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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue XXIII, 3 May 1864, Page 2

"PECULATIONS respecting the NEW XV ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PRIZES for the best RIFLE SnOIS, for the year 18G4. 1. The let Prize to be £50, the winner also to keep and wear the Champion pouch and belt for the best shot in New Zealand during tho year in which he wins it. The 2nd prize to be £35 and the Medal presented by the Council of the National Rifle Association. 3rd prize, £30. 4th „ £25. sth „ £20. 6th „ £17 10s. 7th „ £17 10*. Bth „ £15. 9th „ £15. 10th „ £12 10s. 11th „ £12 10s. 12th „ £10. 13th „ £10. 14th „ £10. 15th „ £10. 16th „ £7 10s. 17th „ £7 10s. 18th „ £5. 19th „ £5. 20th „ £5. 2. The firing to take place at such hours and places as the officers commanding at the different stations may deem convenient ; each competitor to fire his whole number of rounds on the same day, commencing on the 16th May next. Should the weather prove unfavourable at any time appointed, the firing may be postponed at the discretion of the Officer Commanding at the station. 3. The firing to be open to any person sworn in and now serving as a Militiaman, except those sworn in for special service, and to all membprs of Volunteer Corps (officers included). All intending competitors to send in their names on or before the Bth May next, to the officer commanding the corps to which they belong, or to the Adjutant, when lists are to be compiled from the names sent in ; but, if considered that any such person, whether a Militiaman or Volunteer, shall not hsve attended, when required, sufficiently regularly at drills, parades, training, or exercise, such person may be prevented from firing for the prizes. 4. A list, giving each competitor a number only, to be given to the officer and marker, another lut to be made out with each competitor's name and corresponding number on it, to be kept by the officer commanding or Adjutant, and officer stationed at theßpot where the competitors fire from. 5. Should any competitor absent himself when his turn comes to fire, he is to forfeit hia chance, and a shot is- to be fired in the air (which the marker will score as a miss), in order to keep tho numbers on the lists correct. 6. Rifles and ammunition supplied by the Government. 7. Without artificial rest. Ist range, standing or kneeling ; 2nd range, standing or kneeling ; 3rd range, in uny position. 8. W g § \ia?n o h # g S J "oA'a sjina 09 2 £ "8 . "S •s i «« o N « re Si ° S| § «* 9.29 .2 ca Ed s 3 2 -3 **g o . _ 111 |i° S s -I ' § -5 oj o 2 * g- fi *» I §" fi TO Wooden Targets, when required, to be ordered by the Officer Commanding, or Adjutant, to be made at the different stations, 6 feet by 2 feet. 9. Ties to fire five rounds at 500 yards at two targets. In this cuse shots to be measured from the centre of the bull's eye. Ties to be fired for and decided at each station, previous to forwarding the lists, and names to be placed on the lists in their proper order according to the number of points and hits made. 10. Instructions will be forwarded for firing ties between provinces or stations after all the Hats hare been received at the Deputy-Adjutant General's office in Aurkland. 11. Competitors to have one point added for each hit, in addition to the value of points made. 12. Competitors to have the benefit of any shot on the ring. 13. Any shots which tonch the ground before hitting the target (richochets) to be noted R in the column for misses. 14. All hits to count according to where the bullet "first" strikes the target. 15. All differences as to points, &c , to be decided by the Officer Commanding or Adjutant at the station, before any returns of the firing are finally made up. 16. Officers commanding Corps, or Adjutants, to be on the ground. One officer to be appointed to call the names of competitors at the place of firing, and another to remain near the target. 17. A marker to be appointed by Ihe Officer Commanding, or Adjutant, at each station, who will be under the Officer appointed to remain near the target. 18. The Medical Officer to attend. Where there are no Surgeons of Militia receiving pay, a medical j practitioner to be employed at £1 Is. per diem for) eacli day he attends, the whole number not to exceed 1 six. 19. A return of the names of all competitors, with the number of points and hits scored by each, to be forwarded by the Officer Commanding at each station ' to the Deputy-Adjutant General at Auc klund, according to the accompanjing form, as soon as possible after the firing has been concluded. 20. The attention of Commanding Officers and Ad- J jutants, is particularly called to the following rules to ' prevent accidents:— ! No competitor is to cap or cock his rifle before I coming to the spot from which lie is to fire. j No competitor is to let the cock of his rifle down ; when an unexploded cap is on the nipple, but to keep ' : it at half-cock. ' Competitors before firing are to take a few paces in , front of all lookers on, and to see that no objects are \ ] in the line of fire. H. C. Balneavis, , Deputy-Adjutant General of Militia and Volunteers. ( Jkuokltnd, April 4, 1864. ]