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Government Advertisements. . 8. All disputed points are to be decided by the senior officer present, whose decision will be final, 9. Ties will fire one shot at the longest range until the best shot be returned. 10. Competitors will have one point added for each hit, in addition to the value of points made. 11. Competitors will have the benefit of any shot on the ring. _ 12. Any shots which touch the ground before hitting lire target (ricochets) are to be noted R ia the column for misses. 13. All hits will count according to where the bullet “ first” strikes the tirget. The firing for Government Prizes should bo superiniended, if possible, by a Field Officer j and in the absence of any Field Officer, there must be (exclusive of any Medical Officer) at least one Commissioned Officer on the ground besides the Adjutant, both or all of whom must certify to the correctness of the Return. 15. The senior officer present will appoint one person to call the names of competitors at the place of firing, and another to remain with the marker near the target. It). The senior officer present will appoint a marker, who will he under the immediate supervision of the officer appointed to remain near the target. Markers will receive pay at the rate of 5s per diem, if demanded. 17. A return of the names of all competitors, with the number of points and hits scored by each duly signed, as laid down in section 14, is to be forwarded by the Officer Commanding the district, or by Adjutant, to the Under Secretary, Defence Department, Wellington, according to accompanying form as soon as possible after the firing has been concluded. [ 18. The attention of the Commanding Officers and Adjutants is particularly called to the following rules to prevent accidents : bio competitor is to cap or cock his rifle before coining to the spot from which he is to fire. ITo competitor is to let the cock of his rifle down when an unexploded cap is ou the nipple, but to keep it at half-cock. Competitors before firing are to take a few paces iu front of all lookers on on and to see that no objects are in the line of fire. Diageah of Target for Colonial and District Prizes.—lß6s-6. Outer. Centre. Lve Bui! U33J V 'asaj 9 T. M. Hagliaik. Colonial Defence Office, Wellington, Nov. 23,1863. [From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 19, April 17th, 1801, folio 97.] Militia Notice. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Auckland, 17th April, 1861. The Government having been informed that rifles issued to Miliriamen and Volunteers have been tampered wita and altered, by filing the tumblers, to try to make them what is termed “ hair triggers,” and that the sights have been also filed, thereby destroying their efficiency; all Militiamen and Volunteers are warned that by so doing, they render themsclvls liable to the penalty for wilfully damaging arms entrusted to their care, which will bo enforced ; and also, if on the examination of arms after the competition for Government Prizes, it is found that the rifle used by any winner of a Prize has been in any way tampered with or altered, th.e Prize to which ho would otherwisa have been entitled will be withheld. 1 E. W. STAFFORD. DISTRICI ORDER. Militia Office, Napier, E 27th December, 1865. TNTENDING COMPETITORS are hereby i JL formed that the Government Prizes will 1 contested for at the following times and placi viz.: —Nos. 1,2, and 3 Companies on MONDAI the Bth January, 1866 ; No. 4 Company and tl Rifle Volunteers, on THURSDAY, the 11th di of January, IS6G, at the Old Rifle Range, Napic Nos. 5,6, and 7 Companies on THURSDAY, tl 18th January, 1866; and No. 10, and Gaval Volunteers on THURSDAY, the 18th Januar 1866, at the usual Range, Waipawa, commencii at each place at Ten o’clock, a.m. And it is to 1 distinctly understood that the Rules laid down i the New Zealand Gazette of the 29th Novembe 1865, will be strictly adhered to. By Order, E. WITHERS, Captain and Adjutant NOTICE. ~ THE PUBLIC are informed that after tho L January, 1866, letters addressed to the Car of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, Ascension Mai ntms, East Indies, (including all British bom mens in Asia), Ceylon, Aden, and Suez, must b prepaid by stamps iu accordance with the follon ing ratas: — Not exceeding half an ounce Exceeding one ounee, but not not exceeding one ounce And for every additional ounce or fractional part of au ounce PETER BOURSE,* Peat OlKce, Napier, Chirf n»toUr 28th December, 1865. Is. 2s. ■ 2s.