JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1727

Land proclaimed as a Street in the Borough of New Plymouth.

[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a street the land in the Borough of New Plymouth described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land proclaimed as a street :—

A. R. P. Being Portion of
0 0 7·23 Lot 1, D.P. 1619, being part Section 28 ; coloured pink.
0 0 3·20 Lot 2, D.P. 1619, being part Section 28 ; coloured blue.
0 0 3·20 Lot 4, D.P. 1619, being part Section 28 ; coloured pink.
0 0 3·20 Lot 5, D.P. 1619, being part Section 28 ; coloured blue.
0 0 3·20 Lot 11, D.P. 1619, being part Sections 5 and 27 ; coloured pink.
0 0 3·20 Lot 12, D.P. 1619, being part Sections 5 and 27 ; coloured blue.
0 0 3·20 Lot 13, D.P. 1619, being part Section 27 ; coloured pink.
0 0 3·20 Lot 19, D.P. 1619, being part Section 27 ; coloured pink.
0 0 3·20 Lot 20, D.P. 1619, being part Section 27 ; coloured blue.
0 0 3·20 Lot 21, D.P. 1619, being part Section 27 ; coloured pink.
0 0 3·19 Lot 22, D.P. 1619, being part Section 27 ; coloured blue.

Situated in Block V, Paritutu Survey District (Fitzroy R.D.). In the Taranaki Land District ; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 81488, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 2nd day of June, 1931.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
For Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

(P.W. 51/1316.)

Regulations under the Arms Act, 1920.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 27th day of May, 1931.

Present :

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section twenty-six of the Arms Act, 1920, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations under the Arms Act, 1920, made on the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and amendments thereto, made respectively on the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set forth hereunder ; and doth declare that such revocation and the regulations hereby made shall take effect on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.

REGULATIONS.

INTERPRETATION.

1. (a) THESE regulations may be cited as the Arms Regulations, 1931.
   (b) In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,—
   “ The Act ” means the Arms Act, 1920 :
   “ Superintendent ” and “ Inspector ” mean officers of police holding such respective ranks, and include any member of the Police Force of any rank for the time being discharging the duties of a Superintendent or Inspector :
   “ Authorized officer ” means a member of the Police Force authorized for the purposes of the Act.

POSSESSION OF UNLAWFUL WEAPONS.

2. Every application for a license to retain possession of an unlawful weapon shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and delivered at the police-station nearest to the applicant’s usual place of abode, and shall state—
   (a) The full name, abode, and occupation of the applicant :
   (b) Particulars of service in His Majesty’s Forces beyond the seas of the person who used the unlawful weapon or brought it with him from beyond the seas :
   (c) Such description of the unlawful weapon as may enable it to be identified :
   (d) How, when, and where the said weapon was acquired by the applicant :
   (e) Where beyond the seas it was used, or when it was brought into the Dominion, as the case may be :
   (f) The name, address, and occupation of a person who recommends the application.

3. At the time of application the unlawful weapon shall be handed over to the custody of the police pending decision, and, if such a weapon be a firearm, it shall not be registered until a license to retain the same has been granted by the Minister of Defence.

4. Every license to retain possession of an unlawful weapon shall be in the form numbered (1) in the First Schedule hereto.

5. It shall be the duty of each near relative residing in the house in which any such licensee dies, and also of the occupier thereof if there be no near relatives so residing, to give notice of the death of such licensee to the nearest Superintendent or Inspector.

LICENSES TO CARRY PISTOLS.

6. Every application for a license to carry a pistol shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and delivered at the police-station nearest to the applicant’s usual place of abode, and shall state—
   (a) The full name, abode, and occupation of the applicant :
   (b) Such description of the pistol as may enable it to be identified :
   (c) The purpose for which and where the pistol is to be carried, and the period of time for which the license is required :
   (d) The name, address, and occupation of some responsible person who recommends the application.

7. Every such application shall be accompanied by the certificate of registration issued in respect of the firearm for which such a license is required.

8. If the Superintendent or Inspector is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold such a license, he may issue and deliver such license to the applicant.

9. Every license to carry a pistol shall be in the form numbered (2) in the First Schedule hereto, and shall be valid only in the district or area specified in such license.

10. Every such license shall become void after the expiration of twelve months from the date it was issued.

11. Every holder of a license to carry a pistol who changes his place of abode shall, within forty-eight hours, give notice in writing of such change to the Superintendent or Inspector by whom such license was issued, failing which such license shall be void.

IMPORTATION OF ARMS.

12. A permit for a person other than a licensed dealer to bring or cause to be brought into New Zealand any firearms, ammunition, or explosive shall be in the form numbered (3) in the First Schedule hereto.

PERMITS TO PROCURE FIREARMS.

13. Every permit to procure possession of any firearm, ammunition, or explosive shall be in the form numbered (4) in the First Schedule hereto. Separate permits must be obtained for firearms and for ammunition or explosives.

14. Every person other than a licensed dealer who procures possession of a firearm, other than a shot-gun of a kind ordinarily used in New Zealand for sporting purposes, shall, within seven days, make application to register such firearm to the authorized officer nearest to the applicant’s usual place of abode.

15. The Commissioner of Police is hereby authorized to prescribe, by notice published in the Gazette, that ammunition ordinarily used for rifles which are ordinarily used for sporting purposes or any specified class of such rifles may be procured or delivered without a permit under section 7 of the Act.

16. Every licensed dealer who delivers any ammunition to any person without a permit in pursuance of any such notice shall keep a record of every such transaction in accordance with the provisions of section twelve of the Act.