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New Zealand and the Legislative Council
thereof intituled "An Ordinance to provide
for the protection of Footpaths in the Co-
lony of New Zealand" shall extend to and
include and be available for the protection
of any bridge within the Province con-
structed for the public use and exclusive ac-
commodation of foot passengers.

IX. Any notice for the purposes of the
Ordinance last hereinbefore referred to
which shall be given by the Superintendent
and published in the Government Gazette
of the Province shall have the same effect
as such notice would have if given by the
Governor of the Colony, and published in
the Government Gazette of the Colony.

X. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be
construed to take away or repeal any lia-
bility or penalty which at common law or
by virtue of any statute or Ordinance in
force within the Province shall attach or
be incurred in respect of any such offence
as aforesaid.

XI. All complaints and informations
under this Ordinance shall be made and
lodged by an Officer or private Constable
of the Armed Police Force and not other-
wise:

XII. All penalties imposed by this Or-
dinance shall be recoverable in a summary
way pursuant to the Ordinances of the
Colony for the regulation of summary pro-
ceedings before Justices of the Peace.

XIII. In this Ordinance words of or im-
porting the masculine gender shall extend
to and include females; and the singular
number shall import the plural also, and
the plural number the singular also; and
penalties imposed upon the doing of any
act or thing shall be deemed to be, and be
incurred by the causing, or procuring, or
permitting the same to be done or take
place, and also by the aiding and abetting
therein; and the word "cattle" shall include
horned or neat cattle, sheep, and swine,
unless in the said several cases the context
shall be repugnant to such construction.

XIV. This Ordinance shall come into
operation on the 1st day of March, 1854
Passed the Provincial Council this twenty-
third day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty four.
I. NEWTON WATT,
Speaker.

Assented to on behalf of the Governor this
eighteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty four.
CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

GENERAL ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING.

NOTICE is hereby given that the An-
nual Licensing Meeting of the
Justices of the Peace for the Town
and Province of New Plymouth, will
be holden at the Resident Magistrate's
Court at New Plymouth, on Tuesday,
the Eighteenth day of April next, at twelve
o'Clock, Noon, for the purpose of taking
into consideration applications for Licenses
to sell Spirituous Liquors, Wine, Ale, or
Beer.

JAMES RITCHIE,
Clerk to Magistrates.
Resident Magistrate's Court,
New Plymouth, March 13, 1854.

Superintendent's Office,
New Plymouth, March 18th 1854.

FILES of the New Zealand Govern-
ment Gazette, the Provincial Ga-
zettes, and such Ordinances as have been
received at this Office, will be open for the
inspection of the members of the Legis-
lative bodies, and the Officers of the Ge-
neral and Provincial Governments.

CHARLES BROWN,
SUPERINTENDENT.

REGULATION.

Harbour Department,
New Plymouth, March 18th, 1854.

VESSELS arriving with live Stock,
will have the first claim on the boats
to such extent as may be required for the
speedy landing of the same.

J. WATSON,
Harbour Master.

Printed and Published by G. W. WOON for the Provincial Government.