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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
eye. Ties to be fired for and decided at each
station, previous to forwarding the lists, and
names to be placed on the lists in their
proper order according to the number of
points and hits made.

Ties.
10. Instructions will be forwarded for
firing Ties between Provinces or Stations
after all the lists have been received at the
Deputy Adjutant General's Office in Auck-
land.

Hits.
11. Competitors to have one point added
for each hit, in addition to the value of points
made.

Ring Shots.
12. Competitors to have the benefit of any
shot on the Ring.

Ricochets.
13. Any shots which touch the ground
before hitting the Target (ricochets) to be
noted R in the column for misses.

Score.
14. All hits to count according to where
the bullet "first" strikes the Target.

Award of Score.
15. All differences as to points, &c., to be
decided by the Officer commanding or Ad-
jutant at the Station, before any returns of
the firing are finally made up.
Commanding Officer.
16. Officers commanding Corps, or Ad-
jutants, to be on the ground. One Officer
to be appointed to call the names of com-
petitors at the place of firing, and another to
remain near the Target.

Marker.
17. A marker to be appointed by the
Officer commanding, or Adjutant, at each
Station, who will be under the Officer ap-
pointed to remain near the Target.

Medical Officer.
18. The Medical Officer to attend. Where
there are no Surgeons of Militia receiving
pay, a Medical Practitioner to be employed
at £1 1s. per diem for each day he attends,
the whole number not to exceed six.

Returns of Firing.
19. A return of the names of all com-
petitors, with the number of points and hits
scored by each, to be forwarded by the
Officer commanding at each Station, to the
Deputy Adjutant General at Auckland, ac-
cording to the accompanying Form, as soon
as possible after the firing has been con-
cluded.

Precaution against Accidents.
20. The attention of 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 lookers on, and to
see that no objects are in the line of fire.
H. C. BALNEAVIS, Lt.-Col.,
Deputy Adjutant General of
Militia and Volunteers.
Auckland, 4th April, 1864.

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2 Feet.
4 Feet.
6 Feet.

NOTICE.

Registrar-General's Office,
Auckland, 18th April, 1864.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of
the General Assembly of New Zealand,
passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1854," the following
names of OFFICIATING MINISTERS, within
the meaning of the said Act, are published for
general information :--

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend JOHN FRASER.

Hebrew Congregations.
The Reverend MOSES ELKIN.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in New
Zealand, do hereby certify that the foregoing
NAMES of OFFICIATING MINISTERS, within
the meaning of "The Marriage Act, 1854,"
have been sent in to me, in addition to the
names in Lists published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 3, of the 26th January, No. 4,
of the 11th of February, No. 9, of the 12th
of March, and No. 10, of the 25th March,
and No. 11 of the 6th April, in the present
year.

Given under my hand, at Auckland,
this eighteenth day of April,
1864.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.