Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XVI, Issue 8, 20 April 1892, Page 62

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1892, pages 567, 570, 571, 572, 597, 598, 601, and 602.) Regulations for the Sale of Strychnine and Arsenic.

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 3892. Present: His Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council. IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 regulations following with respect to the sale of certain poisons, and doth declare that such regulations shall come into force and take effect on and after the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

Regulations

1. “ The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” is hereinafter referred to as “ the said Act.”

2. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or dispose of strychnine or arsenic in any quantities unless such person shall, previous to making the entry required by the provisions of the twelfth section of the said Act, obtain from the intending purchaser of such strychnine or arsenic a statutory declaration setting forth the particulars hereinafter mentioned. Immediately upon completion of the purchase the seller of such poison shall forward such statutory declaration to the Registrar of the district appointed under the said Act: Provided that this regulation shall not apply to the sale of arsenic wholesale for use in the cure of diseases in sheep. 3. Every such declaration shall state precisely (1) the Christian name and surname of the intending purchaser at full length, together with his or her occupation and address ; (2) the exact quantity and name of the poison required ; and (3) the express purpose or purposes for which such poison is alone intended to be used, and the places or localities where the same is to be used or deposited respectively.

Alex. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, Licensefee, d-c., Rawer a District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,

Administrator of the Government. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cockpheasants and quail may be taken or killed within the Hawera District, consisting of the Counties of Hawera and Patea, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, both inclusive (subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And Ido further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each, and that licenses to sell game and native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each ; and the Postmasters at Hawera and Patea are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed

within the above-mentioned district from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, both days inclusive. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninetytwo. P. A. BUCKLEY, Colonial Secretary.

Shooting Season for Native Game, Lake District,

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the Lake District, consisting of the County of Lake, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, both inclusive (subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to sell such native game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Postmaster at Queenstown is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninetytwo. P. A. BUCKLEY, Colonial Secretary.

Shooting Season for Native Game, Kaikoura

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that native game, excepting tuis, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the County of Kaikoura —except on the Lyell Creek, County of Kaikoura, between Lyell Bridge and the sea—from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, both days inclusive. And I do further notify that licenses to sell such native game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each ; and the Postmaster at Kaikoura is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninetytwo.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Season for shooting Native Game, Waitaki, to commence on the Ist April.

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government,

"TTTHEREAS by a warrant made under “ The Animals \ V Protection Act, 1880,” dated the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and published in the Nciv Zealand Gazette of the tenth day of the said month of March, it is notified, amongst other things, that native game, with certain exceptions, may be taken or killed within the Waitaki District, consisting of the County of Waitaki, from the first day of May next: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time during which native game may be taken or killed in the said district during the present year:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the aforesaid “ Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, do hereby declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned District of Waitaki from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, both days inclusive. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninetytwo.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar under “ The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” Canterterbury, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 2nd April, 1892. HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint Richmond Beetham, Esq., to be Registrar of Poisons, under “ The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” for the Provincial District of Canterbury. P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector}- of Weights and Measures, Ashburton, appointed. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 2nd April, 1892. HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint Constable William Watt to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “ The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the County of Ashburton and for the Borough of Ashburton, vice Constable T. Whitty. P. A. BUCKLEY.

Licensing Districts defined

(1.5.) JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government. 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 tho said Act, and from time to time may alter and redefine the boundaries of the same : Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, tho Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of tho power and authority vested in me by the said Act, alter and redefine the boundaries of the Licensing District of Stoke, which shall, from and after the eighteenth day of April 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 eighteenth day of April, an ordinary licensing district for the purposes of the said Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Stoke Licensing District.

All that area in the Land District of Nelson known as the Stoke (formerly Richmond) Road District, as described in special order in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, Bth April, 1886, exclusive of any part of the Borough of Richmond.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Richmond Licensing District

All that area in the Land District of Nelson known as the Borough of Richmond, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 46, 18th June, 1891.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, the Administrator of the Government of Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetytwo. W. P. REEVES.

God save the Queen !

Prohibiting Licenses on certain Native Lands

(1.5.) JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by Proclamation dated the third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eightyfour, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eleventh day of December then instant, as amended by a further Proclamation dated the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the ninth day of April then instant, the area of Native land described in the First Schedule hereto was declared to be an area within which no license under 11 The Licensing Act, 1881,” should be granted : And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Proclamations, and make other provisions in lieu thereof :

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by “The Licensing Act, 1881” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting with the consent and at the request of the owners of tho lands described in the said First Schedule hereto, do hereby revoke the said recited Proclamations of the third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, respectively, and in lieu thereof do hereby proclaim and declare that no license under the said Act shall be granted within the area of Native land described in the Second Schedule hereto, such area being a portion of the area described in the First Schedule aforesaid.

