Otago Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 225

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✨ Military Regulations and Postal Appointments



Ties at Stations.

  1. Ties to fire five rounds at five hundred yards at two Targets. In this case shots to be measured from the centre of the bull’s 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.

  1. 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 Auckland.

Hits.

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

Ring Shots.

  1. Competitors to have the benefit of any shot on the Ring.

Ricochets.

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

Score.

  1. All hits to count according to where the bullet “first” strikes the target.

Award of Score.

  1. All differences as to points, &c., to be decided by the Officer Commanding or Adjutant at the Station, before any returns of the firing are finally made up.

Commanding Officer.

  1. Officers Commanding Corps, or Adjutants, to be on the ground. One Officer to be appointed to call the names of competitors at the place of firing, and another to remain near the Target.

Marker.

  1. A marker to be appointed by the Officer Commanding, or Adjutant, at each Station, who will be under the Officer appointed to remain near the Target.

Medical Officer.

  1. 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.

Returns of Firing.

  1. A return of the names of all competitors, 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, according to the accompanying Form, as soon as possible after the firing has been concluded.

Caution against Accidents.

  1. 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,
Deputy Adjutant General of Militia and Volunteers.
Auckland, 1st January, 1863.

Target Diagram
Wooden Targets (when required), to be ordered by the Officer Commanding or Adjutant to be made at the different Stations, 6 feet by 2 feet, painted as shown at the end.

POSTAL.

Appointment of Postmasters.

In virtue of the powers delegated to me by His Excellency the Governor, the following appointments have been made in the service of the colony:

R. BADDER WOOD,
For the Postmaster-General.

OTAGO.

GEORGE HAMILTON HARRIS,
to be Postmaster at Weatherstone, from the 11th November, 1862.



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🛡️ New Zealand Government Prizes for Best Rifle Shots for 1863 (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 January 1863
Rifle Shooting, Regulations, Ties, Hits, Ricochets, Scoring, Medical Officer, Commanding Officer
  • H. C. Balneavis, Deputy Adjutant General of Militia and Volunteers

🚂 Appointment of Postmasters

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal Service, Appointments, Postmaster, Weatherstone
  • George Hamilton Harris, Appointed Postmaster at Weatherstone

  • R. Badder Wood, For the Postmaster-General