Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XV, Issue 2, 28 January 1891, Page 14

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1891, pages 32, 33, 34, 35, 64, 65, 66, 67, 73, 74, 77, 78, and 83.) Police-gaol proclaimed. (1.5.) ONSLOW, Governor. A PROCLAMATION.

Colony of New Zealand, | to wit. j WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “ The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare that such police-stations as he shall name therein shall be police-gaols : And whereas it is desirable to proclaim the police-station at Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, to be a police-gaol: Now, therefore, 1, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the said building shall be a police-gaol from and after the appearance of this Proclamation in the Gazette. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop ; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the Count} 7 of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George ; Governor and Com-mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and ViceAdmiral of the same ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

W. R. RUSSELL.

God save the Queen!

Timaru Prison ceased to be a Prison

(1.5.) ONSLOW, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “ The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation in the Ncio Zealand Gazette, declare that any prison shall no longer be a prison; and upon the gazetting of such Proclamation, or from and after any later date fixed in such Proclamation for the purpose, such prison shall cease to be a prison: Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that from and after the gazetting of this Proclamation the prison at Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, shall cease to be a prison. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Righ Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop ; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George ; Governor and Com-mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and ViceAdmiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

W. R. RUSSELL,

God save the Queen !

Police Gaoler appointed

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch), Wellington, 14th January, 1891. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap point

Constable Joseph Weathered to be Police Gaoler at Timaru.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Despatch. —“ Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890." Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 7th January, 1891. fll HE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s I Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information. W. R. RUSSELL.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 25tli August, 1890. Sir, —I have the honour to transmit herewith, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of “ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890” (53 and 54 Viet., c. 37), to which I think it right to draw your attention, as some of its provisions bear upon colonial matters. For the convenience of your Government I also enclose a copy of an explanatory memorandum by the Parliamentary Counsel. I have, &c., Knutseord. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. * Foreign Jurisdiction Consolidation Bill.—Memorandum. The object of this Bill is to consolidate the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, with such amendments only as are necessarily incidental to the process of consolidation. The amendments appear from the following notes:— Section 4. The words “or held under the authority of Her Majesty ” are added to include Courts established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts. Section 5. “ The Evidence by Commission Act, 1885,” has been added to the Acts comprised in the Schedule to “ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1878,” as being an enactment amending the Acts in that Schedule. Section 6. Words have been added giving power to define, by Order in Council, what is meant by the expression “ supreme criminal Court.” Section 7. In consequence of the alteration of the law with respect to penal servitude, sections 5 and 6 of “ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1843,” cannot be exactly reproduced. The new section reproduces in substance the power given by those sections of removing offenders for punishment, but substitutes the machinery provided by the more recent Colonial Prisoners’ Removal Act of 1869.

Section 12. This section sets out the provisions of 28 and 29 Viet., c. 63, instead of applying them by reference. Sections 17, 18. The Acts 24 and 25 Viet., c. 31, as to territories near Sierra Leone, and 26 and 27 Viet., c. 35, as to certain portions of South Africa, are practically superseded by section 5 of “ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1878 ” (41 and 42 Viet., c. 67), which would extend to the whole of Africa, and not merely to the limited portions mentioned in the above Acts. Accordingly an Order in Council could at any time supersede the provisions of those Acts. The Act 20 and 21 Viet., c. 75, as to Siam, would have been unnecessary if the Order in Council to which it referred had been made since since the passing of the latter Act, 29 and 30 Viet., c. 87, s. 1 (reproduced by section 9). The amending Act, 33 and 34 Viet., c. 55, merely declared what Court was to exercise jurisdiction under the previous Order in Council. This might now be done by a supplemental Order in Council. Accordingly it is proposed to repeal all these Acts as Acts, but to leave them in force as if they were Orders in Council issued under the present Bill. A precedent for this course may be found in 37 and 38 Viet., c. 29, s;*3. Sections 6 and 7 of “ The Pacific Islanders Protection Act, 1875 ” (38 and 39 Viet., c. 51), are in much the same position; but, as the powers given by section 6 were mostly to be exercised by Orders in Council, slightly different language is required.

Chapter 37. An Act to consolidate the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts. [4th August, 1890. Whereas by treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, Her Majesty the Queen has jurisdiction within divers foreign countries, and it is expedient to consolidate the Acts relating to the exercise of Her Majesty’s jurisdiction out of her dominions:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Exercise of jurisdiction in foreign country.

1. It is and shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen to hold, exercise, and enjoy any jurisdiction which Her Majesty now has or may at any time hereafter have within a foreign country in the same and as ample a manner as if Her Majesty had acquired that jurisdiction by the cession or conquest of territory. Exercise of jurisdiction over British subjects in countries without regular governments. 2. Where a foreign country is not subject to any government from whom Her Majesty the Queen might obtain jurisdiction in the manner recited by this Act, Her Majesty shall by virtue of this Act have jurisdiction over Her Majesty’s subjects for the time being resident in or resorting to that country, and that jurisdiction shall be jurisdiction of Her Majesty in a foreign country within the meaning of the other provisions of this Act.

Validity of acts done in pursuance of jurisdiction

3. Every act and thing done in pursuance of any jurisdiction of Her Majesty in a foreign country shall be as valid as if it had been done according to the local law then in force in that country.

Evidence as to existence or extent of jurisdiction in foreign country.

4. (1.) If in any proceeding, civil or criminal, in a Court in Her Majesty’s dominions, or held under the authority of Her Majesty, any question arises as to the existence or extent of any jurisdiction of Her Majesty in a foreign country, a Secretary of State shall, on the application of the Court, send to the Court within a reasonable time his decision on the question, and his decision shall for the purposes of the proceeding be final. (2.) The Court shall send to the Secretary of State, in a document under the seal of the Court, or signed by a Judge of the Court, questions framed so as properly to raise the question, and sufficient answers to those questions shall be returned by the Secretary of State to the Court, and those answers shall, on production thereof, be conclusive evidence of the matters therein contained. Power to extend enactments in First Schedule. 5. (1.) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council, if she thinks fit, by order, to direct that all or any of the enactments described in the First Schedule to this Act, or any enactments for the time being in force amending or substituted for the same, shall extend, with or without any exceptions, adaptations, or modifications in the order mentioned, to any foreign country in which for the time being Her Majesty has jurisdiction. (2.) Thereupon those enactments shall, to the extent of that jurisdiction, operate as if that country were a British possession, and as if Her Majesty in Council were the Legislature of that possession.

