MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Resignation of Dr. Spence.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 25th July, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Dr. RICHARD G. C. SPENCE,
of the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.

T. RUSSELL.

Resignation of Capt. Richmond.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 27th July, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

CAPTAIN H. R. RICHMOND,
of the Taranaki Militia.

T. RUSSELL.

Appointment of Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 28th July, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments.

In the Taranaki Militia.

Lieutenant William Bazire Messenger,
to be Captain, date of commission,
27th July, 1863.

Ensign Francis Joseph Mace, to be
Lieutenant, date of commission, 27th
July, 1863.

Garland Watson Woon, to be Ensign,
date of commission, 27th July, 1863.

A PROCLAMATION

Declaring certain articles contraband of war.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey,
Knight Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the “Arms Act, 1860,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette from time to time to declare what articles shall be considered as warlike stores for the purposes of the said Act and also for the purposes of an Ordinance of the Lieutenant Governor and Legislative Council of New Zealand passed in the sixth session of the said Council intituled “An Ordinance to empower the Governor of New Zealand to regulate the Importation and sale of Arms, Gunpowder and other Warlike stores.”

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey,
the Governor of the said Colony in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority do hereby proclaim and declare that the undermentioned articles shall (amongst others) be considered as warlike stores for the purposes above-mentioned, that is to say —

Firearms of every description,
Accoutrements for such arms,
Gunpowder of every description in cartridge or otherwise,
Percussion caps, Flints,
Lead, Zinc and Copper, manufactured or otherwise,
Shot, Ball, Bullets, Marbles,
Saltpetre,
Bayonets, Pikes, Hay-forks, Scythes,
Swords, Tomahawks, Adzes, and all other edged tools of whatever description soever capable of being used as weapons,
Iron of all kinds capable of being converted into weapons.

Given under my hand at the Government House at Auckland, and issued under the seal of the Colony of New Zealand this twenty-ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,

G. GREY.
By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

WARLIKE STORES, &c.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 31st July, 1863.

WITH reference to the Proclamation of the 29th instant, declaring what articles shall be considered as Warlike Stores for the purposes of the “Arms Act, 1860,” it is hereby notified that persons dealing or desirous of dealing in any of the Articles prohibited by the said Proclamation, but not previously prohibited, may, upon application to a Licensing Officer appointed under the Act, and subject to the approval of the application by such officer, obtain the necessary License free of charge, to deal in such last named articles, upon the terms and conditions in such License specified.

Licensing Officer under the “Arms Act, 1860.”
New Plymouth, R. Parris, Assistant Native Secretary.