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Enclosure No. 6.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Report on Gun Practice carried out during the year ending 31st March, 1904.
498
C. G. PRITCHARD, Major,
Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
Nature of Practice.
Date on which Practice was carried out,
Number.
present
Number
of Rounds fired.
Range.
Remarks.
on parade.
303 Maxim Gun.
October 29th, 1903.
21
800
610
Instructional practice on the Stonecutters' Rifle Range.
October 30th, 1903.
14
530
610
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October 31st, 1903.
19
648
610
19
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January 9th. 1904.
55
547
1.575 to 2,450
January 23rd, 1904.
59
2,000
500 to 600
77
17
(The ammunition was found to be very bad and after these practices all the remaining ammunition was returned to Ordnance and exchanged.
From Jubilee Road at Barrel Targets.
Competition for Shield presented by Sir W. J. GASCOIGNE at Tai Hang. At screens on the hillside. No jams.
77
February 16th, 1904.
109
2,185
800 to 1,350
From Lai-chi-kok at barrel targets.