Power to send persons charged with offences for trial to a British possession. 6. (1.) Where a person is charged with an offence recognisable by a British Court in a foreign country, any person having authority derived from Her Majesty in that behalf may, by warrant, cause the person so charged to be sent for trial to any British possession for the time being appointed in that behalf by Order in Council, and, upon the arrival of the person so charged in that British possession, such criminal Court of that possession as is authorised in that behalf by Order in Council, or, if no Court is so authorised, the supreme criminal Court of that possession, may cause him to be kept in safe and proper custody, and so soon as conveniently may be may inquire of, try, and determine the offence, and on conviction punish the offender according to the laws in force in that behalf within that possession, in the same manner as if the offence had been committed within the jurisdiction of that criminal Court. Provided that—

(a.) A person so charged may, before being so sent for trial, tender for examination to a British Court in the foreign country where the offence is alleged to have been committed any competent witness whose evidence he deems material for his defence, and whom he alleges himself unable to produce at the trial in the British possession: (b.) In such case the British Court in the foreign country shall proceed in the examination and cross-exami-nation of the witness as though he had been tendered at a trial before that Court, and shall cause the evidence so taken to be reduced into writing, and shall transmit to the criminal Court of the British possession by which the person charged is to be tried a copy of the evidence, certified as cor-

rect under the seal of the Court before which the evidence was taken, or the signature of a Judge of that Court: (c.) Thereupon the Court of the British possession before which the trial takes place shall allow so much of the evidence so taken as would have been admissible according to the law and practice of that Court had the witness been produced and examined at the trial to be read and received as legal evidence at the trial: (cl.) The Court of the British possession shall admit and give effect to the law by which the alleged offender would have been tried by the British Court in the foreign country in which his offence is alleged to have been committed, so far as that law relates to the criminality of the act alleged to have been committed, or the nature or degree of the offence, or the punishment thereof, if the law differs in those respects from the law in force in that British possession.

(2.) Nothing in this section shall alter or repeal any law, statute, or usage by virtue of which any offence committed out of Her Majesty’s dominions may, irrespectively of this Act, be inquired of, tried, determined, and punished within Her Majesty’s dominions or any part thereof. 7. Where an offender convicted before a British Court in a foreign country has been sentenced by that Court to suffer death, penal servitude, imprisonment, or any other punishment, the sentence shall be carried into effect in such place as may be directed by Order in Council or be determined in accordance with directions given by Order in Council, and the conviction and sentence shall be of the same force in the place in which the sentence is so carried into effect as if the conviction had been made and the sentence passed by a competent Court in that place. 8. Where, by Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act, any British Court in a foreign country is authorised to order the removal or deportation of any person from that country, that removal or deportation, and any detention for the purposes thereof, according to the provisions of the Order in Council, shall be as lawful as if the order of the Court were to have effect wholly within that country. 9. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council, by order, to assign to or confer on any Court in any British possession, or held under the authority of Her Majesty, any jurisdiction, civil or criminal, original or appellate, which may lawfully by Order in Council be assigned to or conferred on any British Court in any foreign country, and to make such provisions and regulations as to Her Majesty in Council seem meet respecting the exercise of the jurisdiction so assigned or conferred, and respecting the enforcement and execution of the judgments, decrees, orders, and sentences of any such Court, and respecting appeals therefrom. 10. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council to revoke or vary any Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act.

11. Every Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament forthwith after it is made, if Parliament be then in session, and if not, forthwith after the commencement of the then next session of Parliament, and shall have effect as if it were enacted in this Act.

12. (1.) If any Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act as respects any foreign country is in any respect repugnant to the provisions of any Act of Parliament extending to Her Majesty’s subjects in that country, or repugnant to any order or regulation made under the authority of any such Act of Parliament, or having in that country the force and effect of any such Act, it shall be read subject to that Act, order, or regulation, and shall, to the extent of such repugnancy, but not otherwise, be void. (2.) An Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act shall not be, or be deemed to have been, void on the ground of repugnancy to the law of England unless it is repugnant to the provisions of some such Act of Parliament, order, or regulation as aforesaid. 13. (1.) An action, suit, prosecution, or proceeding against any person for any act done in pursuance or execution or intended execution of this Act, or of any enactment repealed by this Act, or of any Order in Council made under this Act, or of any such jurisdiction of Her Majesty as is mentioned in this Act, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of this Act, or of any such enactment, Order in Council, or jurisdiction as aforesaid, shall not lie or be instituted—

(a.) In any Court within Her Majesty’s dominions, unless it is commenced within six months next after the act, neglect, or default complained of; or, in case of a continuance of injury or damage, within six months next after the ceasing thereof; or, where the cause of action arose out of Her Majesty’s dominions, within six months after the parties to the action, suit, prosecution, or proceeding have been within

the jurisdiction of the Court in which the same is instituted; nor

(6.) In any of Her Majesty’s Courts without Her Majesty’s dominions, unless the cause of action arose within the jurisdiction of that Court, and the action is commenced within six months next after the act, neglect, or default complained of ; or, in case of a continuance of injury or damage, within six months next after the ceasing thereof.

(2.) In any such action, suit, or proceeding, tender of amends before the same was commenced may bo pleaded in lieu of or in addition to any other plea. If the action, suit, or proceeding was commenced after such tender, or is proceeded with after payment into Court of any money in satisfaction of. the plaintiff’s claim, and the plaintiff does not recover more than the sum tendered or paid, he shall not recover any costs incurred after such tender or payment, and the defendant shall be entitled to costs, to be taxed as between solicitor and client, as from the time of such tender or payment; but this provision shall not affect costs on any injunction in the action, suit, or proceeding. 14. It shall bo lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council to make any law that may seem meet for the government of Her Majesty’s subjects being in any vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China or of Japan, as fully and effectually as any such law might be made by Her Majesty in Council for the government of Her Majesty’s subjects being in China or in Japan. 15. Where any Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act extends to persons enjoying Her Majesty’s protectection, that expression shall include all subjects of the several princes and States in India. 16. In this Act, —

The expression “foreign country” means any country or place out of Her Majesty’s dominions : The expression “British Court in a foreign country” means any British Court having jurisdiction out of Her Majesty’s dominions in pursuance of an Order in Council whether made under any Act or otherwise : The expression “ jurisdiction ” includes power.