FIRST SCHEDULE

All that area in the Provincial Districts of Auckland, Taranaki, and Wellington, bounded towards the north-west by Te Wharauroa Block, from the Aotea Harbour to the Waitetuna River; thence towards the north-east generally by the said Waicetuna River to its intersection by a right line running from Mount Tahuanui over the Teriki Range, where the Native track crosses the latter; thence by the said right line to Mount Tahuanui; thence by a right line to Mount Pirongia; thence by the confiscation boundary-line to and across the Waipa River to the Puniu River; thence by the latter river and again by the confiscation boundary-line to the Waikato River; thence by the said Waikato River to the Tatua West Block; thence towards the east by that block and the Whangamata Block to Lake Taupo; thence by a right line across that lake to the mouth of the Tauranga River, and by that river to its source in the Kaimanawa Range; thence towards the south-east and south by the summit of that range and the summits of the watersheds between the sources of the rivers Moawhanga and Waikato, and Waikato and Wangaeliu, to Ruapehu Mountain ; thence towards the south-west and south generally by the southwestern boundary-lines of tho Okahukura and the Aotea Blocks respectively to the Taranaki confiscation boundaiyline; and thence by that boundary-line to the ocean; and thence towards the west and again towards the north-west by the sea.

SECOND SCHEDULE

All that area in tho Provincial Districts of Auckland, Taranaki, and Wellington, bounded towards the north-west by Te Wharauroa Block, from the Aotea Harbour to the Waitetuna River; thence towards the north-east generally by the said Waitetuna River to its intersection by a right line running from Mount Tahuanui over the Teriki Range, where the Native track crosses the latter; thence by the said right line to Mount Tahuanui; thence by a right line to Mount Pirongia; thence by the confiscation boundaryline to and across the Waipa River to the Puniu River; thence by the latter river and again by the confiscation boundary-line to the Waikato River; thence by the said Waikato River to the Tatua West Block; thence towards the east by that block and the Whangamata Block to Lako Taupo ; thence by a right line across that lake to the mouth of the Tauranga River, and by that river to its source in the Kaimanawa Range ; thence towards the south-east and south by the summit of that range and the summits of the watersheds between the sources of the rivers Moawhango and Waikato, and Waikato and Wangaeliu, to Ruapehu Mountain; thence towards the south-west and south generally by the south-western boundary-lines of the Okahukura and the Aotea Blocks respectively to the Taranaki confiscation boundary-line; thence by that boundary-line to the ocean; and thence towards the west and again towards the northwest by the sea: excepting from the above-described area Subdivision C of the Oraliiri Block, containing by admeasurement 1 acre. Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, the Administrator of the Government of Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. W. P. REEVES.

God save the Queen !

Waipawa Police Gaol ceased to be a Police Gaol,

(1.5.) JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “Tho Prisons Act. .1882,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation in the Neiv

Zealand Gazette, declare that any prison or police gaol shall no longer he a prison or police gaol; and upon the gazetting of such Proclamation, or from and after any later date fixed in such Proclamation for the purpose, such prison or police gaol shall cease to be a prison or police gaol: Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 police gaol at Waipawa, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, shall cease to be a police gaol. Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, the Administrator of the Government of Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. W. P. REEVES. God save the Queen !

Fixing Sittings of the District Courts of Taranaki and Wanganui.

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government. IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in this behalf enabling me, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that sittings of the District Courts of Taranaki and Wanganui, for civil and criminal business, shall be held as follows, from and after the first day of May next, in lieu of those previously fixed and appointed:— Taranaki District. In the Courthouse, New Plymouth, on the third Wednesday in February, April, June, August, October, and December in every year. In the Courthouse, Hawera, on the second Wednesday in January, March, May, July, September, and November in every year. Wanganui District. In the Courthouse, Wanganui, on the first Monday in January, March, May, July, September, and November in every year. In the Courthouse, Palmerston North, on the first Thursday in February, April, June, August, October, and December in every year. 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 Administrator of the Government, this thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninetytwo. W. P. REEVES.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed. Department of Justice, Wellington, 9th April, 1892. HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint Constable Nathaniel Miller to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of East Taieri, vice Constable T. Griffiths. W. P. REEVES.

Clerk of Court appointed

Department of Justice, Wellington, 9th April, 1892. XT' IS Excellency the Administrator of the Government li has been pleased to appoint Sergeant Patrick McGrath to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Campbelltown, and to bo Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Campbell town, from the 24th March, 1892, vice Sergeant P. Shirley, transferred. W. P. REEVES.