NIGERIA 1905 was awarded to members of the force which operated in the Kwale district between October 10th and 18th, 1905, both dates inclusive. The bar for S. NIGERIA 1905-06 was issued to those who took part in the Bende-Onitsha Hinterland expedition, and the bar for N. NIGERIA 1906 was given to those who took part in the operations against the Satiru rebels and the Emir of Hadeija. The bar for KISSI 1905 was awarded to those engaged in that district from March to June 1905, and for NANDI 1905-06 to those employed in that neighbourhood between October 1905 and July 1906, making a total of twenty-seven bars to this medal, and indicating the constant vigilance and discipline which is necessary to maintain the outposts of our Empire. =East Africa, 1902.=--The medal with bar for EAST AFRICA 1902 was awarded to all officers and men composing the Maruka patrol, which reached the Maruka district on September 4th, 1902, and operated in the district until October 25th, 1902, both dates inclusive. =East Africa, 1904.=--The medal with bar EAST AFRICA 1904 was issued to all officers and men composing the Iraini patrol, which entered the Iraini country on February 13th, 1904, and patrolled it between that date and March 17th, both dates inclusive. =East Africa, 1905.=--The medal with bar for EAST AFRICA 1905 was issued to all officers and men who took part in the operations in and near Sotik, from May 31st to July 12th, 1905, both dates inclusive, also to the officers and men composing the Kissi patrol, which entered the Kissi country on September 1st, 1905, and patrolled it until October 9th, 1905, both dates inclusive. =East Africa, 1906.=--The medal with bar EAST AFRICA 1906 was awarded to all officers and men composing the Embo patrol, which entered the Embo country on June 18th, 1906, and operated there until July 19th, 1906, both dates inclusive. =West Africa, 1906.=--The medal with bar WEST AFRICA 1906 was issued to all officers and men composing the Owa column, which left Asaba on June 9th, 1906, and operated against the people of Owa until the restoration of peace and the breaking-up of the column on August 3rd, 1906, both dates inclusive. The medal with bar WEST AFRICA 1906 was also awarded to all officers and men who operated in the Chibuk country between November 12th and December 4th, 1906, both dates inclusive. =West Africa, 1908.=--An Army Order issued in July 1910, with the approval of His Majesty King George V, granted a bar inscribed W. AFRICA 1908 to the forces who took part in the fighting in and near the Soukwala Valley on December 11th, 1908, and between December 24th and 31st, 1908, both dates inclusive.