17. The Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act may be revoked or varied by Her Majesty by Order in Council. 18. The Acts mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the exten t in the third column of that Schedule mentioned : Provided that—

(1.) Any Order in Council, commission, or instructions made or issued in pursuance of any enactment repealed by this Act shall, if in force at the passing of this Act, continue in force until altered or revoked by Her Majesty as if made in pursuance of this Act; and shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been made or issued under and in pursuance of this Act; and (2.) Any enactment, Order in Council, or document referring to any enactment repealed by this Act shall bo construed to refer to the corresponding enactment of this Act. 19. (1.) This Act may be cited as “The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890.” (2.) The Acts whereof the Short Titles are given in the First Schedule to this Act may be cited by the respective Short Titles given in that Schedule.

Licensing Districts abolished and constituted. (1.5.) ONSLOW, Governor. A PR 0 C LAMATION. IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “ The Licensing Act, 1881,” and “ The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow', the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, from and after the thirtieth day of January instant, abolish the Special Licensing District of Whaingaroa and the Ordinary Licensing District of Raglan; and do hereby proclaim and define the parts of the colony mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto to be, from and after the thirty-first day of January instant, ordinary licensing districts for the purposes of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE. Whang ape Licensing District

All, that area in the County of Raglan bounded towards the north-west and north by Manukau County ; towards the east by the Counties of Waikato and Waipa respectively; towards the south by Karamu Parish to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 167 of that parish ; thence towards the west by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 56, Waipa Parish ; thence towards the south-west by the said Section No. 55 and Section No. 74 of the said Waipa Parish ; towards the south-east generally by the said Section No. 74 and Sections Nos. 73, 71, and 72 ; again towards the south generally by Section No. 33 of the said Waipa Parish, by Kerikeri Creek, and Sections Nos. 56 and 59 of the said Waipa Parish ; again towards the east by the last-mentioned section and Section No. 60 of the said Waipa Parish to Whaingaroa Harbour; thence again towards the south-east by the said Whaingaroa Harbour; and again towards the south-west by the ocean. Pirongia Licensing District. All that area in the County of Raglan known as the Ridings of Pirongia and Karamu, as described m a special order published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, 6th March, 1890. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George ; Governor and Com-mander-in - Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetyone.

W. R. RUSSELL GOO SAVE THE QUEEN!

Licensing Districts abolished and defined

(1.5.) ONSLOW, Governor. i A PROCLAMATION. 'VXy'HEREAS by “The Licensing Act, 1881,” and “The W Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Governor shall from time to time define districts to

be licensing districts under the said Acts, and from time to time may alter and redefine the boundaries of the same, and may abolish any district: Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Acts, do hereby abolish, from and after the twenty-sixth day of January instant, the Licensing Districts of Thames North, Thames Central, and Thames South, and do hereby alter and redefine the boundaries of the Parawai Licensing District, which shall, from and after the said twenty-sixth day of January instant, be those described in the First Schedule hereto; and do hereby proclaim and define the part of the colony mentioned and described in the Second Schedule hereto to be, from and after the said twenty-sixth day of January instant, an ordinary licensing district for the purposes of the said Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE Parawai.

All that area in the County of Thames bounded towards the north-west generally by the Borough of Thames, from the Kauaeranga River to Hape Creek, opposite to the middle of Rolleston Street; thence towards the north by the said Hape Creek to Hape South No. 1 Block ; thence towards the northeast by that block and Puketutu 2STo. 2 Block ; thence again towards the north-west by the last-named block and Native land; again towards the north-east by Native land and Mangakirikiri No. 3 Block to Waikiekie Stream ; thence towards the south-east by that stream to a point opposite to the south-western boundary-line of Whakairorahi No. 1 Block ; thence again towards the north-east by a line to the said south-western boundary-line ; thence by the said Whakairorahi No. 1 Block, the Whakairorahi No. 2 Block, and Block No. 2652 ato the Kauaeranga River; and thence again towards the south-east and towards the south-west by the said Kauaeranga River.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Thames. All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland known as the Borough of Thames, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 16, 7th February, 1884. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Com-mander-in - Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetyone.

W. R. RUSSELL,

God save the Queen ! Licensing Districts defined. (1.5.) ONSLOW, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by the sixth section of “ The Licensing Act, 1881,” it is enacted that the Governor shall from time to time define districts to be licensing districts under the said Act, and from time to time may alter and redefine the boundaries of the same : Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Acts, do hereby alter and redefine the boundaries of the Licensing District of Clyde, which shall, from and after the twenty-sixth day of January instant, be those described in the First Schedule hereto; and do hereby proclaim and define the part of the colony mentioned and described in the Second Schedule hereto to be, from and after the said twenty-sixth day of January instant, an ordinary licensing district for the purposes of the said Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE Wairoa County.

Clyde Licensing District. All that area in the Wairoa County bounded towards the north-west by East Taupo and Whakatane Counties respectively ; towards the north-east

by the eastern shore of Waikare Moana to the outflow of Waikare Taheke therefrom ; thence by that river to its confluence with the Waiau ; thence by the Waiau to its confluence with the Wairoa ; thence by the last-named river to the Town District of Clyde ; thence by the said Town District of Clyde to the said Wairoa; thence by that river to the ocean ; thence towards the south-east by the ocean; and towards the south-west generally by Hawke’s Bay County.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Clyde Town Licensing District. —All that area in the Wairoa County comprising the Town District of Clyde, as described in the Neiv Zealand Gazette No. 115, 2nd November, 1883. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, o Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley> of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George ; Governor and Com-mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and ViceAdmiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this twentyfirst day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. W. R. RUSSELL.

God save the Queen !

Licensing Districts altered. (1.5.) ONSLOW, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by the sixth section of “ The Licensing Act, 1881,” it is enacted that the Governor shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the commencement of the said Act, by Proclamation in the Gazette, from time to time define districts to be licensing districts under the said Act, and from time to time may alter and redefine the boundaries of the same : And whereas it is expedient to alter and redefine the boundaries of the Districts of Hastings and Heretaunga: Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, alter and redefine the boundaries of the said districts, which shall henceforth be those described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE. Hastings Licensing District,

All that area known as the Borough of Hastings, as described in the Neio Zealand Gazette No. 43, 19tli August, 1886.

lleretaunga Licensing District,

All that area known as the Ridings of Maraekakaho, Heretaunga, and Erehwon (formerly Patea), as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, Ist February, 1883, exclusive of the Borough of Hastings. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George ; Governor and Com-mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and ViceAdmiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this twentyfirst day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. W. R. RUSSELL.

