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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

est possible score, 28 marks. No prize will
be given for a less score than 12 marks.
To be competed for by Members of Cadet
Corps not exceeding seventeen years of
age.
Each Corps to send one representative, who
is to be selected by preliminary competitive
firing (to be arranged by the Officer Com-
manding the District), at ranges of 100 and
150 yards. Five shots at each range.
The highest scorer to be the representative.

Size of the Targets.
For the 1st and 3rd Sets of Prizes:-6x6 feet;
bull's eye, 2 feet; centre, 4 feet.
For the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sets, and for the Cadet
Prizes:-6 x 4 feet; bull's eye, 8 inches;
centre, 2 feet; bull's eyes and centres, square.

4. The cost of a saloon cabin passage to and from
   Wellington (calculated at the rates charged for
   return tickets) will be allowed to the competitors,
   together with a sum of ten shillings a day to each
   non-resident during his unavoidable detention at
   Wellington.

DISTRICT PRIZES.
5. Officers Commanding Corps of Militia and Volun-
teers, or Divisions of the Armed Constabulary will
take the names of those who wish to compete for
District Prizes, specifying the class in which each
person is qualified or elects to fire. Printed forms
will be supplied for this purpose, and when com-
pleted, must be sent to the Senior Officer in the
Province or District (or through an Adjutant of the
Permanent Staff when practicable), who will there-
upon appoint the times and places at which the
several corps will fire for the District Prizes. The
lists of intending competitors must be prepared and
sent in on or before 31st January next.

6. Competitors for the District Prizes will fire at
   ranges of 300, 400, and 500 yards-five shots at each
   range, without artificial rest. For First Class Prizes
   at the 300 yards range, standing or kneeling only;
   at the 400 and 500 yards ranges, and for the
   Second Class Prizes, any position. Highest possible
   score, 60 marks.

7. No District Prizes will be given for which there
   are not at least twenty competitors, nor for a less
   score than 28 marks.

8. The District Prizes will be divided into two
   classes, viz. :-
   First Class Prizes can only be competed for by
   officers and men of Militia on actual service,
   efficient Volunteers, and any member of the
   Armed Constabulary.
   Second Class Prizes, for all persons who under
   clause 3 of these Regulations are eligible to
   become competitors for the Colonial Prizes.
   Note. Any person competent to fire for the First
   Class Prizes may, at his option, elect to fire
   for the Second Class; but no one will be
   allowed to compete for both classes of District
   Prizes.

9. The highest scorer in each Province will receive
   the medal for the Province. Ties for this Prize shall
   be decided as follows :-

10. By the score made at the longest distance.

11. If still a tie, by the score made at the two
    longest distances.

12. If still a tie, then by Wimbledon Regula-
    tions, 1866, section 13.

13. Size of the Targets:--The same as for the
    -1st and 3rd Sets of Colonial Prizes.

Colonial and District Prizes.
11. The long or medium Enfield rifle, the Lancaster
rifle, and the breech or muzzle loading carbine, as
issued by the General or Provincial Governments,
must alone be used. Persons using the breech or
muzzle loading carbine will be allowed one mark at
the first range, two marks at the second range, and
three marks at the third range, when firing for the
District Prizes.

12. The minimum pull of trigger to be six
    pounds.

13. Ammunition will be provided by the Govern-
    ment.

14. 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 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.

15. In the scoring, the value of shots will be:-
    Bull's eye, 4; centre, 3; outer, 2.

16. 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 one
    Commissioned Officer on the ground besides the
    Adjutant.

17. A list, giving each competitor a number only,
    will be given to the officer and marker; another list
    will be made out with each competitor's name and
    corresponding number on it, to be kept by the senior
    officer stationed at the spot where the competitors
    fire from.

18. 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.

19. The senior officer present will appoint a
    marker, who will be 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. Any competitor leaving the ranges without
    the permission of the Commanding Officer will be
    disqualified.

23. One sighting shot at each range, for the 1st,
    2nd, and 5th Sets of Colonial Prizes, and for the
    District Prizes, will be allowed.

24. Any shots which touch the ground before
    hitting the target (ricochets) are to be noted R in
    the column for misses.

25. Ties will fire one shot at the 400 yards range
    until the best shot be returned, (except for medal for
    the Province. See section 9.)

26. All disputed points are to be decided by the
    senior officer present, whose decision will be final.

27. The Districts named in the Schedule of "Dis-
    trict" Prizes will also be the Districts entitled to send
    competitors for the "Colonial" Prizes.