?. a day when on active service.