The N.Z. Rifle Association.
ANNUAL REPORT.
(UNITfiD PEE^S ASSOCIATION.) - Wellington, Friday The annual report of the I^ew Zealand Rifle Associatiqn has been published, but gives HttJe information except a resume of what took place at the . annual rifle shootinp- meeting at Island Bay m March last. The balance-sheet attached to the report shows that the receipts during the year ending the 31st July were. JEIGOO 5s 3d, including £373 0s 6d as subscriptions and prizes, and £'460 19s 5d as entrance fees. The expenditure was £1586 15s, including £898 3s 6d for prizes, £103 for markers' wages, and £118 6s 9d for the formation of the Island Bay range. The expenses at the Island Bay meeting are shown to be I much heavier than at Auckland. Complaints are made, by members of the i>ssociation that nothing is known of their meetings until perhaps a week after they take place. Strong opinions are expressed here that unless some change m the management is made m next year's meeting it will fall through.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1466, 28 September 1885, Page 2
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171The N.Z. Rifle Association. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1466, 28 September 1885, Page 2
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