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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 659, 25 February 1869, Page 2

Government Advertisements. competitive firing. No competitor, however, is to receive on this account a greater sum than £5 ; but should there be ft surplus undistributed in any district, it will be available to complete deficiencies, if any, in other places. 7. Competitors will fire at ranges of 400, 500, and 600 yards (Cadets at 200, 250, and 300 yards); five shots at each range, without artificial rest, any position. Highest possible score, 60 marks. Size of 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 at the two longest distances. (3.) If still a tie, then by Wimbledon Regulations, 1866, section 13. 9. The highest scorer above forty marks (not being a Cadet) in each Province will receive the medal for the Province. General Buies to he observed in firing for the General Government Prizes. 10. The long or medium Enfield rifle, the Lancaster rifle, and the breech or muz zle loading carbine, as issued by the General or Provincial Governments, must alone be used. Competitors using the carbine at the 400, 500, and 600 yard ranges, will be allowed one mark at the first range, two marks at the second, and three marks at third range. 11. The minimum pull of the trigger to be six pounds. 12 Ammunition wiU be provided by the Government. 13. The senior officer on the ground may direct the examination of the arms used by competitors, at anytime before, during, or after the firing; and should any arm be found to have been tampered with, or the pull of trigger to be below the minimum, the competitor using such arm will be disqualified, and his score disallowed. 14. In the scoring, the value of shots will be—Bull’s eye, 4; centre, 3 ; outer, 2. 15. The firing for Government Prizes should be superintended, if possible, by a Field Officer; and in the absence of any Field Officer, there must be (exclusive of any Medical Officer) at least two Commissioned Officers on the ground. 16. A list, giving each competitor a number only, will be giveu to the officer and marker; another list will be made out with each competitor’s nan e and corresponding number on it, to bo kept by the senior officer stationed at the spot where the competitors fire from., 17. 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. 18. The senior officer present will appoint a marker, who will bo 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 not in the employ of the Government. 19. Each competitor will fire his whole number of shots in the same day, unless the weather turns out unfavorable, when the senior officer present may at any time, at his discretion, postpone the firing until the next favorable opportunity. 20. 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 to keep the numbers on the lists correct.

21. Any competitor leaving tho ranges without the permission of the Commanding Officer will be disqualified. 22. One sighting shot at each range will bo allowed. 23. Any shots which touch the ground before hitting the target (ricochets) are to be noted R. in the column for misses. 24. Ail disputed points are to be decided by the senior officer presen*, whose de» eision will be final. 25. A return of the names of all competitors, with the number of marks scoi’ed by each, signed by the officer who superintended the firing and the Adjutant, is to be forwarded by the Officer Commanding the District, or by the Adjutant, to the Anting Under Secretary, Defence Department, Wellington, according to the accompanying form, as soon as possible after the firing has been concluded. 26. The attention of the Commanding 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 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 lookerson, and to see that no objects arc in the line of fire. In compliance with the above Rules and Regulations, Notice is hereby given that the firing for the General Government Prizes in the Province of Hawke’s Bay, including Poverty Bay, will take place as follows, viz.:— Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 8, and 11 Companies of Militia, the Napier Yeomanry Cavalry, and. Napier Rifle Volunteers, at Greenmeadows on Tuesday, the 23: - d March, 1869, at 1C o’clock a.m. Nos. 5,6, 7, and 10 Companies at Waipukurau, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Saturday, the 27th March, 1869. The Wairoa Company of Militia and Volunteers at Wairoa at 10 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 6th April, 1369.