God save the Queen !

Licensing Districts defined. (1.5.) ONSLOW, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by the sixth section of “The Licensing Act, 1881,” it is enacted that the Governor shall from time to time define districts to be licensing districts under

the said Act, and from time to time may alter and redefine the boundaries of the same:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, alter and redefine the boundaries of the Licensing District of Heathcote, which shall, from and after the twenty-sixth day of January instant, be those described in the First Schedule hereto; and do hereby proclaim and define the part of the colony mentioned and described in the Second Schedule hereto to be, from and after the said twenty-sixth day of January, an ordinary licensing district for the purposes of the said Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE. Heathcote Licensing District.

All that area in the County of Selvvyn comprising the Heathcote Road District, as described in the Neio Zealand Gazette No. 36, 30th April, 1883, and the Spreydon and Halswell Road Districts, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 31, 14th May, 1885.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Linwood Licensing District

All that area in the County of Selwyn comprising the Town District of Linwood, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 83, sth October, 1882. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop ; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Com-mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and ViceAdmiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this twentyfirst day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. W. R. RUSSELL.

God save the Queen !

Prescribing a Close Season for Seals,

ONSLOW, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At tho Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of January, 1891. Present: The Honourable E. Mitchelson presiding in Council. WHEREAS by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884 ” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations (which shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein) for prescribing, among other things, a close season for seals :

And whereas it is provided by the third section of “ The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887,” that a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds may be imposed in respect of the breach of any regulations respecting seals, and a further penalty of not exceeding twenty pounds for every seal illegally taken : And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to seals inhabiting or found within t he waters of the colony herein mentioned : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act and “ The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and with the like advice and consent doth order that such regulations shall take effect on and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, and shall have force and effect throughout the Colony of New Zealand, and in all salt, fresh, and brackish waters of the colony, and on all shores of such waters or any part thereof, or that may be contiguous or adjacent to such waters.

SCHEDULE Regulations.

1. The months of January, February, March, April, and May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, are hereby prescribed a close season for seals.

2. No person shall buy, sell, expose for sale, or have in possession any seal, or the skins, oil, or blubber of any seal, during the close season hereby prescribed for the same. 3. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds and not exceeding five hundred pounds, and a further penalty of not exceeding twenty pounds for every seal illegally taken.

4. Every penalty imposed by these regulations shall be recovered in a summary manner before any two or more Justices of the Peace.

ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council

Regulations for Trout-fishing in the Greymouth and Inangahua Acclimatisation Districts.

ONSLOW, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of January, 1891. Present: The Honourable E. Mitchelson presiding in Council. IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” and “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations for the Greymouth and Inangaliua Acclimatisation Districts which include the Boroughs of Brunner and Greymouth, and the County of Grey, and the Borough of Reefton, and the County of Inangahua—and tho waters thereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

Regulations. 1. Licenses to fish for trout in all tho waters of the Greymouth and Inangahua Acclimatisation Districts shall be issued under the hand of the Secretaries of the Greymouth and Inangahua Acclimatisation Societies (hereinafter termed “ the said Acclimatisation Societies ”), at Greymouth and Reefton, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said Acclimatisation Societies to issue a license. 2. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the said waters from the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the Neto Zealand Gazette to the twenty-eighth day of February next inclusive, but no such license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent. 3. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish with one rod and line only, and with tho following baits, namely: Natural and artificial fly, natural and artificial minnows, silveries, bullies (Eleotris gobioules), grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, caterpillars, creepers, grubs, and worms.

4. No person shall use any other bait, or any method, device, or contrivance of any sort or kind (except a rod and line and landing-net or gaff) whatever, for the purpose of fishing for, catching, killing, or taking trout. 5. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of catching, killing, or taking trout; nor shall any of the baits above mentioned be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 6. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said Acclimatisation Societies, or person producing a license from such societies or either of them, produce and show to such ranger, constable, member, or person his license or the contents of his creel or bag, and the baits used by him for catching, killing, or taking trout. 7. Every trout not exceeding eight inches in length, taken or caught by any person, shall be immediately returned alive into the water from which the same is taken.

8. No person shall fish for, take, catch, or kill, or attempt to fish for, take, catch, or kill, in any manner whatsoever, or have in his possession, any trout, except during the abovementioned period.

9. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale any of the salmonidse or trout, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the salmonidse or trout, in order to make sale of the same.

10. No person shall take, fish for, catch, or kill in any manner whatever, or have in his possession, any salmon, salmon-parr, or smolt, or the young of any salmon ; and any of the above-named taken by accident or otherwise shall immediately be returned to the water from whence it was taken.

11. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidse or trout during the period appointed for a close season for any such fish. 12. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, in any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

13. No person shall put, throw, drag, draw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, dragged, drawn, or placed, for any purpose whatever, any net of any description (except a landing-net) in any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, or at the mouth or entrance of any such waters. 14. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one pound and not exceeding fifty pounds. 'ls. These regulations shall come into force as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

Alex. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council

Fixing Sittings of the District Courts of Nelson and Westland.

ONSLOW, Governor

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in this behalf enabling me, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that sittings of the District Courts of Nelson and Westland, for civil and criminal business, shall be held as follows, from and after the first day of March next, in lieu of those previously fixed and appointed : Nelson District. In the Courthouse, Nelson, on the 23rd March, 6th May, 17th June, 29th July, 9th September, 26th October, and 9th December. Westland District. In the Courthouse, Greymoutb, on the 13th April, 26th May, Gth July, 17th August, sth October, and 16th November.

In tlio Courthouse, Hokitika, on the 17th April, 29tli May, 9th July, 20th August, Bth October, and 19th November. In the Courthouse, Reefton, on the 21st April, 3rd June, 14th July, 25th August, 13th October, and 24th November. In the Courthouse, Westport, on the 27th April, 9th June, 20th July, 31st August, 19th October, and 30th November. Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the Court appointed for that day shall be holden on the first day thereafter not being a holiday. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. W. B. BUSSELL. Grown Solicitor appointed. Department of Justice, Wellington, 15th January, 1891. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Hugh Gully, Esq., to be Crown Solicitor at W’ellington, vice F. H. D. Bell, Esq., resigned. W. R. BUSSELL.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 16th January, 1891. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable Patrick John Dunne to be Clerk of the Besident Magistrate’s Court at Mercury Bay, from the Bth instant, vice Constable M. Walker, transferred;

Constable Florence O’Donovan to be Clerk of the Besident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, and Beceiver of Gold Bevenue and Mining Registrar, at Stafford and Goldsborough, from the 26th instant, vice Acting Sergeant Hannan, transferred ;

Constable Joseph Kenny to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Brunnerton, from the 19th instant, vice Constable P. Scully, transferred; and

Constable Richard Patterson to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Okarito, from the 7th February, 1891, vice Constable Donovan, transferred.

