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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

by His Excellency the Governor, and John Wallis | will grant a free pardon to any person implicated in
Barnicoat, and Bernard McMahon, two of Her | the said act, not being the principal offender, who
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Colony of | shall give such information as will lead to the appre-
New Zealand, do hereby make the following by-laws | hension and conviction of any one or more of the
and regulations for the County of Waimea, in the | other offenders.
Provincial District of Nelson:-

1. Every slaughterhouse shall be kept clean to the
   satisfaction of the Inspector, who may at all times
   give such directions concerning the cleansing of such
   slaughterhouse, both within and without, as to him
   shall seem needful,
2. Every slaughterhouse shall at all times be pro-
   vided with a sufficient supply of water.
3. The filth shall be removed from every slaughter-
   house at least once in every twenty-four hours.
4. It shall not be lawful to keep, have, or maintain
   any swine in or near to any slaughterhouse.
5. Any person offending contrary to any of the
   foregoing regulations shall forfeit on conviction a
   sum not exceeding two pounds; and in the case of a
   continuing offence, a further sum not exceeding two
   shillings for every day during which such offence shall
   continue after such conviction.
6. The Inspector may ask, demand, and receive
   from every licensed person a fee of one halfpenny
   for each and every head of small cattle, and the sum
   of threepence for each and every head of large cattle
   slaughtered at any slaughterhouse.
7. Every licensed person shall, together with the
   report required to be forwarded by him, under section
   26 of the Act, send to the Inspector the amount of
   fees due for all cattle slaughtered, as shown in the
   report.
8. Applications for new and renewal slaughter-
   house licenses shall be as nearly as possible in the
   following form:-

To the Bench of Magistrates administering "The Slaugh-
terhouses Act, 1877," for the County of Waimea.
I HEREBY apply for a license to slaughter cattle [Here state
whether great or small, or both] at my slaughterhouse,
situated at
Dated this day of 187 (Signature.)

9. Every application shall be sent to the Clerk
   of the Bench, Nelson, and in the case of an applica-
   tion for a new license, a copy thereof must be forth-
   with published by the applicant, as required by
   section 24 of the Act.
10. The Clerk to the Bench shall publicly notify
    the time and place for hearing such applications, and
    any objections any person may have to make
    thereto.
11. The fees for slaughterhouse licenses shall be
    as follows: For slaughtering either large or small
    cattle only, ten shillings per annum; for slaughtering
    both large and small cattle, one pound per annum.
    Every license issued after the 30th day of June, in
    any year, to be at half the above rates.

Given under our hands, at Nelson, this 18th day
of May, 1878.

LOWTHER BROAD, R.M.
J. W. BARNICOAT, J.P.
B. MCMAHON, J.P.

I hereby approve these by-laws, this fifth day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

NORMANBY,
Governor.

Offer of Pardon to Accomplice in case of Incendiarism.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th July, 1878.

NOTICE.-Whereas on the 29th day of June
ultimo, the dwelling-house of Mr. Watkins,
situate at Nelson, was set on fire:
This is to notify that His Excellency the Governor

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Cadet in Department of Justice appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS WILLIAM LEWIS, Jun.,
to be a Cadet in the Department of Justice, vice
C. A. M. Crombie, transferred.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Assistant Clerk, Resident Magistrate's Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM EDWARD SHURY
to be Assistant Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's
Court at Lawrence, from the 18th instant, vice J.
Thompson, resigned.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th July, 1878.

MR. District Judge Harvey has appointed
Mr. CHARLES CRUMP,
of Palmerston, Waikouaiti, to be a Certificated
Accountant in Bankruptcy under "The Debtors and
Creditors Act, 1876."

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointment, viz. :-

In the Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Leonard Henry Jones to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 16th May, 1878.
John Anderson to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 16th May, 1878.

In the Thames Rifle Rangers Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Farrell to be Captain. Date
of commission, 13th June, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of the No. 2 Company,
Hauraki Rifle Volunteers, to
The Hauraki Engineer Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.