1070
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

SCHEDULE.
UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Auckland Land District.—Raglan County.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Whangape, and containing approximately 17,000 acres. Bounded towards the north generally by a public road and by Section No. 5, Parish of Opuatia; towards the east generally by Sections Nos. 30, 84, 81, and 82, Parish of Whangape; towards the south generally by a public road, by Sections No. 32, Block VIII., and Section No. 26, Block VII., Awaroa Survey District, by a public road, by Section Nos. 4, 3, 2, and 1, Block VII., Awaroa Survey District aforesaid, and by the northern boundary of Block VI. of the same survey district; and towards the south-west by Section No. 3, Parish of Putataka, to the point of commencement.

All mixed forest, with a few fern openings; soil generally very good, and a large proportion of it is limestone. Roads have been graded through the block, and will in some places be partially cleared so that selectors can trace the lines.

Price, 15s. per acre.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Regulations under “The Stamp Acts Amendment Act, 1891.”

ONSLow, Governor.

WHEREAS by section five of “The Stamp Acts Amendment Act, 1891” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may, by warrant under his hand, make, alter, and revoke regulations for the following purposes (among others), viz.:

Providing for the granting permission to use the totalisator, and for the mode of payment and collection of the stamp-duty imposed by section three of the said Act; and for arranging, if necessary, with any racing club for the collection and payment of the stamp-duty payable by any other racing club, committee, or association in the same provincial district;

For prescribing the form of any statement, affidavit, declaration, bond, or other instrument required, and the mode in which any statement or certificate given or required under section three of the said Act shall be verified:

And whereas it appears expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby make the regulations and prescribe the forms set forth in the Schedule hereto, and do hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the first day of October instant.

SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“ The said Act ” means “ The Stamp Acts Amendment Act, 1891:”

“ Racing club ” means and includes every horse-racing club, racing committee, racing association, and trotting club:

“ Race meeting ” includes any meeting held by or under the management of a trotting club.

2. Every statement required to be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary under the provisions of section three of the said Act shall be signed by one of the stewards and be verified by the oath of the secretary or other chief executive officer of the racing club by or on behalf of whom such statement is forwarded.

Every such affidavit shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in the Form No. 1 attached to these regulations, and may be sworn before any solicitor of the Supreme Court, Justice of the Peace, notary public, or other authority or officer authorised to take affidavits.

3. Where payment of the stamp-duty is made by any racing club at any bank having charge of the banking account of the colony, a duplicate of the statement sent to the Colonial Secretary shall be forwarded by the said club to the Commissioner of Stamps at Wellington, together with the receipt for such payment.

4. In all cases the amount of stamp-duty shall be paid within fourteen days after the holding of the race meeting at which the totalisator shall be used.

5. If the Commissioner of Stamps shall notify the Colonial Secretary in writing that any racing club, as herein defined, has failed to pay the stamp-duty imposed by this Act, the Colonial Secretary may withhold from any such racing club his permission to use the totalisator at any subsequent race meeting or meetings until such duty and any fines accrued be paid; and that without prejudice to the recovery of any penalty imposed by the said Act or these regulations

6. The Colonial Secretary may stipulate, before granting to any racing club a license to use the totalisator at any race meeting, that such club or any two or more well-known and responsible officers thereof respectively shall give security to Her Majesty the Queen, and to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Stamps, for the payment of all stamp-duty and fines that shall or may become payable with respect to the takings or earnings of such totalisator at such race meeting. Such security, when given by any person or body authorised to enter into the same, may be by way of bond in the form or to the effect set forth in Form No. 2 to these regulations.

7. Every racing club applying for permission to use the totalisator shall state in such application whether all stamp-duties and fines (if any) payable in respect of each totalisator used at the then last race meeting conducted by such club have been paid or not; or, if no such race meeting has been previously held, then as the case may be.

8. If any person shall commit a breach of or wilfully fail to observe the provisions of any of these regulations, he shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding £100 and not less than £5 in respect of each offence.

Form No. 1.
AFFIDAVIT VERIFYING STATEMENT.

In the matter of “The Stamp Acts Amendment, 1891.”
I,*
of , in the Provincial District of ,
†

1. That I am the . of the , which carries on business at .
2. That the statement hereunto annexed, marked “A,” contains a full and true statement of the total amount of the gross takings of each totalisator used at a race-meeting held under the management of the said , at , on the and days of the month of , 189 , together with the particulars of such amount.
   Sworn at , this day of , 189 , before me—

Form No. 2.
BOND.

Know all men by these presents that we, of , in the Provincial District of , † , and of , in the provincial district aforesaid, † , are jointly and severally held and firmly bound unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs and successors, in the penal sum of one hundred pounds, for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us, and the heirs, executors, and administrators of us and each of us, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals. Dated this day of , 189 .

WHEREAS on or about the day of , 189 , the made application to the Colonial Secretary for a license or authority to use the totalisator at a race-meeting to be held under the management of the club, at , on the and days of the month of 189 :

And whereas under the provisions of “The Stamp Acts Amendment Act, 1891” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that upon the gross takings of every totalisator there shall be payable to Her Majesty the Queen a stamp-duty calculated at the rate of one and a half per centum upon such gross takings:

And whereas the Colonial Secretary hath requested the said club to give security for the payment of all duty that may be payable under the said Act in respect of the earnings of each totalisator that may be used at the race-meeting so to be held as aforesaid:

Now, the condition of this bond or obligation is such that if the said club shall, within fourteen days after the holding of the said race-meeting, duly pay unto Her Majesty all stamp-duty and other dues that may be payable under the said Act or otherwise, in respect of the earnings or takings of each totalisator used at the said race-meeting, and shall in all respects observe and perform the provisions of the said Act and of any regulations made thereunder and for the time being in force in relation to the premises, then these presents shall be void and of none effect, but otherwise shall remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by\
the said , in the presence\
of—\
(L.S.)

Signed, sealed, and delivered by\
the said , in the presence\
of—\
(L.S.)

• Name in full. † Calling.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

J. BALLANCE,