W. R. RUSSELL

Crown Lands Bangers appointed.

General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 15th Januar}-, 1891. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable John Arthur Day to be a Banger of Crown Lands for the Westland Land District, vice Kelso, transferred, as from the 15th December, 1890; and Constable Richard Patterson to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the same district, vice Donovan, transferred, as from the 20tli January, 1891. G. F. RICHARDSON, Minister of Lands.

Sittings of the Supreme Court, Wcllmgton Judicial District.

WE, three Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “ The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the time and place for holding a sitting of the Supreme Court in the Judicial District of Wellington in the present year:— A sitting for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Supreme Courthouse, Napier, to commence on Monday, the 2nd day of March, 1891, at 11 a.in. Such sitting to be in lieu of the sitting appointed to be held on the 17th day of March, 1891. Given under our hands, this twelfth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. JAMES PRENDERGAST. JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS. J. E. DENNISTON.

Bv Authority: Georjje Dtdsbury, Government Printer, Wellintrton. —1891.

Session and Chapter. Title. Enactments which may be extended by Order in Council. Short Title. 12 & 13 Viet., An Act to provide for The whole Admiralty Ofc. 90 theProsecution and Trial in Her Majesty’s Colonies of Offences committed within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty Act fences (Colonial) Act, 1849. 14 & 15 Viet., An Act to amend the Sections 7 Evidence Act, c. 99 Law of Evidence and 11 1851. 17 & 18 Viet., c. 104 The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 Part X. 19 & 20 Viet., An Act to provide for The whole Foreign Trio. 113 taking Evidence in Her Majesty’s Dominions in relation to Civil and Commercial Matters pending before Foreign Tribunals Act bunals Evidence Act, 1856.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Enactments] which may ] Session and Chapter. Title. be extended Short Title. by Order in Council. . 22 Viet., c. 20 An Act to provide for The whole Evidence by taking Evidence in Act Commission Suits and ProceedAct, 1859. ings pending before Tribunals in Her Majesty’s Dominions, in Places out of the Jurisdiction of such Tribunals 22 & 23 Vicfc., An Act to afford FaThe whole British Law c. 63 cilities for the more Act Ascertaincertain Ascertainment Act, ment of the Law administered in one Part of Her Ma1859. jesty’s Dominions, when pleaded in the Courts of another Part thereof 23 & 24 Viet., An Act to enable the The whole Admiralty Ofc. 122 Legislatures of Her Majesty’s PossesAct fences (Colonial) Act, sions Abroad to make Enactments similar to the Enactment of the Act ninth George the 1860. Fourth, chapter thirty-one, section eight 24 & 25 Viet., An Act to afford FaThe whole Foreign Law c. 11 cilities for the betAct Ascertainter Ascertainment ment Act, of the Law of 1861. Foreign Countries when pleaded in Courts within Her Majesty’s Dominions 30 & 31 Viet., The Merchant ShipSection 11 c. 124 ping Act, 1867 37 & 38 Viet., The Conveyancing Section 51 c. 94 (Scotland) Act, 1874 44 & 45 Viet., The Fugitive OffenThe whole c. 69 ders Act, 1881 Act 48 & 49 Viet., The Evidence by c. 74 Commission Act, ; The whole 1885 | Act SECOND SCHEDULE. Acts which MAY BE REVOKED OR VARIED by Order in COUNCIL. Session and Title. Extent of Chapter. Repeal. 24 & 25 Viet., An Act for the Prevention and The whole c. 31 Punishment of Offences comAct. mitted by Her Majesty’s Subjects within certain Territories adjacent to the Colony of Sierra Leone 26 & 27 Viet., An Act for the Prevention and The whole c. 35 Punishment of Offences committed by Her Majesty’s SubAct. jects in South Africa THIRD SCHEDULE. Enactments repealed. Session and Chapter. Title or Short Title. Extent of Repeal. 6 & 7 Viet., c. “ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, The whole 94 1843” Act. 20 & 21 Viet., An Act to confirm an Order in The whole c. 75 Council concerning the Exercise of Jurisdiction in Act. Matters arising within the Kingdom of Siam

FIRST SCHEDULE— continued.

Session and Chapter. Title or Short Title. Extent of liepeal. 28 & 29 Viet,, “The Foreign Jurisdiction Act The whole c. 116 Amendment Act, 1865 ” Act. 29 & 30 Viet., “ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act The whole c. 87 Amendment Act, 1866 ” Act. 33 & 34 Viet., “ The Siam and Straits SettleThe whole c. 55 ments Jurisdiction Act, 1870” Act. 38 & 39 Viet., “ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1875 ” The whole c. 85 Act. 39 & 40 Viet., An Act for more effectually Sections 4 c. 46 punishing Offences against the Laws relating to the Slave Trade and 6. 41 & 42 Viet., “ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1878 ” The whole c. 67 Act.

