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fifteen days after every such day, make a return, in writing, to some one of the persons who shall have been empowered to grant general licenses as aforesaid, stating the particulars in respect of all the gunpowder, shot, and percussion caps sold or disposed of by such person during the three calendar months immediately preceding such days respectively, according to the Form B, in the Schedule hereunto annexed; and every license-holder who shall neglect to make such return, or who shall wilfully make a false return, shall, in addition to any penalties he may incur for want of compliance with the terms of this proclamation, be deemed to have forfeited his license, which shall thenceforth be null and void; and no license shall be again granted to him without the special authority of the Governor first obtained.

ARMS AND AMMUNITION FOR PERSONAL DEFENCE, ETC.

7. Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any person coming into the colony from landing such arms and ammunition as he may carry for personal defence, or for purposes of sporting, or shall apply to the importation and landing of supplies for the use of Her Majesty's land or sea forces.

HALF PENALTIES TO PERSONS PROCURING CONVICTIONS.

8. And I do hereby proclaim and declare, that for the more effectually detecting and preventing the unlawful importation, landing, sale, and disposal of arms, gunpowder, and other warlike stores, I will cause to be awarded to any person or persons who shall have been active in or towards the procuring of any conviction under the provisions of the said recited Ordinance, one half of the penalty which may be recovered by virtue thereof.

9. This proclamation shall come into force in the Provinces of Auckland and New Plymouth on the 1st day of August next, and in the other four provinces of the colony on the 1st day of October next.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the colony of New Zealand, at Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Governor.

By his Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Form A.
License to Import and Sell.

Pursuant to the authority vested in me in that behalf by the Governor of New Zealand, I, A. B., do hereby License C. D. (he having paid the sum of £2) to Import, Land, Sell, and Dispose 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 Governor, or any person authorized 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 prescribed by the Proclamation of the twenty-fifth day of June, 1857, must be made to some person authorized 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 penalties incurred under the "Arms Importation 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," Session VII., 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 authorize the removal of any arms, or warlike stores, or gunpowder 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 undersigned, be-