the Schedule to the Act of Parliament, 13 and 14 Vict., c. 70, entitled "An Act Empowering the Canterbury Association to dispose of certain lands in New Zealand," together with the whole of Banks’ Peninsula and all the lands excepted in the Schedule aforesaid, on the 1st day of the December then next ensuing; and the said Ordinance did come into operation within the said limits accordingly:--

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the said limits should be extended :--NOW, therefore I, James Edward Fitz Gerald, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the above recited Ordinances, and of all other powers in that behalf enabling me, do, with the advice and consent of my Executive Council, Proclaim and Appoint, that the District of Canterbury within the meaning of the above first mentioned Ordinance shall include the whole of the Province of Canterbury: and the said Ordinance shall come into operation in all parts of the said Province not included in the above mentioned Proclamation by the late Governor of New Munster from and after the date hereof.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Canterbury, at Christchurch, this 10th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

JAMES EDWARD FITZ GERALD,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.

God save the Queen.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, Sept. 10, 1855.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication of the following despatch for general information.

JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Auckland,
28th March, 1855.

SIR,--As it appears that the Natives in various parts of New Zealand have been supplied with arms and ammunition in violation of the Arms Importation Ordinance (No. 1, Session 6), and that thereby the peace of the Colony is seriously endangered, I am directed by His Excellency the Officer administering the Government earnestly to request you to use your utmost efforts to prevent the infringement of that Ordinance and bring the offenders to punishment, so that the Natives may no longer thus be furnished by unprincipled persons with the means of carrying on wars amongst themselves, and of disturbing the tranquillity of the country.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

To His Honor the Superintendent,
Canterbury.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by the Lieutenant Governor and Legislative Council of New Zealand entitled "The Arms Importation Ordinance," Session, VI. No. 1 it was enacted, that it should be lawful for the Governor to make provision for regulating and restricting the Importation and Sale of Arms, Gunpowder, and other warlike stores :--And whereas by a like Ordinance entitled "The Arms Ordinance," Session VII. No. 18, it was enacted that no person should make, construct, amend, or repair any arms, gunpowder or other warlike stores, without a License to be for that purpose granted under the authority of His Excellency the Governor :--And whereas by an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, entitled "The Empowering Ordinance," Session, II, No. 2, the powers conferred on the Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand by the above recited Ordinances were, within the limits of the Province of Canterbury, conferred on the Superintendent of the said Province :--And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the 21st day of January, 1846, by His Excellency the late Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand in pursuance of the powers vested in him by the first of the above recited Ordinances, the Importation, Sale, and other disposition of arms, gunpowder and other warlike stores, were prohibited throughout the Colony of New Zealand, except in manner and subject to the Conditions in such Proclamation mentioned :--And whereas by a "Public Notice" dated Auckland, the 25th day of July 1855, His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, directs it to be notified for general information that in consequence of the great increase lately in the quantity of arms and ammunition of various descriptions brought into the Colony, and the great danger there was of these articles falling into the hands of the natives, no license would be granted in future for the Importation of Arms and Ammunition of any kind, except under very special circumstances :--And whereas it is expedient to make further regulations for the Importation and disposition of arms, ammunition, and other war-