THIRD SCHEDULE— continued.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. 1 Sentence. Native 0 i T rade. Born 1 ’si j3 Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chill. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Auckland ... | Alfred I.owrie Lawrence Aratapu Nov. 8,1890 obscene language ... drunk and disorderly 2 months’ labour ... £.3 and costs, or 1 month’s labour t cumulative) Auckland gum-digger 1S63 ft. in. 5 -ll dark black dark br. medium medium medium One previous conviction. Quarter-caste Maori. Scar on centre Of back. Fine and costs paid. Auckland ... re Rakau Taro Rotorua Oct. 8, 1890 larceny 3 months’ labour ... Rotorua ... labourer ... 1S64 5 black dark br. fiat large round One previous conviction. Auckland... Barbara Cragie Auckland ... Dec. 8, 1890 obscene language ... t month's labour ... Auckland 1869 5 3 fair light brown grey medium medium medium Three previous convictions. ( See Police Gazette, 1850, page 195.) Auckland... Michael Canavau Auckland ... Jan. 7. 189* obscene language ... 12 hours labour Ireland ... cabman ... 1872 5 ICj light brown ak. blue medium medium medium Mole under right eye. Auckland... James Evers Auckland ... Oct. 9, >890 habitual drunkenness 3 months’ labour Ireland ... labourer ... 182S 5 H swarthy grey brown medium medium medium Sixteen previous convictions. Shotwound on each shoulder ; scar at right eyebrow, one over left eye, and one on left cheek. Auckland... Luke alias Lawrence O’Brien Auckland ... Oct. 8, 1890 larceny 6 months labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1846 fresh dark brown blue large, drooped large medium Died at District Hospital, 8th Jan., 1890, Auckland.. Gordon Forbes, alias George Giles Auckland ... Mar. t 4 , 1887 assault and robbery 5 years’ penal servitude Victoria ... labourer ... 1865 5 9i sallow light brown hazel medium medium medium Seven previous convictions. L BARRETT in wreath on left upper arm; RR and dots on left foreaim ; GF and anchor on light forearm. Gone to Sydney. Photographed, 3th Jan., 1891. Auckland... Joseph Robinson Auckland .. Oct. 13, 1890 idle and disorderly ... insulting language ... 3 months’ labour ... Wales ... dealer 183S fresh srrey blue broad iarge large 1 7 pievious convictions. \\ alks lame. Auckland... Catherine Jones Iauranga ... Oct. 13, 1890 3 months’ imprisonm’t in default of surety Ireland ... ... 1837 5 0 pale, pockptd. fair blue iarge wide double I hirteen previous convictions. Thick lips. Auckland ... 1 homas Knowles Auckland ... July u. 1890 vagrancy 6 months’ labour ... England ... labourer .. 1S21 3 6 sallow dark brown grey blue medium medium medium Nine previous convictions. Auckland ... David Mills Auckland ... Aug. 6,1890 larceny 0 months’ labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1844 S 7i sallow dark brown broad medium medium Thirty previous convictions. Photographed, 29th Mar., 1888. Auckland... t'homas John Robinson Auckland ... Jan. is, 189' malicious damage to property larceny ios. and costs, or 7 days’ labour 6 months’ probation N. Zealand labourer ... 1867 5 ni fresh black brown small, pointed medium medium Allowed seven days to pay fine, &c., in first case, and twenty-one days to paycosts in second case. Auckland ... Jessie Wingate Auckland ... Oct. 17,1890 habitual drunkenness 3 months' labour ... Scotland ... 1841 4 II ruddy grey blue medium medium medium I wentv-three pievious convictions. Auckland... \\ illiam Alexander Irwi n Auckland ... Jan. 14, 1891 fighting in a public place 20s. and costs, or 3 days’ labour Nova Scotia ironmonger 1846 S 4i fresh black brown medium medium medium Auckland ... Peter James McKerrow Auckland ... Dec. 17, 1890 larceny £5 and costs, or 1 month’s labour Scotland ... medical student 1S67 5 si fresh dark brown blue medium medium medium Asthmatic. Auckland... William Smith Auckland .. June 9, 1890 July 18, 1890 false pretences (3 charges) larceny 6 months’ labour on each (concurrent) 2 months’ labour (cumulative) Auckland labourer ... 1SO3 5 6 fresh black It. hazel medium medium medium Four previous convictions. (See Police Gazette, 1889, page 231.) Auckland.. Ellen Lockhart Tait, alias Ellen Lockhart, alias Lockert Auckland ... Dec. 18, 1890 habitual drunkenness t month’s labour ... Scotland ... ... 1842 fair dark, golden hazel medium medium medium Two previous convictions. N.Plymouth George Jones, alias Thomas Oliiver Patea Oct. 7, 1890 false pretences 3 months’ labour ... England ... labourer ... 1841 S 5i fair brown grey medium medium medium Previously convicted. Collar-bone has been broken; varicose veins on right leg; squints when talking. N. Plymouth John Gallagher Wanganui ... May 28, 1890 larceny 9 months' labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... >845 .3 7 fresh brown grey straight medium medium Wanganui William \\ ilson Marton Oct. 7, 1890 larceny 3 months’ labour ... N. Zealand labourer ... 1868 5 icj light copper biack brown very broad large square One previous conviction. Half-caste Maori. Flat-footed. Wanganui Robert Mathers, alias Joshua Mathers Bull’s Dec. 12, 1S90 larceny : month’s labour Ireland ... cattle-dealer 1872 5 3l fresh brown grey medium small small \\ anganui Septimus Henry \\ ood Foxton Dec. 30, 1890 larceny 7 days’labour England ... tailor 1859 .3 :i pale black brown iarge, bent to right bearded bearded Crossed flags and SEP on right forearm; bracelets on both wrists; KYV in heart on right thumb; EL in diamond on left thumb ; right leg lame. Wanganui Mary Ann N ugent, alias Port-wine Annie Wanganui ... Dec. 17, 1890 vagrancy r month’s labour ... Ireland ... prostitute 1856 4 ioi fair brown grey medium medium medium Repeatedly convicted. Napier Charles Colder Napier Mar. 18,1890 burglary 1 year’s labour N. Zealand watchmaker 1844 5 6 dark brown blue medium medium medi uni Nail on third finger of left hand split; 110 teeth in upper jaw. Napser \\ illiam John Hamilton Hastings ... Dec. 30, 1890 vagrancy 14 days’ labour Ireland ... labourer ... 1857 5 7i tawny dark brown blue broken medium medium Four previous convictions. Cut on left eyebrow ; female with wreath on right forearm; wreath on upper left arm, with M l Rose and WJ in centre. Napier William Batty Woodville ... Nov. 14,1890 drunkenness wilful trespass and refusing to leave 22s., or 14 days' labour 2 months’ labour (concurrent) America ... sailor 1858 S n3 fresh brown blue medium medium medium One previous conviction. Crucifix and female bust on right arm ; female and bust on left arm. Napier John Kelly, alias Kelly the Rake Sophus Chresti Twisti Napier Dec. id, 1890 habitual drunkenness 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... ■ 833 .3 4i dark dark brown medium medium medium Twenty-one previous convictions. Woodville Woodville ... Dec. 23,1890 vagrancy 21 days’ labour Denmark labourer ... 1848 5 * fair, ruddy light brown blue medium medium medium One previous conviction. Rather eccentric. Wellington Thomas Baldwin Wellington Dec. 31, 1890 larceny 7 days’labour England ... fireman ... .84S S 7 fresh brown grey medium medium medium Wellington John McDeunott Wellington Nov. 7, 1S90 assault (3 charges'!... 2 months* labour on each (cumulative y Manchester sailor 1862 0 1 dark black grey sharp large medium i’wocutson lefthand; scaron leftcheek. On bail pending appeal. Wellington William John Simmonds, alias Nicholls Wanganui... June 20,188S Oct. 16,1888 illegally on premises larceny 6 months’ labour ... 3 years’ penal servitude (concurrent) London ... clerk iSdo .3 8i fresh light brown It. hazel large large iarge Several previous convictions. Flags and female's face on lower left arm; part of anchor on lower right arm. Photographed at Wellington.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 17th JANUARY, 1891.

