THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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3RD SET.
£ s. d.
1st Prize ... ... ... £9 0 0
2nd Prize ... ... ... 8 0 0
3rd Prize ... ... ... 7 0 0 24 0 0

4TH SET.
1st Prize ... ... ... £9 0 0
2nd Prize ... ... ... 8 0 0
3rd Prize ... ... ... 7 0 0 24 0 0

5TH SET.
1st Prize ... ... ... £9 0 0
2nd Prize ... ... ... 8 0 0
3rd Prize ... ... ... 7 0 0 24 0 0

6TH SET.
1st Prize ... ... ... £5 0 0
2nd Prize ... ... ... 4 10 0
3rd Prize ... ... ... 4 0 0
4th Prize ... ... ... 3 10 0
5th Prize ... ... ... 3 0 0
6th Prize ... ... ... 2 10 0
7th Prize ... ... ... 1 10 0 24 0 0

*CADET PRIZES.
1st Prize ... ... ... £6 0 0
2nd Prize ... ... ... 5 0 0
3rd Prize ... ... ... 4 0 0 15 0 0

The CHAMPION BELT, Gold Medal, and
the sum of £40, to be given to the
highest aggregate scorer in the 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sets ... 40 0 0

Total ... ... ... ... £265 0 0

DISTRICT PRIZES.
The under-mentioned places will be Districts for
Representative Competition and for District Prizes,
viz.:-

1. Auckland (three Districts to be fixed by
   Commanding Officer).
2. Waiuku and Wairoa.
3. Thames.
4. Waikato.
5. Tauranga and Opotiki.
6. Poverty Bay and Wairoa.
7. Napier.
8. Wairarapa and Castle Point.
9. Wellington and Makara.
10. Hutt, Taita, and Porirua.
11. Manawatu, Rangitikei, and Turakina.
12. Wanganui, south of Waitotara.
13. Patea and Wairoa.
14. Taranaki.
15. Nelson.
16. Marlborough.
17. Canterbury—three Districts, to be fixed by
    Commanding Officer.
18. Otago—three Districts, to be fixed by the
    Commanding Officer.
19. Southland (Riverton and Invercargill).
20. Westland, including Greymouth.
21. Each District will receive a sum of money to be
    fired for in proportion to the number of Militia on
    actual service or training and exercise, Volunteers,
    Cadets, and Constabulary on the strength on the
    31st December, 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.
22. All officers of the Colonial Forces, Militia on
    actual service or training and exercise, Armed

Constabulary, and all members of Volunteer 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 February and March,
for the 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 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 40.
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 35 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; five shots at each range, without artificial
rest, any position. Highest possible score, 60 marks.
8. The highest scorer above 40 marks in each
Province, will receive the Medal for the Province.
9. The returns of this firing must be sent in to
the Defence Office not later than the 15th May,
1870. Any district neglecting to comply with this
clause will not receive the money apportioned to it.

GENERAL RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN FIRING FOR
THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT PRIZES.

1. 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 one be used. Competitors using the carbine
   at the 500 and 600 yards ranges will be allowed two
   marks at the first range, and three marks at the
   second range.
2. The minimum pull of trigger to be six pounds.
3. Ammunition will be provided by the Govern-
   ment.
4. 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.
5. In the scoring, the value of shots will be—
   Bull's eye, 4 centre, 3; outer, 2.
6. Size of targets:—At 150, 200, 250, and 300
   yards—6 x 4 feet; centre, 2 feet square; bull's eye,
   8 inches square. At 400, 500, and 600 yards—6 x 6
   feet; centre, 4 feet square; bull's eye, 2 feet square.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. The senior officer present will appoint a
    marker, who will be under the immediate supervision