VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4460, 29 February 1876, Page 2

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

DISTRICT PEIZE FIEIXG. Those Volunteers who had not previouslv completed this year for the first set of dis strict prizes, fired -yesterday at the Mount— - Eden range. The scores made were as fol "~ « low:— ■ C- ■ ■ ■ Names, Point. Sub-Lieutenant Skinner, Victoria m Corporal Hay, No. 3 *5 " .Volunteer Bore, Otahuhu .. ~ " rr> Volunteer E Morrow, 2* o. 3 " 4* Volunteer Robinson, Scottish 4/ Volunteer Evitt, Engineers .* " II Corporal Fort, Scottish .. ,* '* Velunteer Yates, No. 3 .. !* 42 Volunteer M. Cameron, Victoria.! ** if Volunteer J. Alay, No. 3 .. .. *" 41 Volunteer B. Buttle, No. 3 Volunteer Kvans, No. 3 .. ** Volunteer Hill, Otahuhu .. >, " e® Volunteer Hood, Victoria ~ Volunteer W. A. Brighton, No. 3 . 32 Bandmaster UcCormish, Hobson 30 Volunteer VY. A. Brighton, No. 3 ! " 31 Lieutenant Kelly, No. S .. * 29 Volunteer Macdcnald, No. S .. " Øog Sergeant Dickson, Scottish.. .* "25 i Sergeant Soall, No. 3 .. .] «3 ; Volunteer Soloman, No. 3.. .. *.! 23 Th®.ranges jvcre 200, 500, and 600 yards— sevqVi shots at each. The result of the shooting 43 very indifferent, and shews the utter uselejasness of the weapons with which the meagre supplied. Among the list may be {ouii<! the names of a number of our best shots, with.very poor scores appended, a fact that never happened when thev fired witl> the old Enfield rifles. . The prize-winners are therefore as follow :—

Points £ * Sub.-Lieut. Skinner, Victoria.. .. 55 in ii Vol. JlcLean, JS'arals 61 8 o ;• Corporal Hay. No. 3 63 , Vol. A. Henderson, Victoria .. .. 50 sin Vol. Dore, Otiliuhu .. .. ' 50 5 0 Vol. Forder, Victoria .. .. 49 3 Q Corporal Haslett, Victoria .. .. 43 3 0 Vol. E. Morrow, No. 3 47 o 0 Vol. Burke, Victoria .. .. .. 45 20 Vol. Coyle, N avals 45 2 0 Vol. E. Cooper, Victoria .. 45 jiq Vol. C. Cooper, Victoria .. .. 45 j Vol. McLeod, ft avals 45 1 g Vol. Robinson, Scottish *44 j * Vol. Evitt, Engineers 44 ± 0 Vol. E. JR. Partington, No, 3.. .. 44 1 0 • Vol. Bowden, Victoria 43 10 Corporal Fort, Scottish 42 x 0 The money has thus been apportioned among the various Companies, in the following order:—

Victoria Company, S prizes .. .. .. S? 10 Naval Brigade, 3 prizes 11 0 N"o. 3 Company, 3 prizes .. .. .. 9 jq Otaliuhu Company. 1 prize 5 q Scottish Company, 2 prizes 20 Engineer Company, 1 prize .. .. .. 1 5 In tlie second set, the money taken by each Company was as follows :—

£ F, Victoria Company, 5 prizes .. .. .. 12 0 Naval Brigade, 3 prizes .. .. .. —SO Hobson Company, 2 piiras .. .. .. s.j® Engineer Company, 1 prize .. .. .. 30 Otnhuliu Company, 1 prize . .. ~ Ixo Of the £S4 competed for, it will be seen from the above figures that the Victoria Company has secured £39 10s, in 13 prizes ; the .Naval Brigade £19, in 6 prizes ; No. 3 Company £9 10s, in 3 prizes; the Otahuhu Company, £6 10s, in 2 prizes ; the Engineer Company, £4, in 2 prizes ; the Hobeon Company, £3 10s, in 2 prizes • and the Scottish Company, £2, in 2 prizes.