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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 657, 18 February 1869, Page 2

New Advertisements. N.Z.S.N. COMPANY. FOE WELLINGTON & SOUTHERN POETS. THE Fine Screw Steamer ‘AHURIHI,’ 131 tons, Captain FlowerDAY, expected to arrive from Auckland THIS HAY, will steam jjs above shortly after arrival. For Freight or Passage, apply to KINROSS & Co., Agents. Napier, Feb. 18, ISG9. 112 ANTED,—A FEMALE COOK, and u BOY to make himself generally useful. Address M.M., Post Office, Napier. Hi Bules and regulations for the GOVERNMENT PRIZE FIRING, NORTH ISLAND, 1859. [Extract from the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th January, 1869.] Colonial Defence Office, ■Wellington, 11th January, 1369. Tee following Regulations arc published for general information. T. M. Haultain. Regulations for Prize Feeing in the North Island, toe the Year 1839. One-hale the money voted by tho General. Assembly for Prize Firing (viz. £300), will bo divided amongst the districts named below under the following regulations : ,

Districts. ft ft ft ft ft 4. Poverty Bay and Wairoa 5. Napier * ft ft ft ft 1. Each district will receive a sum of money to bo fired for&in proportion to the number of Volunteers, Cadets, and Constabulary that are enrolled, and of Militia men that are armed on the Ist February, 3869; and Officers commanding are to send to the Defence Office, as soon as pos Bible after that date, Returns showing the number of men they are entitled to reckon under the above heads, 2. All Officers of the Colonial Forces, all persons enrolled in the Militia or Armed Constabulary, and all members of Volun teer or Cadet Corps ara eligible to becoir.i competitors for the prizes. 3. The Officer commanding each District will fix a day or days, in the month? of March or April, for the competitive firihg to take place. Where two or more places are named as one district, the senior officer will make the necessary arrange incnts for the whole. 4. The firing may take place at ono nv more places within the district, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer. 5. In each district a prize of £lO, or a Mont Storm carbine of that value, and two prizes of £7 and £5 respectively, will, be I given to the three competitors who make the highest scores, not being less tnaa 35. 6. The remainder of the money apportioned to the district, will be divided, according to their score, amongst all those { winners of the prizes included)}who m ake a greaters number of marks than 33 at tlu competi.ive firing. No competitor, how ever, is to receive on this account a greater sum than £5 ; but should there be a surplus undistributed in any district, it will bo available to complete deficiencies, if any. in other places. 7. Competitors will fire at ranges of 400, 600, and 603 yards (Cadets at 200, 250, and 300 yard?); five shots at each range, without artificial rest, any position Highest possible score, 60 marks. Size ol the targets, 6x6 feet; bull’s eye, 2 feet; centre, 4 feet.

8. Ties shall be decided as follows: (1.) By the score made at the longest distance. (2.) If still a tie by the score made al the two longest distances. (3.) If still a lie, then by Wimbledon Pegulutions, 18GG, section 13. 9. The highest scorer above forty marks (not. being a Cadet) in each Province will receive the medal for the Province. General Hides to he observed in firing for the General Government Prizes. 10. The long or medium Enlleld rifle, the Lancaster rifle, and the breech or muzzle loading carbine, as issued by the General or Provincial Governments, must alone be used. Competitors using the carbine at the 400, 500, and 6GO yard ranges, will be alb wed one mark at tee first range, two marks at the second, and three marks at third range. 11. The minimum pull of the trigger to he six pounds. 12 Ammunition will bo provided by the Government, 13. The senior officer on the ground may direct the examination of the arms used by competitors, at any’time before, during, or after the firing; and should an arm be found to have been tampered with,, pr the pull of trigger to be below the mini mum, the competitor using such arm will he disqualified, and his score disallowed. 14. In the scoring, the value of shots will be —Bull’s eye, 4 j centre, 3 ; Older, 2. 15. The firing for Government Prizes should be superintended, if possible, by « Field Officer; and in the absence of any Field Officer, there must te (exclusive of shy Medical Officer) at least two CotUffiislioaed Qlhcoiu on the ground,