Gaol. j Name. i Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born ,c X Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. 1 Wellington ! Jeremiah Driscoll, alias Wellington Oct. 3, 1890 assault 2 months’ labour Auckland shoemaker 1869 ft.in. 5 .si sallow brown brown small large medium Several previous convictions. Scar and Wellington Charles Travers Peter Mickleson Wellington Inly 1, 1889 inciting to assault police resisting police wilful damage breaking and entering 1 month’s labour 1 month’s labour 1 month’s labour 2 years’ labour Denmark labourer ... 1870 .3 Hi fair fair brown medium medium medium 1 on right arm. Photographed at Wellington. One previous conviction. Wellington John Scully Wellington June 2, 1890 assault 9 months’ labour ... Galway ... hawker ... 183s s :£ fresh brown dk. blue sharp medium medium Scar under right jaw from burn. Wellington Andrew Dawson Wellington Dec. 17, iSgo vagrancy 1 month’s labour ... England butcher ... 1866 .3 ni fair fair It. grey large medium medium Slightly deaf. Picton John O’Sullivan Blenheim .. Dec. 8, 1890 obscene language ... 14 days’labour Killarney sailor 1871 8 si fair brown grey medium large broad A nchor and American flag on right arm j Nelson George King Nelson July 29, 1890 resisting police larceny 1 month’s labour 6 months’ labour ... England ... labourer ... 1872 fresh brown dark hr. straight wide small JS and anchor on left arm. One previous conviction. Scar on right Nelson Henry Collins Nelson July 17, 1S90 larceny 3 months’ labour ... England ... labourer ... 1S46 ruddy light brown blue small medium round knee; three boil-marks on breast; stout build; broad face. Photographed, 24th Sept., 1890. Five previous convictions. (See Police Lyttelton ... William Gilchrist Ross Dunedin April 4, 1887 larceny rape 3 month’s labour (cumulative) 5 years’ penal serviN. Zealand . farm1871 •> 0 fresh black brown medium medium medium Gazelle, 1890, page 41 -) Photographed, 24th Sept., 1890. Burn on left knee. Photographed, 29th Lyttelton ... James Edwards Christchurch Dec. 8, 1890 larceny tude and so lashes t month’s labour ... Surrey ... labourer umbrella1S39 .3 C'i fresh light brown, It. blue medium medium medium Dec., 1890. Small scar on nose. Photographed, "th Lyttelton ... William I.owrie, alias Christchurch Aug. 2,1890 vagrancy ' 6 months’ labour Belfast ... maker farm1857 5 8 swarthy turning grey dark brown hazel large medium medium Jan., 1891.. Tluee previous convictions. Varicose Lyttelton ... Lowry, alias Leroy Alexander Turner Christchurch May 26, 1890 perjury 9 months’ labour ... Co. Tyrone labourer labourer ... >854 5 8 fresh. black brown medium large medium veins on right leg. Photographed, 20th April, 1890. Pockpitted. Photographed, 7th Jan., Lyttelton ... John Woods Ashburton ... July 11, 1890 larceny Ci charges)... 2 months’ labour on Tasmania labourer ... 1829 8 3 freckled fresh brown, turnbrown medium medium medium 1891. Crucifix on upper right arm ; bleeding heart, pagoda, man with stick, and two men drinkii got) right arm ; anchor on right hand ; woman, anchor, and dog on left arm; bracelet on each wrist; three tigers on right thigh; garter, man, woman, and two tigers on right leg ; two flags on left thigh; J W and Indian man and woman on left leg. Photographed, 7th Jan., 1891. Thick lips; light thumb deformed. Lyttelton ... Edward O’Keefe Oxford Jan. to, 1891 false pretences each (cumulative) 3 days’labour Ireland ... saddler ... 184.3 5 63 florid ing grey brown blue long,thick large medium Lyttelton ... Bridget Lambert Christchurch Dec. 19, 1890 riotous conduct t month’s labour ... Ireland ... prostitute 1847 5 4i sallow grey It. blue medium large medium One previous conviction. Scar on foreLyttelton ... Jessie Wood, alias Mary Wood Richard Tubman Christchurch Dec. 19, 1800 riotous conduct t month’s labour ... Countv prostitute 1844 5 pale brown brown medium medium medium head, chin, and cheek. Five previous convictions. Scar on Lyttelton ... Christchurch Dec. 19,1890 no visible means of 1 month's labour ... l'ipperary County labourer ... 1843 8 8 fair light brown grey large small medium forehead. Six previous convictions. Lyttelton ... Theodore Boberg Lyttelton ... Jan. 5, 1891 support disobedience of orders 14 days’ labour hermanagh Germany... fireman ... 1843 5 5l fresh dark brown grey broad medium medium Lyttelton ... James Bradley Ashburton ... Jan. 12, 1891 on board ship resisting police ; days'labour Co. Derry labourer ... 18.33 5 8 fresh black blue medium medium full Previously convicted. Scar on ri^lu Lyttelton ... John Phillips Ashburton ... Jan. 2,1891 drunkenness 48 hours’ labour Wales labourer ... 1S63 3 fresh dark brown It. grey medium medium medium cheek under eye. Ruptured on both sides; coat-of-arms Lyttelton ... John Barnes Kaiapoi Jan. J2, 1891 Jan. 16, 1891 illegally on premises larceny 7 days’ labour (concurrent) 7 days’labour London ... shoemaker 1842 8 2 fresh dark brown blue medium medium medium on breast; woman with skipping-rope on right arm ; spot on right hand; angel on left arm ; star on each wrist ; anchor and rings on left hand. Anchor on left arm. Lyttelton ... Robert Croton Christchurch obscene language ... 48 hours’ labour Lyttelton... lumper ... 1871 8 4i dark dark brown dark br. small medium medium Coat-of-aims, anchor, RC and MB on Oaraaru ... Sarah Condon Oamaru Fan. 16, 1891 neglecting her child 24 hours’labour Ireland ... married ... 1832 8 2 fresh dark blue medium medium medium right arm ; two flags and cross on left arm ; bracelet on each wrist; pimpies on forehead. Very stout build. Dunedin ... George Palser Dunedin luly 1, 1880 larceny 2 years’ labour N. Zealand labourer ... 1P60 5 7i swarthy black hazel medium medium medium One previous conviction. (See Police Dunedin ... fames Johnston, alias Dunedin July 1, 18.89 uttering 2 years’ labour Ireland ... blacksmith 1851 5 04 swarthy light brown hazel large large large Gazette, 1886, page 229.) Three previous convictions. Dunedin ... Molloy Edward William EllChristchurch Oct. 18, 1890 disobeying a main3 months’ labour ... England ... barman ... 1863 . 8 sS fresh black, curly brown small small medium Pockmarked on forehead; anchor on Dunedin ... wood Ann J. Seals Dunedin Nov. 14, 1890 Dec. 16, 1890 tenance-order drunkenness 2 months’ labour ... England ... prostitute 18.34 5 0 dark black brown medium medium medium right arm. Forty-eight previous convictions. Dunedin ... Ellen Wilson, alias Dunedin ... drunkenness 48 hours’labour England ... prostitute 1842 5 1 fresh dark brown hazel medium medium medium Fifty-four previous convictions. Dunedin ... Dufty Arthur Armstrong ... Palmerston Dec. 26, 1890 obscene language ... larceny (2 charges).., t month's labour (cumulative) 14 days’ labour on England ... labourer ... 1872 5 7l sallow black grey large small medium Blue spot on left arm; scar on right arm ; impediment in speech. Third finger of right hand out of joint. Dunedin ... Mathew Ryan Dunedin Dec. 29, 1890 breach of the peace... each (concurrent) £3, or 14 da vs’ labour Ireland ... labourer ... 18.36 8 n4 f resh fair bine medium, medium medium broken

