Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 4

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✨ Military Firing Regulations



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PRIZES

Place Amount
7th Seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings.
8th Fifteen Pounds.
9th Fifteen Pounds.
10th Twelve Pounds Ten Shillings.
11th Twelve Pounds Ten Shillings.
12th Ten Pounds.
13th Ten Pounds.
14th Ten Pounds.
15th Ten Pounds.
16th Seven Pounds Ten Shillings.
17th Seven Pounds Ten Shillings.
18th Five Pounds.
19th Five Pounds.
20th Five Pounds.

Time and place of firing.

  1. The firing to take place at such hours and places as the Officers Commanding at the different stations may deem convenient, commencing on Tuesday, the 1st April. Should the weather prove unfavorable at any time appointed, the firing may be postponed at the discretion of the Officer Commanding at the Station.

Who eligible to compete.

  1. The firing to be open to any person sworn in as a Militiaman since the 1st January, 1860, and to all Members of Volunteer Corps (Officers of both forces included.) All intending competitors to send in their names on or before the 20th March next, to the Senior Officer of the Corps to which they belong, who shall forthwith cause lists to be compiled from the names sent in, but if he considers that any such person, whether a Militiaman or Volunteer, shall not have attended, when required, sufficiently regularly at drills, parades, training, or exercise, he is authorised to prevent such person from firing for the prizes.

List of persons firing.

  1. A list giving each competitor a number only, to be given to the Officer and Marker, another list to be made out with each competitor's name and corresponding number on it to be kept by the Officer Commanding and Officer stationed at the spot where the competitors fire from.

Competitors absenting themselves.

  1. Should any competitor absent himself without leave 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.

Arms and ammunition to be used.

  1. Rifles and ammunition supplied by Government. N.B.--Spare Rifles will be furnished on the days of firing, to those who may require them.

Mode of firing.

  1. Without artificial rest. 1st range, standing; 2nd range, kneeling; 3rd range, in any position.

The Bull’s Eye in the centre is 3 in. in diameter.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 3rd January, 1862.

THE following Regulations according to which the firing for the Prizes given by the Government will be conducted, are published for general information.

HENRY SEWELL,
In the absence of Mr. Fox.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PRIZES FOR THE BEST RIFLE SHOTS.

Prizes.

  1. The first prize to be Fifty Pounds, the winner also to keep and wear the Champion Pouch and Belt for the best shot in New Zealand during the year in which he wins it.
    The 2nd Prize to be Thirty-five Pounds.
    3rd ... Thirty Pounds.
    4th ... Twenty-five Pounds.
    5th ... Twenty Pounds.
    6th ... Seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings.


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🛡️ Regulations for Firing for Rifles (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 January 1862
Volunteers, Firing Competition, Rifles, Regulations, Safety
  • HENRY SEWELL, In the absence of Mr. Fox