have been attended with any successful result.

I am, &c.,

NEWCASTLE.

Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B., &c.

CHILD STEALING.—£100 REWARD.

Whereas on the evening of Sunday, 30th March, 1862, Elizabeth Hunter, eight years old, was decoyed away by a respectably dressed man from the bottom of Green Man’s Lane, Frog Lane, Lower Road, Islington, and not having been heard of up to the present time, May 9, 1863, Her Majesty’s Government hereby offer a reward of £50 for the discovery and conviction of the person or persons who decoyed away the said Elizabeth Hunter; and Sir George Grey, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, will advise the Grant of Her Majesty’s Pardon to any Accomplice, not being the person who actually stole the child in question, who shall give such evidence as shall lead to the conviction of the Offender.

And whosoever will give such information as will lead to the recovery of the Child and conviction of the Offender to J. B. Talbot, Secretary to the London Society, for the protection of Young Females, 28 New Broad Street, City, shall receive a further reward of £50.

Elizabeth Hunter is of pale complexion, has light hair and eyes, and a large scar on one of her cheeks; and had a pair of gold wires in her ears.

G.G. Gazette, No. 36, August 6, 1863.

A PROCLAMATION.

Declaring Certain Articles Contraband of War.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the “Arms Act, 1860,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Proclamation, published in the ‘New Zealand Gazette,’ from time to time to declare what articles shall be considered as warlike stores for the purposes of the said Act; and also for the purposes of an Ordinance of the Lieutenant-Governor and Legislative Council of New Zealand, passed in the sixth Session of the said Council, intituled “An Ordinance to empower the Governor of New Zealand to regulate the Importation and Sale of Arms, Gunpowder, and other Warlike Stores.”

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, do hereby proclaim and declare that the undermentioned articles shall (amongst others) be considered as warlike stores for the purposes above-mentioned, that is to say:—

Firearms of every description

Accoutrements for such arms

Gunpowder of every description, in cartridge or otherwise

Percussion caps, flints

Lead, zinc, and copper, manufactured or otherwise

Shot, ball, bullets, marbles

Saltpetre

Bayonets, pikes, hay-forks, scythes, swords, tomahawks, adzes, and all other edged tools of whatever description soever capable of being used as weapons.

Iron of all kinds capable of being converted into weapons.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this twenty-ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,

ALFRED DOMETT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G.G. Gazette, No. 36, August 6, 1863.

VOLUNTEER MILITIA SETTLERS.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Auckland, 3rd August, 1863.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the publication, for general information, of the following conditions, upon which land situated in the Waikato District will be granted to Volunteer Militiamen in the Province of Auckland.

ALFRED DOMETT.

NEW ZEALAND.

Conditions upon which land in the Waikato Country, in the Province of Auckland, will be granted to Volunteer Militiamen willing to perform the after-mentioned military services:—

1. No man above the age of 40 years will be accepted, and every Applicant will be subject to an examination by an Officer appointed by the Governor, and must produce such certificates of good character, health, and general fitness for the service, as such Officer shall require.

2. Each accepted Applicant will be required to sign a declaration and agreement to the effect that he understands and will be bound by and fulfil these conditions.

3. He will be enrolled and required to serve in the Militia in the Province of Auckland, and will be entitled to pay, rations, and allowances accordingly, until he is authorized by the Government to take possession of his land, when he will be relieved from “actual service.”

4. Settlements will be surveyed and marked out at the expense of the Government.

5. Each settlement will comprise not less than 100 town allotments and 100 farm sections.