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED, ETC. — continued.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. . Sentence. Native of Trade. Born | Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Emily Manse Dunedin Dec. 30, 1890 drunkenness 24 hours’ labour Australia... prostitute 1871 ft. in. 5 3 dark brown brown medium medium medium One previous conviction. Dunedin ... James Connelly Dunedin Dec. 31, 1890 obscene language (2 charges) damaging property... 7 days’ labour on each (concurrent) 20s., or 7 days' labour Ireland ... labourer ... 1837 5 74 fresh brown, turngrey large medium large Dunedin ... Thomas Bennet Dunedin Jan. 5, 1891 threatening to kill ... 6 months’ imprisonEngland ... bricklayer 1839 5 s3 dark ing grey dark brown, hazel medium medium medium Wen on left loin and on top of head. Dunedin ... John Thomas White ... Ft. Chalmers Ian. 6, 1891 assault ment in default of sureties 2is.,or4.8hours'labour England ... seaman ... 1853 5 73 fresh bald on top brown blue medium small medium Sureties found. Flower-pot on right arm; rose, shamrock, thistle, and bracelet on left wrist. Seven previous convictions. Dunedin ... Kate Finch, alias VinDunedin Jan. 7, 1891 drunkenness ios.,01' 48 hours labour Jersey prostitute 1859 5 2 f resh light brown grey medium medium medium Dunedin ... cent Henry Gore Dunedin Jan. 15, 1891 damaging property... breach of municipal £1 is. 6d., or 1 week’s labour (cumulati ve 1 £1 8s., or 48 hours’ England ... coal-mer-1853 5 54 pale red blue medium medium medium Three previous convictions. Dunedin ... Charles Fowler Christchurch Oct. 1, 1888 by-laws stealing from a dwelllabour 3 years’ penal servi* England ... chant cook 1850 5 10 pale dark brown hazel medium medium medium Three previous convictions. Middle Ambrose Griffiths 1 nvercargill Nov. 7, 1890 ing laiceny tude 2 months’ labour Tasmania labourer ... ■ 851 S 7 fair fair blue medium medium medium finger off right hand ; upper front teeth out; several scars on left leg. Photographed, 14th July, 1883. (Omitted from return of 13th Dec. last.) Three pi evious convictions. Small scar Westport... John Rosser, alias J. Rice Andrew Hendry ' ... Westport ... Dec. '.5, 1890 drunkenness 1 month’s labour ... England ... miner 1833 5 7 fresh grey blue large large large on middle of back; bald. Four previous convictions. Westport... Westport ... Jan. >3, 1891 drunkenness 48 hours’ labour Scotland ... miner 1866 5 9 dark black grey large large large One previous conviction. Hokitika ... Bridget Hillman Stafford Nov. 10, 1890 threatening to stab... drunkenness 1 month s labour in default of bail 24 hours’labour Ireland ... matron ... 1852 S ol sandy sandy hazel prominent large medium Repeatedly convicted. Julia Walsh Reef ton Dec. 11, 1890 wilful trespass sly grog-selling £5 14s., or 2 months’ labour (concurrent) £36, or 1 month’s Ireland ... ex-hotel-1848 5 54 pale brown grey medium medium medium * Front teeth all out. Hokitika ... Lavinia Fogden Greymouth... Oct. 17, 1890 idle and disorderly ... labour 3 months’ labour ... England ... keeper prostitute 1841 4 io4 pale grey blue short small medium Two previous convictions. Small lace. Timaru George lozer Timaru Oct. 7. 1890 larceny 3 months’ labour ... N. Zealand labourer ... 1809 5 5l fresh brown hazel medium large medium Scar on left elbow and over left eye. Timaru Michael J. Rooney ... Timaru Jan. 3, 1891 ill-treating a horse ... 7 days’ labour Co. Kerry labourer ,. 18.38 5 64 f resh fair blue medium medi um small Photographed, 3rd Jan., 1891. Two previous convictions. Blotch on Awanui Te Kooti Karakea Waipiro- ... Dec. 8, 1890 false pretences 30 days’labour N. Zealand 1873 5 7 copper black brown flat large medium pupil of right eye.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED, ETC.- continued.