it is, among other things, enacted that, in order to
make provision for the granting of licenses on gold
fields and in outlying districts, it shall be lawful for
the Governor from time to time to proclaim any
district in any province of the colony, the boundaries
whereof shall be defined in such Proclamation, to be a
special licensing district, and the boundaries of such
district from time to time to alter, and to abolish any
such district: Provided that it shall be lawful for the
Legislature of any province in which any such districts
may be proclaimed, to provide and declare what fees
shall be payable for any such license, to attach
conditions to the exercise and duration of any such
license, and to impose upon the licensee such duties,
liabilities, and obligations as shall be thought fit, and
subject to the said Act to prescribe the forms, time,
and mode of granting any such licenses:
Provided further, that until any such Legislature
shall have passed any such Ordinance as aforesaid, it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make
any regulations for all or any of the purposes for
which any such Ordinance may or can be passed under
or by virtue of the now reciting section, and all such
regulations shall be made with the consent of the
Superintendent of the Province in which they are to
take effect:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing even date
herewith, a special licensing district, called "The
Kumara Special Licensing District," has been con-
stituted within the Province of Westland:

And whereas the Legislature of the said Province
has not passed any Ordinance for the purposes men-
tioned in the hereinbefore recited section, and it is
expedient that regulations should be made for such
purposes in the said district:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority vested in him in this behalf,
and with the consent of the Superintendent of the
said province, doth hereby make the following Regu-
lations for the purposes aforesaid.

REGULATIONS.

1. The words "Licensing Officer" shall mean the
   person who may for the time being be appointed by
   the Governor to grant licenses in the Kumara
   Special Licensing District.

2. The Licensing Officer may issue licenses, in the
   form set forth in the Schedule hereto, for the sale of
   alcoholic liquors within the said special licensing
   district, upon payment of a fee of thirty pounds.

3. All such licenses shall be made to expire on the
   30th day of June, 1877.

4. The house and premises in respect of which any
   such license may be granted shall not be opened, except
   for the accommodation of and to supply refreshments
   to bona fide travellers, before six o'clock in the
   morning, and shall be closed at ten o'clock at night;
   provided that upon payment at the time of issue of
   the license of an extra fee of ten pounds, permission
   may be given to keep open the licensed premises
   until twelve o'clock p.m., and such permission shall
   be in writing indorsed upon the license and signed
   by the Licensing Officer.

5. No such licensed house or premises shall be
   opened for the sale of alcoholic liquors on Sundays,
   except in the case of bonâ fide travellers as aforesaid.

6. The accommodation to be provided in respect
   of any house or premises for which a license shall be
   granted shall be such as shall be approved of by the
   Licensing Officer.

7. The Licensing Officer may at the time of issuing
   any license indorse upon the same such conditions
   respecting the exercise thereof as he may think fit,
   and may in like manner impose upon the licensee
   such duties and obligations as such Licensing Officer
   may think fit; and if any licensee shall be guilty of
   any breach of any of the conditions which may be so
   attached, or shall neglect or fail to observe any of the
   duties or obligations which may be so imposed, it
   shall be lawful for the Licensing Officer to cancel or
   to suspend, for such length of time as such Licensing
   Officer may think fit, the exercise of the license of
   the person so offending.

8. The Licensing Officer may at any time cancel
   any license which may be current in the said Special
   Licensing District if it shall be proved to his satis-
   faction that the licensed house is conducted in an
   improper manner; and such cancellation shall be
   deemed to be complete when notice thereof under
   the hand of such Licensing Officer shall have been
   delivered to the licensee, or left at or affixed to some
   conspicuous part of the licensed premises.

9. The Licensing Officer may authorize the trans-
   fer of a license from one house to another, or from
   one person to another, as he may think fit, on pay-
   ment of a fee of five pounds.

10. The Licensing Officer shall cause notice to be
    posted in at least six conspicuous places in the
    Special Licensing District specifying the time and
    place, or times and places, at which applications for
    licenses and transfers of licenses will be heard.

11. Except in so far as they may be inconsistent
    with or contrary to the provisions of section 39 of
    "The Licensing Act 1873 Amendment Act, 1874,"
    and to these Regulations, the whole of the laws now
    in force within the Province of Westland for the
    regulation of the sale of alcoholic liquors shall be
    applicable to all licenses granted hereunder; and,
    excepting as aforesaid, any such licensee shall be
    deemed to have imposed upon him all the duties,
    liabilities, and obligations which are imposed upon the
    holders of publicans' licenses under the said laws.

SCHEDULE.

WHEREAS
, residing at
, in the Ku-
mara Special Licensing District, in the Province of
Westland, having applied to me, the undersigned,
being the Licensing Officer for such district, for a
publican's license for the house situate at
in the said district, and known as
and the
having paid to me the sum of £
,
being the amount payable in respect of such license:
Now, I, the undersigned, as such Licensing Officer
as aforesaid, do hereby license the said
to
sell any spirituous or fermented liquors in any
quantities in the house aforesaid. This license to
commence on the
day of
, 187
and to continue in force until the thirtieth day of
June, 1877.

Given under my hand at
, this
day
of
, 187
.

Licensing Officer.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.