The result of the Club's lust year's operations i.s satisfactory, although llicro is a liubilily of about two shillings; but the itsselH of Hie Club, on which ut con siderable amount of Inst year's receipts were expended, rcpicsent ut much greater sum. The reduction of members' fee to fjs lust ycur did not prove nltogetlier encouraging, as it was expected, when that step was taken, that the member ship would bo augmented by young enllinsiasts, which milieipation lias not been fully realised. There are very few young men in Ibis district, comparatively speaking, who realise the importance of shooting—without saying anything of its attendant picnsurcs-iiwl _ conse ipieutly do not join a Club. With the facilities and encouragements now being olfercd by the Government, there is no cui'llily renson why all young men should not join a rille club, or say, a volunteer corps, mid with the material for such a purpose in this district, which only wants working, we should have a large number of uspirunts for shooting honours. The ollicers of the local Corps are actively searching for a suitable! rille range, and, I understand, they have one under notice at Akuru, in the vicinity of Messrs l.evin mid Co.'s store. In my previous " notes" I have advocated the Volunteers, Mounted Hilles andthellille Club rombi.iing in order to secure a good range, butaftcrrellcction, 1 perceive a dilliculty which would possibly make such a proposal unworkable und unsatis factory. The dilliculty to which 1 refer would arise when members of flic three biid'cs visited'llio range at the same time—as they undoubtedly would, be cause the days on which holidays occur are only Thursdays und Saturdays—and the various members desiring to shoot at dill'cient distances. However,u satis factory arrangement might be arrived at by tile corps without any unnecessary inconvenience.
