Nottinghamshire Rifle Association

The first financial year of the Nottinghamshire Rifle Association ended on 31st December 1861 and the first AGM was called for Tuesday, 12th February 1862.

The meeting was not well attended and the only names we have are for the Chairman, Colonel Holden, who was appointed a Vice-President at the inaugural meeting, and the Secretary, Surgeon Wright. The exact numbers present are not known. The only business conducted was the adoption of the accounts and the re-election of Vice-Presidents and Council members. Two additional Vice-Presidents were to be interviewed by the Chairman.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
FIRST GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING

The first general annual meeting of the Nottinghamshire Rifle Association was held on Tuesday, in the Committee-room of the Corn Exchange, Thurland Street, Nottingham, for the transaction of general business. The meeting had been convened by circular, and the attendance was very thin. The chair was taken by Colonel Holden.

The CHAIRMAN, on taking his seat, expressed his regret at the small attendance, and hoped that it could not be looked upon as an indication of the amount of interest felt in the Volunteer movement in Nottinghamshire. He should express his thanks to the association for their kindness in giving a prize to the Yeomanry.

Surgeon WRIGHT, honorary secretary, said there was no formal report to submit from Council, but a balance sheet had been prepared which he begged to submit as follows:-

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE RIFLE ASSOCIATION 1861			Dr.	£	s	d
Preliminary expenses: Public Meeting and to Midsummer				21	8	0
Ordinary expenses to Dec 31st				10	7	11
Expenses at Prize Meeting in September:
Attendants, Markers, Buglers and Ticket Takers	8	9	1
Advertising	13	10	0
Engraving Prizes	4	0	0
Shooting Screens	5	17	0
Refreshments, Attendants, Police, etc	4	0	0	35	16	1
Petty cash expenses				5	0	0
Voted by Council for Prizes				155	11	0
Balance				40	11	0
				268	14	0
			Cr.
Subscriptions and Donations received				183	4	0
Entrance Fees to Prizes				73	7	0
Pool Target				7	0	0
Amount taken at Gates				5	3	0
				268	14	0
GENERAL STATEMENT
To Amount owing to National Rifle Association				13	1	6
Balance in favour of the Notts. Rifle Association				147	18	6
				161	0	0
By Balance in Hand				40	11	0
Subscriptions and Donations for 1861 not yet paid				120	9	0
				161	0	0

Examined Feb 11, 1862, SAM. COLLINSON.

In the course of the conversation which followed, it was stated that the expenses would not be so much this year as in the year preceding.
The Secretary announced that the prize shooting meetings would be held in the months of August and September.
The Vice-Presidents for the past were elected for the coming year, and the names of Colonel Webb, Newstead Abbey, and Thomas Close, Esq., were added to the list, provisionally pending the Chairman's interview with those gentlemen.

The Council was also re-elected, and the name of Captain Champion, of the Second (Retford) Company of the 2nd Notts. Volunteers was added to the list, which now stands as follows:-

Lieut.-Colonel Wright Com. R.H.R.V.	Capt.J.Patterson Com. 13th R.H.R.V.
Major Sherlock, R.H.R.V.	Capt.C.S.Burnaby Com 2nd Notts. R.V.
Capt. Mundella, 1st R.H.R.V.	Capt. Sir H.Bromley, Bart., 3rd Notts R.V.
Capt. R. Patterson, 2nd R.H.R.V.	Major Salmond, 4th Notts R.V.
Capt. F.B. Baker, 3rd R.H.R.V.	Capt M Parkyns, 5th Notts R.V.
Capt. F. Parsons, 4th R.H.R.V.	Lieut.T.S. Woolley, 6th Notts R.V.
Capt. H. Smith, 5th R.H.R.V.	Capt. J. Mason, 7th Notts R.V.
Capt. F.J. Hadden, 6th R.H.R.V.	Capt. Becher, 8th Notts R.V.
Capt. S. Watson, 7th R.H.R.V.	Major Charlton, S.N.Y.C.
Capt. T.R.Starey, 8th R.H.R.V.	Capt. Champion, 2nd Notts.
Capt. J. Wilson, 9th R.H.R.V.

The proceedings then terminated.

Transcript from Nottinghamshire Guardian Thursday 14/02/1862 p3
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