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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH JULY, 1899.
Enclosure No. 4.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
"A" MACHINE GUN COMPANY.
Report on Gun Practice carried out during the Year ending 16th April, 1899.
Date on which
Number Present
Number
Number
Nature of Practice.
Practice
of
on
was carried out.
Guns.
Parade.
of Rounds fired.
Range.
General Idea of Practice.
0.45" Maxim M.H. Chamber, 17th Sept.,
13
2
567
500 Yds.
Machine Guns,
1898.
Do.,
8th Oct.,
16
2
490
500 Yds.
1898.
Do.,
29th Oct.,
26
2,980
1898.
Do.,
2nd Jan.,
19
2
1,260
1899.
Do.,
10th Feb.,
33
4
1,530
1899.
To repel a body of men who had
under cover advanced to within · 500 yards on Police Range, Kowloon.
750 to 1,000 Yds. Practice at an imaginary enemy landing in sampans from East Shore, Stone-cutters' Island, during Camp of Instruction.
750 to 1,200 Yds. Practice at Barrel Targets with
flags floating off Sandy Bay. 700 to 1,000 Yds. Practice at Screeus and Head and Shoulder Targets repre- senting enemy advancing in column and in extended order at Repulse Bay.
R. B. MAINWARING, Colonel, Acting Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
Do.
Enclosure No. 5.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Revolver Practice Return Showing Percentage, for the Year ending 16th April, 1899.
Unit.
Staff,.
Field Battery,....
“A” Machine Gun Company,
Number
Firing.
❤
Number
of Points Percentage. obtained.
157
81.77
238
82.64
118
81.94
Total,..
13
513
$2.21
Remarks.
R. B. MAINWARING, Colonel, Acting Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps
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