Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1601

FORM V.-21.
GUARD REPORT.

Previous to the old guard marching off, the several articles above enumerated were examined and found correct, the guard-room clean, and board of orders legible. Immediately after the old guard marched away, I read the orders to the guard, and again to the first relief. I inspected every relief, both going out and coming in, and found them fit for duty. I visited the sentries at __ and at __ by day, and at __ and at __ by night; they were alert on their posts, and acquainted with their respective orders.

The guard was visited—
By __ at __ o’clock by day, and at __ o’clock by night.
By __ of __ at __ o’clock by day, and at __ o’clock by night.

Commanding Guard.

[At back of Guard Report.]
TIME AND POST-ROLL OF THE GUARD, , 188 .

Commanding Guard.

PRICE LIST OF ARMS, ACCOUTREMENTS, AND AMMUNITION.

Snider rifles, complete, any pattern, without bayonet, each .. .. .. £ s. d. 2 15 0
Muzzle-loading rifles, complete, any pattern, without bayonet, each .. .. .. 1 0 0
Snider carbines, any pattern, each .. .. .. 2 6 0
Breech-loading carbine and rod, any other pattern, each, if obsolete .. .. .. 1 0 0
Muzzle-loading carbine and ramrod, any pattern, each .. .. .. 1 0 0
Adams breech-loading revolvers, each .. .. .. 3 5 0

Small-arms Stores for Rifles, Breech- or Muzzle-loading.

Bayonet, triangular, each .. .. .. 0 4 0
" scabbard, leather, each .. .. .. 0 1 3
" swords, each .. .. .. 0 10 6
" scabbard, leather, each .. .. .. 0 3 6
" steel, each .. .. .. 0 4 6
Muzzle stoppers, each .. .. .. 0 0 4
Nipple keys, with lock, vice, &c. .. .. .. 0 2 6
" plain, each .. .. .. 0 1 3
Ramrod or cleaning rod, each .. .. .. 0 1 6
Snap cap and chain, each .. .. .. 0 0 4

Infantry Accoutrements.

Valise equipment, brown leather, without belts .. 0 17 6
Ball bag .. .. .. .. .. 0 2 0
Frog .. .. .. .. .. 0 1 6
Oil bottle .. .. .. .. .. 0 0 6
Pouch .. .. .. .. .. 0 4 6
Pouch belt .. .. .. .. .. 0 2 6
Sling .. .. .. .. .. 0 1 6
Waist belt .. .. .. .. .. 0 2 0

Cavalry Accoutrements.

Officers’ light cavalry swords and steel scabbard £ s. d. 2 5 0
Swords, cavalry .. .. .. .. 0 17 6
Scabbard, steel .. .. .. .. 0 7 6
Pouch, each .. .. .. .. 0 4 0
Sword knots .. .. .. .. 0 0 9
Cavalry pouch belt, buckle, tip, and slide .. .. 0 5 0
Sword waist belt .. .. .. .. 0 4 8
Holsters .. .. .. .. 0 8 0

Revolver Accoutrements.

Ball bag .. .. .. .. 0 2 0
Implement case .. .. .. .. 0 2 0
Sheath .. .. .. .. 0 5 0
Shoulder belt .. .. .. .. 0 2 6
Waist belt .. .. .. .. 0 2 0

Officers’ Accoutrements.

Sword waist belt ; pouch and belt, Russia leather ; and sword knot .. .. .. 3 18 0

Small-arms Ammunition.

Snider ball, per 100 rounds, English manufacture 0 8 0
" Auckland ditto* 0 12 0
Enfield ball, per 100 rounds .. .. .. 0 3 6
Whitworth ball, per 100 rounds .. .. .. 0 3 6
Snider blank, per 100 rounds .. .. .. 0 3 0
Revolver ball, C.F., per 100 rounds .. .. .. 0 4 0
" M.L., per 100 rounds .. .. .. 0 2 0
Ammunition chest .. .. .. .. 0 15 0
Snider cases .. .. .. .. 0 10 0

• A refund of 4s. per 100 will be made for cartridge cases returned to Wellington in good condition.

Double rates will be charged for ammunition made away with or lost through neglect.

Articles made in the colony will be charged for at cost price, and those imported from the Imperial Government according to Priced “Vocabulary” of stores used in Her Majesty’s service, column 2, with 15 per cent. added.

Revoking the Setting-apart of Land in the Auckland Land District for Perpetual Leasing.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the sixth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the Proclamation dated the third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, in so far as it relates to the sections of land enumerated in the Schedule hereto, which were, with other lands, set apart for leasing under the provisions of Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

SCHEDULE.

MOTUKARAKA BLOCK, MANGAMUKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 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 sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!