668
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

near Ballarat Hill, making a total distance of about
sixteen and a half miles, more or less, from point of
commencement.
Secondly (marked Branch B on the plan), com-
mencing at a point on the said line about three miles
distant from the point of termination thereof at or
near Ballarat Hill; proceeding thence in a northerly
and north-westerly direction a distance of about
eighty chains, more or less; also all the lands the
rainfall of which drains into the Kawhaka Creek,
Fox's Creek, the right-hand branch of Waimea
Creek, Liverpool Bill's Creek, Pretty Woman's
Gully Creek, and which lands lie at a higher level than
the Waimea Water-race; also all the lands the rain-
fall of which drainsinto the Kawhaka Creek within two
miles below the Waimea Water-race.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at
the Government House, at Wellington,
this twenty-eighth day of September, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending Jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate's
Court, Ashburton.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and autho-
rity in me vested in this behalf by "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," I, George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and
declare that, from and after the first day of September
next, the jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate's
Court for the
ASHBURTON DISTRICT,
as the same is defined in a Proclamation bearing date
the nineteenth day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six, shall be extended to one
hundred pounds.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Rules for the sale of Ammunition.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of September, 1876.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Arms Act Continuance Act,
1861," it is provided that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by an Order in Council, to be published
in the Government Gazette, from time to time to
suspend or relax the operations of the provisions of"The Arms Act, 1860," as continued by that Act,
or any part of any such provisions, and either for a
limited time or without any limit of time, and either
as regards the whole colony or any district thereof, to
be defined in any such Order in Council, and either
generally or in favour of any person or persons
specifically, or any class of persons, and subject to
any regulations or conditions which may be in any
such Order in Council expressed, but so far only
as such provisions may prevent or interfere with the
sale or purchase of arms, ammunition, gunpowder,
lead, caps, or shot, for mining, sporting, or any use-
ful or harmless purpose, and no further or otherwise,
anything in the now reciting Act to the contrary
notwithstanding: Provided also that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, by any further
Order in Council, to be published as aforesaid, from
time to time to rescind any such order:
And whereas by "The Arms Act Continuance
Act, 1861," it is also provided that it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council, in any case when he
may think proper, to alter or vary the scale of fees
imposed in the Schedule to the said Act: Provided
that they be not so altered as to exceed the amounts
thereby fixed:
And whereas "The Arms Act, 1860," as amended
by the said recited Act, has been continued from
year to year and from time to time by divers Acts,
and has been continued in force until altered or
repealed by the General Assembly by "The Arms
Act Amendment Act, 1871":
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise, and pursuance of the power and authority
vested in him by "The Arms Act Continuance Act,
1861," and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand,
doth hereby order and declare that the provisions
relative to the sale and disposal of ammunition for
mining and sporting purposes, and the fee imposed
in respect of ordinary licenses in the Form A, and no
further or otherwise in the said in part recited Act
contained, shall be and the same are hereby suspended
within the entire district contained within the sea-
coast line of the Middle Island proper, exclusive of
any islands lying adjacent or contiguous thereto;
and doth hereby frame and prescribe the rules here-
inafter set forth, as the rules subject to which
ammunition for mining and sporting purposes may
henceforth be obtained within the aforesaid district.

1. Any Justice of the Peace, Collector of Customs,
   or Officer of Police, may, in his discretion, grant a
   permit to any applicant to purchase not more than