-Moved, seconded and carried that the officers for the ensuing year be:

Arthur Peters—President

FPF. L. Haszard—Vice President

J. A. Longworth—Secretary/Treasurer

-~Moved, seconded and carried that the assessment for the ensuing year be $3.00.

-Moved, seconded and carried that the secretary be authorized to write the secretary of the Halifax Gun Club inviting six members of their club to come to Charlottetown to compete with a like number of this club.

Meeting adjourned J. A. Longworth Secretary/Treasurer"

The final competition of 1889 was called for at Arthur Peters', four days before Christmas. Only six of the more reliable members showed up to shoot at sixty targets total, in a three-man team match of singles, coupled with one pair of doubles. The lack of interest was of major concern to the new club president. Since it was too late to consider the annual Boxing Day competition, he worked hard to organize a good event on New Year's Day, and made personal calls to the homes of all members encouraging them to come to his house on January lst, 1890.

Relative to the letter that had been mailed by the Secretary to the gun club in Halifax, there is no record that a response was ever received. But one of the members who had visited the area reported that the mode of trapshooting in the area was the same as it was in Charlottetown...single trap, single station.

New Year's was a beautiful, cold, clear day, and

according to the Club's competition report the sleighing was excellent. President Arthur Peters was

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