Ammunition Rules and Licensing




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 669

two (2 lbs.) pounds powder, twenty (20 lbs.) pounds
of shot, and five hundred (500) caps.
2. Every permit shall be exercised within the same
month in which it is granted.
3. Every permit shall be signed by a Justice of the
Peace, Collector of Customs, or Officer of Police,
and bear upon it the date of the day on which he
shall grant the same. No particular form of words
shall be necessary..
4. Every permit shall be granted free of cost.
5. Every dealer shall, before delivering any am-
munition to any purchaser, require such purchaser to
indorse upon the back of the permit under which he
is authorized to buy such ammunition, a receipt, in
words at length without the use of any numeral
figures, for the quantity of each sort of ammunition
he shall receive from such dealer, with his name and
address and date of the day of receiving such ammu-
nition. Failing in any of these particulars, the dealer
shall refuse to deliver to the purchaser any of the
ammunition, and shall refund any money paid for
the same.
6. Every permit, when indorsed as aforesaid, shall
be given by the purchaser, on receiving the ammuni-
tion, to the dealer, who shall keep the same.
7. The particulars of the indorsement on each
permit shall be copied by the dealer into his book.
Form C.
8. Every permit shall be produced, on demand, to
any Licensing Officer, or person duly authorized by
him to require the same.

Ammunition for Destruction of Rabbits Purposes.
9. Any Justice of the Peace, Collector of Cus-
toms, or Officer of Police may, in his discretion,
grant a permit for an increased quantity of ammu-
nition to individuals, not exceeding twenty-five
(25 lbs.) pounds of gunpowder and a proportionate
quantity of shot and caps, when satisfied that it is
required for station purposes and the like, and that
it will be used for those purposes. Every such permit
shall be subject to rules numbered two to eight hereof
inclusive.

Powder for Blasting or Mining.
10. Any Resident Magistrate may, in his discretion,
grant a permit for an increased quantity of gun-
powder to any person desirous of buying the same
for the purpose of blasting or mining, upon being
satisfied that such gunpowder is wanted for such
purpose only, and that the applicant is, in his judg-
ment, a fit person to be intrusted therewith.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

expedient to amend and extend the regulations of
the nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice 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 Province of
Westland, doth hereby make the following additional
Regulations for the Kumara Licensing District:-

  1. The Licensing Officer may issue wholesale
    licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquors in quantities
    of not less than two gallons within the said special
    licensing district upon payment of a fee of £10.
  2. The Licensing Officer may issue bottle licenses
    for the sale of alcoholic liquors by the bottle within
    the said special licensing district upon payment of a
    fee of £15.
  3. Such wholesale and bottle licenses respectively
    may be in the form set forth in the First and Second
    Schedules hereto.
  4. The said Regulations published in the New
    Zealand Gazette of the 20th July, 1876, aforesaid,
    shall apply so far as the same may be applicable to
    all wholesale and bottle licenses that may be issued
    under these Regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
WHOLESALE LICENSE.

WHEREAS
, residing at
, in the
Kumara Licensing District, having applied to the
undersigned, being the Licensing Officer for such
district, for a wholesale license, and having paid to
me the sum of £10, 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 fermentad
liquors in quantities of not less than two gallons,
at the house situate at
, in the Kumara
Licensing District.

This license to commence on the
day of
, 187 , and to continue in force until the
day of
187 .

Given under my hand at
day
,
this
,
187
Licensing Officer.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
BOTTLE LICENSE.

WHEREAS,
residing at
, in the
Kumara Licensing District, having applied to me, the
undersigned, being the Licensing Officer for such dis-
trict, for a bottle license for the house situate at
, in the said district, and the said
having paid to me the sum of £15, 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 quantities of not
less than one bottle (of which six constitute a re-
puted imperial gallon) in the house aforesaid.

This license to commence on the
day of
187 , and to continue in force until the
day of
,
187 .

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

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council,

Kumara Licensing District Regulations.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of September, 1876.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council bearing date
the nineteenth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette of the twentieth day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, certain
regulations were made and declared to be in force in
the Kumara Licensing District: And whereas such
regulations were amended by an Order in Council
bearing date the nineteenth day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-first day of
September, in the same year: And whereas it is



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⚖️ Rules Prescribed for the Sale of Ammunition in the Middle Island (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
19 September 1876
Order in Council, Ammunition permits, Rabbit destruction, Mining, Dealer obligations, Permit production
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏘️ Additional Regulations for Wholesale and Bottle Licenses in Kumara Licensing District

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
26 September 1876
Order in Council, Alcoholic liquors, Wholesale license, Bottle license, Kumara Licensing District, Westland Province
  • NORMANBY, Governor
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council