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SHORT NOTES ON PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS. 
From the time of load for first round :— 
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Load . 0 00 
1st round fired in ..... 1 40 
2nd u . 1 86 
3rd u . 1 25 
4th « 1 33 
5th „ 1 25 
Total. 7 39 
Average time—1' 30" each round. 
Gun carefully laid on target, each time, at 1000 yards range. 
Detachment—1 officer, 1 non-commissioned officer, and 17 men. 
Operation of loading, by means of the cheeks of a 16 ft. gyn rigged as sheers. 
Turntable traversed round each time under temporary sheers, in order for the 
shot to be lifted up to be placed in the bore. 
