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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 827, 23 February 1867, Page 2

|S^SSS-^^ssj^ato;^egulat|onS; . g |^(^EBNMENT ' PRIZED FplN(lv ; /S' • ; 1867. ■_■ .•;.."■ ' - S«,i, r« -Ki ,: JD©£ esoe.-,Qfflp.e, „ „;...;„ ; „,„,,- --^jrti^ni^tlii^bKnay,-' 1867. -^ jrjnH£^-f^ii#ilg:Buleiß and Regulations are H JL- '^published -'lor. general information. ••'"•/- ..\; '/, the Defenqe Minister. ; ,: > Colonial Prizes. . C;Ol.3sh«Cflring: fdrjtlie Colonial Prizes will V- c take plp.oe.at.9r near ? Wejlington, on a day to \\- &#, . Ootnpetitors for the ;'"• Colonial. Prizes" will fire at ranges of 400, 500, and 600 yards "i«five shots at eaoh range, without: artificial Hfeit, an^ositipß. Size.ofe target centre 4 feet, bull's -fljrft.2 feet. Value of points : . — bull's eye 8, oentre 2, ojiter; 1, M Highest possible score 60 points. .. . ■ > . : '■} .. 8. AH officers o ( f,;th'e Colonial any person sworn in and now serving as a militiaman, and alUmemberis of Volunteer Corps itr are eligible to |»eohb^eh as pompatitprs f or the ' H Colonial Prizes," but as the nqnjber of suoh oompititorfl must be very' |imitedi the best ;BhptswJllbe seleotedfrom each Province or Distriot by preliminary competitive firing, the ranges for which, number of shots, positioi^fe^^f tafgets, and value of points, will ; b>>ith©\6ame as in firing for the Colonial ■' "Priaeß,^ ' ,■•-■-,: ■■:■-';■.'. ..'•■• 4. Each Provinqe or District will be allowed to send on? jepresentative to Wellington for every 80 men wno score 20 points at the j^pmpetitive firing, but no representative will recognized who does not himself score 30 i .■ ''points. ■-.- ■ • .•.,-;-.;-;'■:''■ .' • : ■ . ' 6. Every person wishing to be a represen. I tative must give notice thereof in writing, on or befdrL'the t««onty-eighth of February, to t the Adjutant, who will, under directions of j ' f 'ibl'dhlcei'commandipg the district, appoint a, day or days between the Ist and 15th of • llaroht for the competitive firing, when the I highest score ;or scores (acoording to the ' ffi nupabeKof representatives to be sent by the ; Province or' District) will be entitled to fire at Wellington for the Colonial Prizes, I 6. The cost of a saloon cabin passage to \

- anii'frbm Wellington (calculated at the rates h charpd for 1 return tiokets) will be allowed to the Competitors, together with a sum of ten shillings a day to each non-resident during his unavoidable detention at Wellington. '/:',: .''..'. District ■Pi'izes. .

■"7. bffioers Commanding Disfcriots will ap-

point the times, and places for the firing for \ . the ; Distriot, Prizes. / Every intending oomr "mu^t!:.giye : .nQtioe"in writing of his „ intention, to the Adjutant of the permanent ' r Waff s ou or before th'e i twenty-eighth of Feb-

ruaryipext.. „. , . „ . ,B. Qompetiiprs for the District Prizes will j^firje'jat^ngesbf 300^4(30, and 500 yards-5 shbts f M Leabh raiigeV ; without; artificial rest, any positiob ; size of target and value of •pbihte^slHhe' as for thb Colonial Prizes. ; . .9. No Prizes will be given for whioh there '" are nbiE'' at least twenty competitors. 10. No person will be allowed to oompete for more than one set pf District Prizes. * Qe^^l Myllei p fo' observed- iv> firing for '."" %6i% the Colonial and District Prizes, 11. The long or medium Enfield rifle, the Lancaster rifle, and the breech or muzzle loading carbine, as issued by the General or Provincial [Governments, must alone be used, and attention is particularly called to the notice /from the Government Gazette printed at the foot, as the order therein laid * f down will be strictly enforced. , 12. Ammunition ? will be provided by c ' 'OovernmOnt. •'

XL *' : l&'One sighting shot at eaoh range will be allowed. 14. No prizes whatever will be given in any case for a less score than 20 points. 15. Each competitor will fire hia whole number of shots in the same day, unless the weather turns out unfavourable, when the senior officer present may, at any time, at his discretion postpone the firing until the next favourable opportunity. 16. A list, giving eaoh competitor a number only, will be given to the officer and marker ; another list will be made out with eaoh competitor's name and corresponding number on it, to bo kept by the senior officer stationed at the spot where the competitors fire from. ; ;/ , 17. Should any competitor absent himself when his turn comes to fire, he is to forfeit his chance, and a shot is to be fired in the air (which the marker will score as a miss), in, order tb keep thejnumbers on the lists correbt; 18/ All disputed points are to be deoided by the senior officer present, whose decision '■■- will be final.

19. Ties will fire one shot at the longest range until the best shot be returned. 20. In the scoring pne point will be added to each hit. , , > 21.; Competitors .will have the benefit of any Bhot on the ring. .22. Any shqts which touch the ground before hitting the target (ricoohets) are to be noted R in the column for misses. 23, All hits will count according to where the bullet " first" strikes the target. i 24,/Xhe firing for Government Prizes

should be superintended, if possible, by a Field Officer; and in the absence of any - r .F,iißl4; Officer, there must be (exclusive of any " Wdical Officer) at least pne Commissioned Officer on the ground besides the Adjutant, both or all .of whom must certify to the correctneds of the Return. 25.^6 benior officer present will appoint _ one personjto. call the names of competitors at the place of firing, and another to remain with the marker near the target. 26. The senior officer present will appoint a marker, who will be under the immediate supervision of the officer appointed to remain near the target. Markers will receive pay at . the rate of ss. per diem, if demanded. 1 ■ 27. A return of the names of all competitors, with the number of points and hits V 4 BCored by eaoty duly, signed, as laid down in

section 24, is to be- forwarded by the Officer ■-- icommanding the district, or by the Adjutant, to thVUnder Secretary, Defence Department, • Wellington, aocording to the accompanying form, as soon as possible after the firing has >'> been concluded. .

28. The attention of the Commanding v: Officers and Adjutants is particularly called . to-the following rules to prevent accidents :— , No competitor is to cap or cock his rifle before coming to the spot from which .: : he is to fire, , . No competitor ia to let the cock of his rifle dowji when an unexploded oap is on the nipple, but to keep it at half. ...... ,cooH. ; : Competitors before firing are to take a few /. :• i . paces in front of all lookers on, and to .. see that no objects are in the line of fire. '" DIAGRAM of Taegbt for Colonial and Disrl „ / / triot Prizes, 1866-7, '. ' ••-;'.' . 6 FtOuter. '^Zl Centre. ;lVs; i. -j- ■ . ' ..•_ 2 Ft. ■'^4 ;^ ; 'W-v'-'. i -^^*r' - ■-- ■ T..M, Haultain." •^ti^oipnrsli^fence Office, f^l^.^Uipgtop,"; .-;.:...:,, .-.'■- ai>^^v^,^ew Zealand Gazette, No. 19, sv : : ;^-:^H? !7%::i86J ,^?K0 97.) f o; : jS^\^^^^;G.9lpnial;S;eor4tary?s. Office, "'-•■'■