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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Sale and Use of Arms and Ammunition in Samoa restrained.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1895.

THE following despatch, received from the Assistant
High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, is pub-
lished for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

High Commissioner's Office, Western Pacific,
Suva, Fiji, 27th June, 1895.

MY LORD,—I have the honour to forward for your Excel-
lency's information copies of a Queen's Regulation, which I
have issued by direction of the Secretary of State, to restrain
the sale and use of firearms in Samoa.
This Regulation is supplementary to Articles 52, 53, and
54 of the Pacific Order in Council, 1893.
I have, &c.,
H. S. BERKELEY.

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

No. 1 of 1895.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender
of the Faith, Empress of India.

QUEEN'S REGULATION (made in the name and on behalf of
Her Majesty by Her Majesty's Assistant High Com-
missioner for the Western Pacific, under the Provisions
of the Pacific Order in Council, 1893) to restrain the
Sale and Use of Arms and Ammunition in Samoa.

[L.S.]
H. S. BERKELEY.

1. This regulation shall apply only to the Samoa Islands.
   The word "Court" means and includes the Court of
   Her Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner for the
   Western Pacific.
   The word "arms" means and includes arms, ammuni-
   tion, explosives, and implements and materials for the
   manufacture of the same.
   The word "President" means and includes the Presi-
   dent of the Municipal Council of Apia, or any person
   acting under his special and written authority.

2. Any British subject directly or indirectly supplying, or
   aiding, inciting, or abetting any other person to supply, any
   arms to a Samoan subject or other Pacific-Islander resident
   in Samoa, shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this
   regulation.

3. Every British subject owning or having in his posses-
   sion or charge any arms shall furnish to the President, on
   his written request, or to the Court, if so directed by the
   Court, statements showing the quantities of the arms which
   he shall have on hand or in stock, and shall give such further
   explanation as the President or the Court may require. A
   failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall
   be an offence against this regulation.

4. The Court may, for any reason it may think fit, issue a
   warrant authorising any person named therein to search for
   arms on board any British vessel or boat, or on any land, or
   in any store, warehouse, dwelling-house, or other building
   occupied by a British subject. In making such order the
   Court may impose any condition or conditions it may think
   fit for the proper execution of the order, and may authorise
   the person named in the warrant to appoint a substitute to
   act for him. The Commanding Officer of any of Her
   Majesty's ships shall have the same powers as the Court in
   issuing warrants to search for arms, provided that such
   warrants shall in each case be executed by officers or men
   under the command of such Commanding Officer. Any British
   subject resisting a search for arms as herein provided shall be
   deemed guilty of an offence against this regulation.

5. Any British subject owning or having in his possession
   or charge any arms shall be under an obligation to satisfy
   the Court, if required, that he came by such arms lawfully.
   A failure to satisfy the Court of this shall be deemed a
   breach of this regulation, and all such arms shall be forfeited
   to the Government of Samoa, together with any ship, boat,
   cask, case, or other receptacle wholly or partly belonging to
   the offender, and containing such goods.

6. Any British subject who shall be proved to have had
   any arms in his possession or charge, or at his disposal,
   shall be under an obligation to satisfy the Court, if required,
   that such arms are still in his possession or charge, or at his
   disposal, or have been lawfully disposed of. A failure to
   satisfy the Court of this shall be deemed a breach of this
   regulation.

7. Any British subject guilty of a breach of this regulation
   shall, upon conviction, be liable to imprisonment not exceed-
   ing six months, or to a fine not exceeding one hundred
   pounds, or to both punishments.

8. This regulation shall come into force one month from
   the date of publication in the public office of the High Com-
   missioner.

Regulation No. 1 of 1891, known as the "Samoan Arms
Regulation, 1891," is repealed.
This regulation may be cited as the "Samoan Arms Regu-
lation, 1895."
Published and exhibited in the public office of the High
Commissioner this fifteenth day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
By command.
WILFRED COLLET,
Secretary to the High Commissioner.

Examination Shed appointed.—Customs.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by
"The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882," I, the
Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby appoint
that the under-mentioned building shall be a place where
goods may be deposited for examination on the landing
thereof, namely:—

WHARF SHED, AUCKLAND,
situated on the Hobson Street Wharf, and marked K.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this seventeenth
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 521.]

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1,000 will be
paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture
in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of
potassium from colonial produce.

1. The plant must be capable of producing at least 70
   tons of crude cyanide of potassium annually.

2. The crude cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall
   contain at least 70 per cent. of potassium cyanide.

3. The bonus will be paid in two equal instalments, the
   first instalment being payable on the production of the first
   100 tons, and the second instalment on the production of
   the second 100 tons, of crude cyanide of potassium contain-
   ing the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

4. On the completion of the plant, notice in writing must
   be sent to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Wel-
   ington, who will appoint an officer to inspect the same,
   together with the raw material then available from which
   the cyanide of potassium is proposed to be manufactured.

5. The officer so appointed shall from time to time inspect
   the process of manufacture, in order that he may satisfy
   himself that the whole of the cyanide of potassium is being
   manufactured from material of New Zealand production ;
   and before any bonus is paid such officer will be required
   to certify that he is satisfied the crude cyanide of potassium
   is the product of New Zealand material only, and that it
   contains the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

6. The bonus must be claimed for the first 100 tons on or
   before the 31st March, 1897, and for the second 100 tons on
   or before the 30th September, 1898.
   J. G. WARD.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1895.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road
Boards have been received at this office, and are pub-
lished in accordance with the provisions of "The Road
Boards Act, 1882."

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Parua Road District, County of Whangarei :
Joseph Beasley, jun.
Thomas Beasley.
Alfred Huett.
Thomas Gough.
Lewis Thomas Lee.

Matakana West Road District, County of Rodney :
Samuel Croker.
Septimus Meiklejohn.
John Williams, jun.
Charles Simons.
Isaac G. Carrie.

Mercer Road District, County of Manukau :
George Elliott.
Michael Gallery.
Patrick A. Kelly.
Robert McFarlane.
Thomas Porter.