The annual meeting of the Dunediu Engineer Volunteers was held in the Garri son Hall on Wednesday evening, when there was an attendance of over sixty members, Lieutenant Barclay presiding. The treasurer's balance - sheet and the reports of the various committees were sub mitted to the meeting, and after considera tion were adopted, the opinion being ex pressed that things were in a very satisfactory position, and that with' the receipt of the capitation grant for the current year the corps would be practically out of debt. The election of office-bearers, etc., resulted as follows : Treasurer, Ser geant Bryant; secretary, Lieutenant Bar clay ; assistant secretary, Corporal Eagle; librarian, Corporal Hammer; custodian of boatshed, Lance-corporal Spence (all re elected) ; auditors, Reserve Bugler Little and Engineer Beekman ; finance committee, Sergeants Barton and Russell; general com mittee Sergeant-major Henry, Sergeant Beadle, Lance-corporals Edmonds and Thom son, Engineers M'Rae, Smart, and Stokes ; library committee Lance-corporal Mac donald, Engineers Dredge, Styeh, and Wilkius ; amusement committee—Engineers E?quilant, Campbell, Grigg, Matheson, Nieholls, and Rodgcre; boating com mittee—N. CO. of engineering squad and Engineers Beekman, Chase, Flynn, Miles, and Rutherford. It was announced that the corps, with the Engineers' Band, would hold a church parade on the 16th February. Unfortunately the company are losing the services of Acting-lieutenant Postlcthwaite, who has tendered his resignation in conse quence of his early departure from the colony. The following promotions have been announced:—Corporal Beadle to bo sergeant, Lance-corporal Lacey to be cor poral. The company have, through the Government, obtained a supply of plant for use in the construction of field telegraph and telephone lines. Tho material received in cludes several thousand miles of wire for use in aerial lines, besides a large quantity of cable, insulators, Leclanche colls, etc., which, with light portable poles which it is intended to procure shortly, will completely equip the corps for field telegraph work. Colonel Fox inspects the Engineers on the 25th February.
