Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 23

Page 117

✨ Arms Importation Regulations and Appointments



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New Zealand, I, A. B., do hereby
License C. D., (he having paid the sum
of £2,) to Import, Land, Sell, and Dis-
pose of gunpowder, shot fit for sporting
purposes, and percussion caps, during
twelve calendar months from the date
hereof. Provided always that this
License may be revoked by the Go-
vernor, or any person authorised by
him in that behalf, by notice to that
effect, to be left at the usual or last
known place of abode or business of
the licensee, and in such case the fee
paid for the license so revoked will be
returned.

Dated the day of 185
C. D.

The above license is granted, subject
to the following conditions, viz.—
[Insert here special conditions, if any.]

Note.—A return in the Form pre-
scribed by the Proclamation of the
twenty-fifth day of June, 1857, must
be made to some person authorised to
grant licenses on the first days of
January, April, July, and October, or
within fifteen days of every such day,
or this license will be void, and penal-
ties incurred under the "Arms Impor-
tation Ordinance." A copy of the
Form in which the return is to be
made is printed at the back of this
License.

      • This Proclamation does not
        affect the provisions of the "Arms
        Ordinance, Sess. 7, No. 18." Under
        that Ordinance, the following Licenses
        will still be required (the Governor
        having no power under its provisions
        to dispense with them), viz :—

  1. A license from a Justice of the
    Peace to authorise the removal of any
    Arms, or Warlike Stores, or Gunpow-
    der exceeding the weight of two pounds
    from one part of the Colony to another.

  2. A license to make, construct,
    amend, or repair any arms, gunpowder,
    or other warlike stores.

Form B.
A Return of all Gunpowder, Shot, and
Percussion Caps sold by the under-
signed, between the 1st day of
185 , and the 1st day of 185 .

Date of each sale. Name and residence of each purchaser. Quantity and description of articles, also stating whether Gunpowder, sporting or blasting.
2nd December, 1857. E. F. 3lbs. of sporting gun-powder
8 lbs. of shot
500 percussion caps
20 lbs. of Blasting Powder.

(Signed) A. B.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, July 14th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to authorise the un-
dermentioned Gentlemen to grant
Licenses for the importation and sale
of arms, gunpowder, etc., in confor-
mity with the provisions of the Procla-
mation of the 25th June, 1857,—

Josiah Flight, Esq., New Plymouth.
John Poynter, Esq., Nelson.
Henry Godfrey Gouland, Esq.,
Collingwood.
Stephen Lunn Muller, Esq.,
Wairau.
Henry St. Hill, Esq., Wellington.
David Stark Durie, Esq., Whan-
ganui.
John Curling, Esq., Napier.
William John Warburton Hamilton,
Esq., Lyttelton.
John Hall, Esq., Christchurch.
John Watson, Esq., Akaroa.
John Gillies, Esq., Dunedin.
Andrew Jamieson Elles, Esq., In-
vercargill.

These appointments respectively to take
effect from the date in which the Pro-
clamation above referred to comes into
force in each Province.

E. W. SPAFFORD.

Printed by J. Willis, at the "Standard" Office, Christchurch.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏭 Proclamation regulating the importation and sale of arms and warlike stores (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Arms, Gunpowder, Warlike stores, Importation, Regulation, License, Proclamation

🏭 Form B: Return of Gunpowder, Shot, and Percussion Caps sold

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Arms, Gunpowder, Shot, Percussion caps, Sales return, Form B
  • E. F., Purchaser of gunpowder, shot, and caps

  • A. B.

🏭 Authorisation of gentlemen to grant licenses for the importation and sale of arms

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
14 July 1857
Appointments, Licensing officers, Arms, Gunpowder, Importation
12 names identified
  • Josiah Flight (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • John Poynter (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • Henry Godfrey Gouland (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • Stephen Lunn Muller (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • Henry St. Hill (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • David Stark Durie (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • John Curling (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • William John Warburton Hamilton (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • John Hall (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • John Watson (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • John Gillies (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses
  • Andrew Jamieson Elles (Esquire), Authorised to grant licenses

  • E. W. Spafford