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R. Beetham, Esq., J.P., appointed a Resident Magistrate.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 23rd March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHMOND BEETHAM, Esq., J.P.,

of Wakatipu, in the Province of Otago, to be a Resident Magistrate, under the Resident Magistrates’ Court Ordinance.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Reprint of Notice under “Sale of Spirits Ordinance”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 18th April, 1863.

THE attention of Magistrates within the Colony is called to the following reprint of a Notice under the “Sale of Spirits Ordinance”

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 2nd May, 1855.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in order to put a stop as much as possible to the evil of drunkenness amongst the Native population, his Excellency the Officer administering the Government has been pleased to notify that the whole penalty which may be inflicted for a breach of the “Sale of Spirits Ordinance” is to be handed over to the informer.

By His Excellency’s command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 20th April, 1863.

THE following questions proposed by His Honor the Chief Justice at the late examination of Articled Clerks are published for general information.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

General and Constitutional Law.

1. What is the “Common Law” of England, and where is it found ?

2. What Rules are they by which the validity of a “Custom” may be tested or established ?

3. Give the leading Rules for construing Statutes, with reference especially to

(1.) The law before passing the Act, the mischief, the remedy, the reason of the remedy.

(2.) The maxim ut res magis valeat.

(3.) The Statutes in pari materia.

(4.) The interpretation of the language, e.g. by the letter, the whole Act, clause by clause and a reference to the subject matter.

(4.) Words or phrases that are permissive, directory, imperative.

(6.) The Preamble as restraining or not restraining the enacting clauses.

(7.) Their repeal by non-user (?) by express words, by implication.

4. Give an outline of the principal provisions of Magna Carta and the Carta de Foresta, that tend directly to the benefit of the whole community, e.g., fines or forfeitures, fisheries, bridges, testamentary disposition, matters of police, provisions for encouragement of commerce, the administration of Justice (distinguishing especially the times, places, courts, and inquests,) the liberties of towns or of individuals; and

5. Transcribe the celebrated 29th chapter of Magna Carta.

6. State what you know of the provisions of—

(1.) The Petition of Rights.

(2.) The Habeas Corpus Acts e.g.; 16 Car 1 c 10; 31 Car 2 c 2; 56 Geo 3 c 10.

(3.) The Bill of Rights.

The Law of New Zealand.

7. What portion of the law of England is law in New Zealand ?

8. Mention some of the principal differences between the law of New Zealand and the law of England.

9. Enumerate the principal special laws of New Zealand connected with the administration of Justice.

Civil Law.

Rights, Wrongs, Remedies, Tribunals, Practice.

10. Mention some of the “Maxims” of the Common Law and illustrate their application.

11. Define a Contract and give the broad essentials to make a valid contract.

12. Distinguish contracts by Record, by Specialty, by Parol.

13. What constitutes a Deed according to the law of New Zealand, and in what respect does it differ from a deed by the law of England ?

14. What do you understand by the “consideration” for a promise in a con-