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Twelfth and Thirteenth Sections of the said Act.

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this Seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s Command,
HENRY SEWELL.

God Save The Queen.

Attorney-General’s Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HURST, Esa.,

to be Sheriff for the District of Wanganui and Rangitikei.

HENRY SEWELL.

Warrant authorising Convict Prison Regulations (supplementary) for the Province of Wellington.

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 an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Secondary Punishment Act, 1854,” it is enacted amongst other things “that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to make such Rules and Regulations as to him shall seem meet for the employment, safe custody, management and discipline of the Convicts under sentence of penal servitude,” &c.

Now therefore, I, George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, do hereby, under and by virtue of the powers before recited, make and publish the following Regulations to be in force within the Province of Wellington, in addition and without prejudice to the Regulations published on the 31st day of May, 1859, that is to say:—

Prisoners of the first class will be allowed to smoke for fifteen minutes during the time set apart for breakfast and dinner, but at no other time.

Prisoners of the second class will not be allowed to smoke at any time.

As witness under my hand, this nineteenth day of December, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s Command,
HENRY SEWELL.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 26th December, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the “Wanganui” Regiment of Militia:—

Ensign FREDERICK PARKS, to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission 21st December, 1861.

John LIDDELL, to be Ensign. Date of Commission, 21st December, 1861.

Robert CAMPBELL, to be Ensign. Date of Commission, 23rd December, 1861.

HENRY SEWELL.

(In the absence of Mr. Fox.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 3rd January, 1862.

THE following Regulations, according to which the firing for the Prizes given by Messrs. Herbert & Co. of London will be conducted, are published for general information.

HENRY SEWELL.

(In the absence of Mr. Fox.)

RULES AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE FIRING FOR FOUR RIFLES, WITH CASES.

PRESENTED TO THE VOLUNTEERS IN NEW ZEALAND BY MESSRS. HERBERT & CO. OF LONDON.

Prizes.

1. First prize—A Rifle and case; bore No. 451, and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

2nd prize—A Medium Rifle and case.

3rd do. do. do.

4th do. do. do.

Time and place of firing.

2. The firing to take place at such hours and places as the Officers Commanding at the different stations may deem convenient, commencing on Monday, the 3rd March. Should the weather prove unfavourable at any time appointed, the firing may be postponed at the discretion of the Officer Commanding at the Station.

Who eligible to compete.

3. The firing to be open to all Volunteers actually sworn in as such (Officers of the Force included). All intending competitors to send in their names on or before the 20th February next, to the Senior Officer of the Corps to which they belong, who shall forthwith cause lists to be compiled from the names sent in, but if he considers that any such person shall not have attended, when required, sufficiently regularly at drills, parades, training or exercise, he is authorised to prevent such person from firing for the prizes.