RIFLE COMPETITION PRIZES
, — . — * . (per united press association.) Wellington, Nov. 3. The rules to regulate the rifle competition for the Government prizes for 1882 are gazetted. The amount voted by Parliament for prizes was £800, and this Bum has been divided pro rata among the Volunteer corps according ;'to - the nominal -"strength* oh" 'the* '30th. September last, as follows : — Auckland -j-adults, £44 : 8s ; ordnance, £12 ; cadets, £2 17s. Total, £39 ss.' Waniku — £12; adults, £9 3s. Waikato— adults, £12 16s6d. Taranaki— adults,' W& 8s 6d. Wanganui, Patea, and Bangitikei —adults, £69 3s ; cadets, £5 18s. Total, £79 Vis.. . Wellington— adults;-! '£43 7s ; ordnance, £22 7s; cadets, £11 19s. Total, ■ £77 ■ 75. . , Napier^adults, £9 ; ordnance, £4 6s; 6d. , Total, m£l3 ss6d. Poverty Bay— adults, £7 135 ; ordnance, £7 13s. Total, £15' 6s. Wairarapa— adults, £14 Bs '6d; cadets; £6 ;: 4s Total, £20 7s 6d. Thames— adults, £30 9s; ordnance, £12 4s 6d; dadets, £3 ' 4s. Total, .645 17s 6d. .Nelson—adults, £22 16d; ordnance, £10 10s; cadets, £2 13s. Totals £35 :19s/ Marlborough — adults, £15 6s;' cadets, £1 16s. Total, £23 2s. Canterburyadults, £41 25 ; ordnance, £11 2s; cadets, £3 ..Bs. Total, £55. 12s^, Oamaru— adults, £22 Us 6d ; ordnance, £5 9s>6d ; cadets, £6 13s. Total, £34 14s.- 'Danedin—adults, £67 Is; , ordnance, i£27 10s Gd; cadets, £27 7s. \ Total, £121 18s 6d. Invercargill— adults,' • '£37 , 2s '' 6d ; ordnance, £10 lls 6d; cadets, £4 17s. Total, £52: lls. Lake-^adultsV^l8 r l9s ; ordnance, £4 16s; cadets, £5- Is 12d. Total, £23 17s. Westland— adults, £14 9s 6d. ' "Armed' Constabulary 1 ;- reserve, £53 19s 6d; Each district must arrange for markers at its own expense! ;^committee consisting of ( ' the ''officer, / .commanding, and not ''lesjj' than ,tiro senior ( Volunteer., officers', in eaoh district -i will diyidqthe amounts' set apart 'f or their respective districts into such prizes as they may determine, the competitions to be concluded before the 31st 'December next. " -, •-/. •• .. .'i
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 4 November 1882, Page 2
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315RIFLE COMPETITION PRIZES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 4 November 1882, Page 2
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