THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
7. Wellington, Hutt, Taita, and Porirua.
8. Manawatu and Rangitikei.
9. Wanganui, south of Waitotara.
10. Patea and Wairoa.
11. Taranaki.

1. Each district will receive a sum of money to
   be fired for in proportion to the number of
   Volunteers, Cadets, and Constabulary that are
   enrolled, and of Militiamen that are armed on
   the 1st February, 1869; and Officers commanding
   are to send to the Defence Office, as soon as possible
   after that date, Returns showing the number of men
   they are entitled to reckon under the above heads.
2. All Officers of the Colonial Forces, all persons
   enrolled in the Militia or Armed Constabulary, and
   all members of Volunteer or Cadet Corps are
   eligible to become competitors for the prizes.
3. The Officer commanding each District will fix a
   day or days, in the months of March or April, for
   the competitive firing to take place. Where two or
   more places are named as one district, the senior
   officer will make the necessary arrangements for the
   whole.
4. The firing may take place at one or more places
   within the district, at the discretion of the Com-
   manding Officer.
5. In each district a prize of £10, or a Mont Storm
   carbine of that value, and two prizes of £7 and £5
   respectively, will be given to the three competitors
   who make the highest scores, not being less than 35.
6. The remainder of the money apportioned to the
   district will be divided, according to their score,
   amongst all those (winners of the prizes included)
   who make a greater number of marks than 25 at the
   competitive firing. No competitor, however, is to
   receive on this account a greater sum than £5; but
   should there be a 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, 6 x 6 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 Rules to be observed in firing for the
   General Government Prizes.
10. 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. 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 the third range.
11. The minimum pull of trigger to be six pounds.
12. Ammunition will be provided by the Govern-
    ment.
13. 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.
14. In the scoring, the value of shots will be-
    Bull's eye, 4; centre, 3; outer, 2.
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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 given to the officer and markers 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.
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 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.
19. Each competitor will fire his whole number of
    shots in the same day, unless the weather turns out
    unfavourable, when the senior officer present may at
    any time, at his discretion, postpone the firing until
    the next favourable 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 the ranges without
    the permission of the Commanding Officer will be
    disqualified.
22. One sighting shot at each range will be
    allowed.
23. Any shots which touch the ground before
    hitting the target (ricochets) are to be noted R. in
    the column for misses.
24. All disputed points are to be decided by the
    senior officer present, whose decision will be final.
25. A return of the names of all competitors, with
    the number of marks scored by each, signed by the
    officer who superintends the firing and the Adjutant,
    is to be forwarded by the Officer Commanding the
    District, or by the Adjutant, to the Acting Under
    Secretary, Defence Department, Wellington, accord-
    ing 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 lookers on, and to see that no
    objects are in the line of fire.
    Colonial Defence Office,
    Wellington, 11th January, 1869.
    HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
    make the under-mentioned promotions and
    appointments, viz.:- In the New Zealand Militia.
    Alfred Downie Corfield to be Captain. Date of
    commission, 23rd December, 1868.
    Maurice Norman Bower to be Captain. Date of
    commission, 24th December, 1868.
    In the Auckland Militia.
    Isaac Rhodes Cooper to be Major. Date of com-
    mission, 28th December, 1868.
    In the Wellington Militia.
    Ensign Gibbes Walker Jordan to be Captain. Date
    of commission, 1st January, 1869.