Feb. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 181

[No. 1 of 1892.
VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Empress of India, Defender of the Faith, &c.

A REGULATION made in the name and on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty by Her Majesty’s High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, under the provisions of the Western Pacific Order in Council of 1879, for the Maintenance of Peace and good Order in Samoa.

(L.S.) JOHN B. THURSTON.

1. ANY British subject who shall be guilty of sedition towards the Government of Samoa shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, or to imprisonment without hard labour for not more than three months, with or without a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

2. The expression “Government of Samoa” shall mean the Government recognised as such in Samoa by the principal British Consular Officer for the time being in Samoa.

3. The expression “Sedition towards the Government of Samoa” shall embrace all practices, whether by word, deed, or writing, having for their object to bring about in Samoa discontent or dissatisfaction, public disturbance, civil war, hatred or contempt towards the King or Government of Samoa, or the laws or constitution of the country, and generally to promote public disorder in Samoa.

4. If at the trial of any person under this regulation it shall appear that the offence charged is one which would, if this regulation had not been made, be punishable as criminal libel, or otherwise, by English law or under any Order in Council issued by Her Majesty and being in force in Samoa, or by any other regulation made in the name and on behalf of of Her Majesty by Her Majesty’s High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, the Court may either proceed with the trial under this regulation, or may order that the charge under this regulation be dismissed and that the accused be put on his trial for criminal libel, or otherwise, as the case may be.

5. This regulation shall come into operation on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and may be cited as “The Sedition (Samoa) Regulation, 1892.”

Given this twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

By command.

WILFRED COLLET,
Secretary to the High Commissioner.

Protection of British Subjects and their Interests in the New Hebrides and the Western Pacific, &c.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1893.

THE following despatch and enclosure, received from the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Government House, Suva, Fiji,
28th December, 1892.

MY LORD,—With reference to the protection of British subjects and their interests in the New Hebrides and the Western Pacific generally, your Excellency is doubtless aware that a question has been before the Law Officers of the Crown as to whether an ordinance might not be properly passed in Fiji providing for the detention in the colony of natives of the Western Pacific Islands who were shown to have perpetrated criminal acts against British subjects.

I have now the honour of informing your Excellency that such an ordinance was passed at a recent session of the Legislative Council of this colony, of which I beg leave to transmit copies for the information of your Excellency’s Government.

I have, &c.,
JOHN B. THURSTON.

His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Glasgow,
G.C.M.G., &c.,
Governor of New Zealand.

[No. 20, 1892.
AN ORDINANCE enacted by the Governor of the Colony of Fiji, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorise the Reception and Detention in the Colony of Fiji of certain Persons when brought there by Her Majesty’s Naval Officers.

(L.S.) JOHN B. THURSTON.

[29th November, 1892.
Preamble.

WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the detention in certain cases in the Colony of Fiji of persons who in places not being within Her Majesty’s dominions or the jurisdiction of any civilised Power have committed crimes, outrages, or disorders :

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, as follows:—

Certain prisoners brought to Fiji by Her Majesty’s naval officers may be received and detained.

1. It shall be lawful for the Governor to receive and to detain in the colony during Her Majesty’s pleasure any persons, not being Her Majesty’s subjects or the subjects or citizens of any civilised Power, who have been taken prisoners and brought to the colony by Her Majesty’s naval officers on the ground of crimes, outrages, or disorders committed by such persons in places not being within Her Majesty’s dominions or the jurisdiction of any civilised Power.

Custody of such prisoners.

2. Every prisoner so received and detained shall be under the legal custody of the Superintendent of Police and of all officers and constables of the Police Force of the colony, and also under the legal custody of any person who may be from time to time especially appointed by the Governor in that behalf.

Governor may provide for place of detention and make regulations for care of such prisoners.

3. The Governor may appoint from time to time any place in the colony to be the usual place of detention of the prisoners or any of them, or may make such other provision as he thinks fit for their detention, and in either case may from time to time make special regulations for the care, custody, and maintenance of the prisoners, and as to communication with them; and any person offending against such regulations shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.

Penalty for assisting escape of such prisoner.

4. Any person inciting or aiding and abetting, and any person conniving at or negligently permitting, the escape, or attempt to escape, of any such prisoner from the colony shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding six months, or both.

Passed in Council, this fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Special Order made by the Moa Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1893.

THE following special order, made by the Moa Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Moa Road Board on the 21st December, 1892, and confirmed on the 25th January, 1893.

THAT, to secure the repayment of a loan of £150, raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming the Wortley Road, a special rate of ⅞d. in the pound be made and levied over the Wortley Special Rating District, comprising the following lands, namely: Sections 205, 214, 216, 218, 219, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 242, Huirangi Block. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and to be payable, in two half-yearly instalments, on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.

I certify that the above special order has been made by the Moa Road Board in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

N. SCHUMACHER,
Clerk, Moa Road Board.