and if discovered playing therein the licensee or the
person for the time in charge of the premises shall
be liable to a fine of £5 for the first offence, and for
a second offence the Council may revoke the license.
(7.) Renewal of license must be applied for before the
expiry of the term for which a license has been
granted.
(8.) Any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years found
playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence,
not exceeding 10s. for the second offence, and not
exceeding £1 for the third offence or for every
subsequent offence.
(9.) Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table
in any Maori kainga, and any Maori keeping such
a room or table at any other place within the district, except townships (but not Maori lots within
a Native township) and European settlements,
without license from the Council, shall be liable to
a fine not exceeding £25.
(10.) Any person found playing for money, whether by
cards or any other game (except by billiards on
licensed premises), within the precincts of any
kainga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.
for the first offence, not exceeding £1 for the second
offence, and not exceeding £2 for every subsequent
offence.
(11.) Any person, the owner or occupier of any house or
premises situate in any Maori kainga, who shall
permit or allow gambling or playing for money (except
by billiards on licensed premises) in such house or
upon such premises shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding
£2 for the second offence, and not exceeding £5
for every subsequent offence.

(N.) VILLAGE COMMITTEES.
67. The Council may delegate wholly or in part its powers
under the prescribed rules or regulations to any Village
Committee, and such Committee shall thereupon be enabled
to exercise such powers within its own kainga.
The Village Committee shall have power to impose a penalty
or a fine for any breach of regulation, and if such fine be not
paid within the prescribed period the Chairman of the Committee shall forward a report on and evidence of such breach
of regulation and of the non-payment of such fine to the
Chairman of the Council.
68. The Council shall prescribe fines for by-laws for which
no provision has been made.

SCHEDULE
Form A.
To [Name and address].
GREETING: You are requested to cleanse or cause your
house to be cleansed within days after service of this
notice upon you, and you are warned that if after such service you refuse or neglect within the time specified to comply
with this notice you will be liable to a fine not exceeding £1.
Dated the day of ,19 .
(SEAL.)
Chairman [or Clerk] of Horouta Council
[or Village Committee].
Form B.
HAWKER'S LICENSE.
KNOW all men that , a hawker, is duly licensed to
sell goods in the kaingas of the Horouta District for one
year from the date hereof.
Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Horouta
Maori District, the day of , 19 .
(SEAL.)
Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.
Form C.
BILLIARD LICENSE.
KNOW all men that , of , is duly licensed to
keep a billiard-room at for twelve months from the
date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the
Council.
Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Horouta
Maori District, the day of , 19 .
(SEAL.)
Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.
The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori
Council for the Horouta Maori District held at Te Araroa
on the 30th day of March, 1921, and are given under the seal
of the said Council.
(L.S )
PARATENE NGATA, Chairman.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, this 10th day of October, 1921.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs.

The Poisons Act, 1908.-Register of Vendors of Poisons for the
Southland District as on 31st December, 1921.
Asher, Albert D., Balfour.
Briscoe and Co. (Limited), Dee Street, Invercargill.
Corbett, J. S., Mataura.
Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Wellington, Gore, Invercargill, Lumsden, Otautau, and Queenstown.
Domigan, Richard, Gore.
Federal Hardware and Furnishing Company (Limited), Gore.
Foster, C. R., Thornbury.
Gilchrist, William, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Henderson, David M., care of W. G. Gilchrist, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Hotop, Lewis, Queenstown.
John McGibbon and Sons, East Gore, Gore, and Mataura.
Mair, James William, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Moffett, George I., Dee Street, Invercargill.
McNaughton, Allan George, U.F.S. Dispensary, Bluff.
Pollok, Robert, Tay Street, Invercargill.
Prentice, James William Allan, U.F.S. Dispensary, Tay Street, Invercargill.
Price, T. J., Riverton.
Quinn, Thomas John, Gore.
Sinclair, Charles George Gordon, Otautau.
Somerville, Robert, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Stewart Bros., Centre Bush.
Stewart, William, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Thomson, A. W., Gore.
Walker, T., Winton.
Winning, R., Dee Street, Invercargill.

J. C. MALFROY, Registrar of Poisons.
Magistrate's Court,
Invercargill, 10th January, 1922.

The Poisons Act, 1908.-Register of Vendors of Poisons for
the Marlborough District as on the 31st December, 1921.
Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce Department, Head Office, Union Chambers, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Brownlee, William, and Co., Havelock.
Bary, John (manager for J. Bary and Son, Limited), Renwicktown.
Carr, William, Blenheim.
Clouston, W. E., and Co., Blenheim.
Edmeades, R., Renwicktown.
Jackson, Henry Lawson, Market Street, Blenheim.
Levin and Co. (Limited), Blenheim.
Malkus, John Martin, Blenheim.
McPhail, Alexander, Blenheim.
Sisson, F. J., Fields Inspector, Seddon.
Scott, J. G., Agricultural Department, Blenheim.
Vennimore, Vincent Carey, Havelock.
Whiteford, Charles Frederick Alexander, Blenheim.
Watson, R. E., Renwicktown.

A. F. BENT, Registrar of Poisons.
Magistrate's Court, Blenheim.

The Finance Act, 1921.--Income-tax payable.
BY Order in Council, made and issued by His Excellency
the Governor-General in Council on the 25th day of
July, 1921, under the authority of the above Act, it was
determined that the duty by way of income-tax leviable
under section 6 of the said Act should be paid in one sum on
Tuesday, the 7th day of February, 1922, at the office of the
Commissioner of Taxes, Government Buildings, Wellington;
and, in accordance with such Order in Council, I hereby give
notice that the said duty will be payable accordingly. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before
28th February, 1922. The liability to pay is not suspended
by any objection. The tax should be paid on or before the
prescribed date, otherwise the additional percentage accrues;
any overpayment will be adjusted by refund.
The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 31st January, 1922. Demands
must be presented with all payments, and if a demand has
not been received the Commissioner should be communicated
with.
NOTE.--IMPORTANT.--A delay of some days will take
place in the issue of the demands for the following:-
Individuals (not companies) whose surnames commence
with the letters D, J, K, P, W.
In these cases a new due date-viz., 21st February, 1922will be fixed as provided by section 127 of the Land and Income Tax Act, 1916. Additional tax will accrue twenty-one
days thereafter.
A rebate of 5 per cent. will be allowed on all tax paid within
twenty-one days of the due date.

D. G. CLARK, Commissioner of Taxes.