Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1864 – No. 19

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petitor’s name and corresponding number on
it, to be kept by the Officer Commanding or
Adjutant, and officer stationed at the spot
where the competitors fire from.

Competitors absenting themselves.

  1. Should any competitor absent himself
    after his name comes to fire, he is to forfeit his
    turn; 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 the Government.

Mode of Firing.

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

Number of Rounds, Target, and Score.

Value in Points and Hits at each distance
H.H
4
2 and 0
Centre 0*
4
Outer 2
Targets to be used at the several distances Size of
Bull’s Eye 9 inches
3 feet by
2 feet
No. of Rounds to be fired at each distance Rounds at
8 6 600
6 500
6 400
yards

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.

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 end decided at each
    station, provisions 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 be-
    fore hitting the target (ricochets) to be
    noted R in the column for misses.

Score.

  1. All hits to be counted 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 Ad-
    jutant 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 com-
    petitors 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 ap-
    pointed 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 1½ guinea per diem for such day
    he attends, the whole number not to exceed
    six.

Returns of Firing.

  1. A return of the names of all compe-
    titors, 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.


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