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results of the firing for the Government Prizes in New Zealand in the year 1861.
WILLIAM FOX.
NEW ZEALAND COLONIAL FORCES
Return of the results of the firing for the Government Prizes in New Zealand in the year 1861.
Nine rounds were fired by each Competitor.
3 rounds at 100 yards.
3 do. 200 do.
3 do. 300 do.
The six best Shots made.
Auckland, 1st prize, 22 points (three ranges.)
Wanganui, 2nd do., 21 do. do.
Auckland, 3rd do. 20 do. do.
Wanganui, 4th do. 19 do. do.
Wanganui, 5th do. 19 do. do.
Wanganui, 6th do. 19 do. do.
Average points made by the best six shots in each Province or District.
Points. Average.
Auckland 107 17.83
Taranaki 101 16.83
Wanganui 114 19.0
Wellington 79 13.16
Nelson 97 16.16
Canterbury 83 13.83
Otago 34 5.66
Average of points made by all competitors in each Province or District.
Average. No. fired. Points.
Auckland 307 2375 7.73
Taranaki 182 1315 7.22
Wanganui 150 1575 10.50
Wellington* 73 465 6.35
Nelson 101 866 8.57
Canterbury 66 466 7.0
Otago 6 34 5.66
Totals 885 7096 8.01
*No return received from the Hutt.
I took the firing of the first 46 Scotch Volunteers, and the first 46 “Auckland” Rifle Volunteers from the four different companies, and, after making the proper deductions between 9 and 15 rounds, the result was as follows:
100 yards. 200 yards. 300 yards. Total points.
Auckland R.V. 251 141 76 468
Scotch Volunteers 214 107 111 432
Points in favor of Auckland R.V. 36
The “Auckland” Rifle Volunteers have been taken for comparison, having (as an individual corps), made the largest average in New Zealand, although Wanganui, as a district, fired best.
H. C. BALNEAVIS,
Dep-Adjt. Gen. of Militia and Volunteers.
Auckland, 15th November, 1861.
General Post Office, Auckland, 21st November, 1861.
THE following appointments in the Postal Service of the Colony, made since the 12th July, 1861, are published for general information.
CROSBIE WARD,
Province of Otago:
6th August, 1861—Robert Telford to be Postmaster at Waiwero Bridge.
30th September, 1861—William Young to be Postmaster at Warepa.
1st November, 1861—William Henning Mansford to be Postmaster at Tokomairiro. (Appointment to date from 1st October.)
1st November—William Ellison Burke to be Postmaster at Waitahuna. (Appointment to date from 15th October.)
(From the New Zealand Gazette, November 29, 1861.)
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Auckland, 29th November, 1861.
THE following “Notice to Mariners” is published for general information.
WILLIAM FOX.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.
REEF OFF STEWART ISLE, NEW ZEALAND.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 15th August, 1861.
It appears from an examination of the Weather book of the ship Bruce, Thomas Meiklejohn, Commander, in her passage from Otago by the South of New Zealand to Calcutta, in November last, when passing the South-east extreme of South or Stewart island, discovered a dangerous Reef which is not laid down in the Admiralty or any other Charts, or noticed in the New-Zealand Pilot or Sailing Directions.
This danger which is described as two low rocks from 3 to 6 feet high, and close together, on which the sea breaks heavily, lies in the direct track of vessels closely rounding
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1862, No 163
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🛡️ Results of the firing for the Government Prizes in New Zealand in the year 1861
🛡️ Defence & Military15 November 1861
Military, Firing Prizes, Volunteers, Auckland, Wanganui
- H. C. Balneavis, Dep-Adjt. Gen. of Militia and Volunteers
🚂 Postal Service Appointments
🚂 Transport & Communications21 November 1861
Postal Service, Postmasters, Otago
- Robert Telford, Appointed Postmaster at Waiwero Bridge
- William Young, Appointed Postmaster at Warepa
- William Henning Mansford, Appointed Postmaster at Tokomairiro
- William Ellison Burke, Appointed Postmaster at Waitahuna
- Crosbie Ward
🚂 Notice to Mariners: Reef off Stewart Isle
🚂 Transport & Communications29 November 1861
Mariners, Reef, Stewart Isle, South Pacific Ocean
- Thomas Meiklejohn (Commander), Discovered a dangerous reef
- William Fox