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caps in the same proportion as for infantry,
should be supplied.

Field Artillery.
14. The supply of guns, &c., for Field Arti-
llery, must form the subject of special con-
sideration in each instance.
War Office, 18th March, 1862.

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REQUISITIONS* FOR MILITARY STORES.

ST. CHRISTOPHERS.
2 64-Pr. Guns.
2 32-Pr. Guns.
20 Rifle Carbine Revolvers.
30 Revolver Pistols.
15,000 Ball Cartridges with Caps for
Yeomanry Cavalry Carbines,
15,000 Ball Cartridges with Caps, for
Musket Rifle (5) Pattern, 24 drams.)
5,000 Quill Tubes.
1 Barrel Slow Match.
*Received from Colonial Office, 13th Feb. 1862.

MONTSERRAT.
500 Stand of Arms, with Ammunition.
4 Field Pieces.
NOTE,-The Governor of Antigua in his
letter to President Cockburn (enclosed
in letter from Colonial Office to War
Office of 27th February), reports that
he was about to forward 50 Rifles com-
plete, which he considered sufficient.
*Received from Colonial Office. 13th Feb. 1862.

ST. VINCENT.
3 6-Pr. Light Field Pieces with Stores, Am-
munition, complete.
60 Artillery Carbines, with Belts and Am-
munition.
500 Enfield Rifles (Short), Accutremmnts.
Do.
Do.
50 Cavalry Sabres, Belts, Pouches, Sabre-
taches, Holsters, Pistols, Spurs, &c.
A complete refit for 6 24-Pr., and 6 32-Pr.
Guns.
*Received from Colonial Office, 13th Feb., 1862.

DOMINICA.
20,000 Ball Cartridges for Percussion Tower
Muskets.
1,000 Friction Tubes for 24-Pr. Guns.
2 Portable Magazines.
2,000 Wads for 24-Pr. Guns.
500 Wads for 18-Pr. Guns.
500 Wads for 12-Pr. Guns.
1,000 Wads for 6-Pr. Guns.
NOTE. It is not clear from the Governor of
Antigua's Despatch to the Duke of
Newcastle, dated 21st January, 1862,
whether this requisition is to be con-
sidered as cancelled, but orders have
been given for the supply on repayment
of ammunition for 24 and 18-Pr. Guns.
-Vide War Office Letter, to Colonial
Office, 24th March, 1862.

Colonial Office, 26th Feb. 1862.

TRINIDAD.
Battery of Armstrong Guns complete.
Colonial Office, 6th February and 13th March.

TURKS ISLANDS.
12 32-Pr. Guns, Traversing Carriages, with
Ammunition complete, or one or two
Armstrong Guns.
Colonial Office, 26th February.

Colonial Secretary's Office.
Wellington, 13th August, 1862.

THE following Act of the Colony of Victoria
is published for general information.

ALFRED DOMETT.

An Act to authorize the Exportation from
the Colony of Victoria free of
Customs duty of Gold not being
the produce of the said Colony and
for other purposes. [18th June, 1862.

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty and with the advice and con-
sent of the Legistative Council and the Legisla-
tive Assembly of Victoria in this present Parlia-
ment assembled and by the authority of the
same as follows that is to say-

1. No duty shall be levied or collected upon
   any gold not being the produce of the Colony
   of Victoria brought by sea from any place
   beyond the said colony to any port in the said
   colony for exportation from the said colony
   and which shall be duly entered upon the
   manifest of the vessel in which it shall be so
   brought Provided the provisions hereinafter
   contained shall be complied with.

2. The consignee or person in possession of
   any such gold shall immediately after the arrival
   of the vessel in which it shall be brought pass
   a transhipping entry therefor and shall make
   a declaration in the form contained in the
   schedule to this Act and shall deposit such
   gold until it shall be removed for exportation
   in such place and in such manner as shall be
   prescribed by the regulations hereinafter men-
   tioned.

3. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner
   of Trade and Customs to permit any gold so
   brought as aforesaid into the said colony to be
   removed for the purpose of being assayed
   provided the consignee or person in possession
   thereof shall enter into a bond with two suffi-
   cient sureties in the amount of half-a-crown for
   every ounce conditioned that such gold shall
   immediately after being assayed be returned to
   the place appointed for its deposit and shall be
   exported from the said colony.

4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in
   Council from time to time to make such regula-
   tions as shall be necessary for prescribing the
   places and the manner in which gold so brought
   into the said colony shall be deposited the con-
   ditions upon which it may be removed for the