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registered spirit merchants and brewers of beer, the
person against whom such proceedings are taken
shall be taken to be a distiller or rectifier and
compounder of spirits, wine and spirit merchant or
brewer, as the case may be, and the proof of not
being a distiller or rectifier and compounder of
spirits, wine and spirit merchant or brewer, as the
case may be, shall be upon the person against whom
such proceedings shall be taken, and not upon the
officer or person who may sue for any penalty; and
any such person as aforesaid shall be deemed to be
unlicensed, unless he shall at the hearing produce
his license before and exhibit the same to the Court
before which such proceedings shall be taken, or
shall produce other proof to the satisfaction of such
Court that he is not such person as described in such
proceedings, or that he is a duly licensed person, and
of the description of the license held by him.

Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court to make Returns.
139. The Clerk of the Court at every place where
a Resident Magistrate's Court or Court of Petty
Sessions is or shall be established shall, within ten
days after every such registration as aforesaid, make a
return thereof to the Chief Inspector of Distilleries,
which return shall be an exact copy of every such
registration certificate; and every such Clerk of such
Court who shall fail or neglect to make any such
return as aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding five pounds, and the Chief Inspector of
Distilleries shall cause the name and residences of all
persons so registered as aforesaid to be published in
the New Zealand Gazette.

THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE.
Section 125.
No. 1.
REGISTRATION OF BREWERS.
From day of 18
To the thirty-first day of December 18
Name of Brewer
Description and situation of premises as follows:
Premises where business is carried on
Nature of building
Size of cellar (if any)
Whether surrounded by wall or fence
If registered as Brewer, whether manufac-
turer, bottler, or dealer
Power of steam engine (if used)
Number and capacity of wort boilers
Manner of boiling worts, whether by direct
action of fire or by steam
Manner of cooling worts, whether by open
cooler or by pipes
Average number of barrels brewed per month
Average quantity of sugar used ditto
Average quantity of malt used ditto
Average quantity of other materials ditto
Registered by me day of 18

Section 135.
No. 2.
REGISTRATION OF WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT.
From day of 18
To the thirty-first day of December 18
Name of Wine and Spirit Merchant of
Description and situation of premises (to be here set
forth)
Registered by me day of 18
J. C. RICHMOND,
Commissioner of Customs.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1868.
THE attention of the public is directed to the
following sections of "The Distillation Act,
1868," which will come into operation on the first

January, 1869, relative to the making, repairing,
selling, or setting up of Stills in this Colony :-

"License for Making or Repairing Stills.
"115. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of
Customs, upon such conditions and terms as he may
think fit, to grant licenses under this Act to copper-
smiths or other persons for the manufacture,
alteration, repair, or sale of stills, stillheads, worms,
or other apparatus intended or suited for the process
of distillation; and any person who shall make, alter,
repair, or keep for sale any still, stillhead, worm, or
other apparatus intended or suited for the process of
distillation, without first having obtained a license as
aforesaid, or who having obtained a license shall fail
to give notice in writing to the Chief Inspector of
Distilleries of his intention to make, alter, or repair
any stills, stillhead, worm, or other apparatus as
aforesaid, and of the name and residence of the
person or persons for whom such still, stillhead,
worm, or other apparatus as aforesaid, is to be made,
altered, or repaired, or the purchaser thereof, or any
person who shall land out of any ship or vessel any
still, stillhead, worm, or other apparatus as aforesaid,
without having first given notice thereof, in writing,
to the Chief Inspector of Distilleries (such notice
shall set forth the number of gallons which such still
or apparatus is capable of containing or making)
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty
pounds.

"Notice of Selling Stills.
"116. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell
any still, stillhead, worm, or other apparatus or
utensil for distilling whatsoever, either separately or
as part of any house, building, premises, or place in
which any still shall have been erected, without
having given notice, in writing, to the Chief Inspector
of Distilleries of the name and residence of the pur-
chaser thereof, and also the number of gallons which
such still is capable of containing.

"Notice of Setting up Stills.
"117. It shall not be lawful for any person to
erect and set up any still, stillhead, worm, or other
apparatus whatsoever, intended or suited for any
process of distillation, or for heating or cooling
purposes in any brewery, without having first given
notice, in writing, to the Chief Inspector of Dis-
tilleries of his intention so to do, which notice shall
also set forth the number of gallons which such still
is capable of containing, the name and residence of
the owner thereof, the place in which it is intended
to erect and set up the same, and the purpose for
which such still, stillhead, worm, or other apparatus
whatsoever as aforesaid is to be used; and every
person who shall erect and set up any still, stillhead,
worm, or other apparatus whatsoever as aforesaid,
without having first given such notice as aforesaid,
or shall knowingly give an incorrect notice, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred
pounds nor less than fifty pounds, unless such
person shall at the time hold a valid license under
any Act in force for the timo being relating to
distillation."

Rewards for the Discovery of Illicit Distillation.
With reference to the foregoing extracts, it is
hereby notified that Rewards, varying in amount from
Five Pounds to Fifty Pounds, will be given for such
information as may lead to the detection and con-
viction of persons engaged in Illicit Distillation.
The rewards will vary in amount in proportion to
the importance of the seizure, will be payable on con-
viction being obtained, and will be in addition to the
portion of the fine, or of the proceeds of the seizure,
which by law is to be paid to the person affording
the information.