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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

H. W. Robinson, Esq., appointed Resident
Magistrate.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 16th April, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq., J.P.,
in the Province of Otago, to be a Resident
Magistrate, under the Resident Magistrates
Court Ordinance.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

R. Beetham, Esq., J.P., appointed a Resi-
dent Magistrate.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 23rd March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

RICHMOND BEETHAM, Esq., J.P.,
of Wakatipu, in the Province of Otago, to be
a Resident Magistrate, under the Resident
Magistrates' Court Ordinance.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Reprint of Notice under " Sale of Spirits
Ordinance."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 18th April, 1863.

THE attention of Magistrates within the
Colony is called to the following reprint
of a Notice under the "Sale of Spirits Ordi-
nance."

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 2nd May, 1855.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in order to
put a stop as much as possible to the
evil of drunkenness amongst the Native popu-
lation, his Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to notify
that the whole penalty which may be inflicted
for a breach of the "Sale of Spirits Ordinance"
is to be handed over to the informer.

By His Excellency's command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 20th April, 1863.

THE following questions proposed by
His Honor the Chief Justice at the late
examination of Articled Clerks are published
for general information.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

General and Constitutional Law.

1. What is the "Common Law" of England
   and where is it found?
2. What Rules are they by which the vali-
   dity of a "Custom" may be tested or estab-
   lished?
3. Give the leading Rules for construing
   Statutes with reference especially to
   (1.) The law before passing the Act," the
   mischief, the remedy, the reason of the
   remedy.
   (2.) The maxim ut res magis valeat.
   (3.) The Statutes in pari materia.
   (4.) The interpretation of the language,
   e.g. by the letter, the whole Act, clause
   by clause and a reference to the subject,
   matter.
   (5.) Words or phrases that are permissive,
   directory, imperative.
   (6.) The Preamble as restraining or not
   restraining the enacting clauses.
   (7.) Their repeal by non-user (?) by ex-
   press words, by implication.
4. Give an outline of the principal provisions
   of Magna Carta and the Carta de Foresta, that
   tend directly to the benefit of the whole com-
   munity e.g., fines or forfeitures, fisheries, bridges,
   testamentary disposition, matters of police,
   provisions for encouragement of commerce, the
   administration of Justice (distinguishing espe-
   cially the times, places, courts, and inquests),
   the liberties of towns or of individuals; and
5. Transcribe the celebrated 29th chapter
   of Magna Carta.
6. State what you know of the provisions
   of,-
   (1.) The Petition of Rights.
   (2.) The Habeas Corpus Acts e.g.; 16
   Car 1 c 10; 31 Car 2 c 2; 56 Geo 3 c

7. (3.) The Bill of Rights.

The Law of New Zealand.
7. What portion of the law of England is
law in New Zealand?
8. Mention some of the principal differences
between the law of New Zealand and the law
of England.
9. Enumerate the principal special laws of
New Zealand connected with the administration
of Justice.

Civil Law.
Rights, Wrongs, Remedies, Tribunals, Practice.
10. Mention some of the "Maxims" of the
Common Law and illustrate their application.
11. Define a Contract and give the broad
essentials to make a valid contract.
12. Distinguish contracts by Record, by
Specialty, by Farol.
13. What constitutes a Deed according to
the law of New Zealand, and in what respect
does it differ from a deed by the law of Eng-
land?
14. What do you understand by the "con-
sideration" for a promise in a contract; state
the classes of consideration, valid or invalid?
15. What are the principal provisions of the
"Statute of Frauds" with regard to contracts?
16. State the general effect of the provisions