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Lord Elcho to the Duke of Newcastle.
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NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION,
11, Pall Mall Easi,
January 23, 1861.
MY LORD DUKE,
I HAVE the honor to inform your Grace that in accordance with Her Majesty's desire, Colonial Volunteers will be entitled to compete for "The Queen's Prize" at our annual Prize Meeting on the same terms as the Volunteers of Great Britain, and I have further the honor to inform your Grace
that with a view still further to connect the Colonies with the mother country in the matter of Rifle Shooting, the Council of the National Rifle Association have resolved to give one Silver Medal to Colonial Rifle Associations.
These Medals will be allotted in the proportion of one to each Colony on application from the Colonial Authorities, sanctioned by the Colonial Office.
The "History and Proceedings of the National Rifle Association (1860)," containing our Rules, &c., and the statistics of the Wimbledon Prize Meeting being now published, I should be glad to know if your Grace would wish to send any copies to the Colonies, as they might perhaps be of use in the formation of
Colonial Associations.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
ELCHO.
Chairman of the Council of the N.R.A.
P.S. The next annual Prize Meeting of the National Rifle Association will take place early in July.
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His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G.
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