be himself or herself naturalized, and have all the rights and privileges of a natural-born subject.

3. Section 7 of " The Aliens Act, 1880,"* is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is enacted as follows:

If any person resident in New Zealand, who has previously obtained any certificate or letters of naturalization in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any part thereof, or in any British Colony or possession, desires to be naturalized in New Zealand, he shall submit such certificate or letters of naturalization to the Governor, together with a statutory declaration, to be subscribed by the applicant, to the effect that he is the person named in the said certificate or letters of naturalization, and that the same has been obtained without any fraud or intentional false statement, and that the signature and the seal (if any) thereto are, to the best of his belief and knowledge, genuine ;

And thereupon the Governor may, at his discretion, without requiring from the applicant any further residence in New Zealand, or (if the applicant has previously taken a similar oath) the oath prescribed under the aforesaid Act, direct the Colonial Secretary to indorse upon such certificate or letters a memorandum in the form or to the effect in the Schedule hereto, and a note of such certificate or letters and memorandum, with the particulars of the applicant's name, age, and nationality, shall be enrolled in the same manner as in the case of the issue of letters of naturalization in the Colony.

The person named in the said certificate or letters of naturalization shall, for all purposes, from the date of the aforesaid memorandum, be deemed to be naturalized within the Colony, as if letters of naturalization, under the seal of the Colony, had been issued to the said person.

4. No fee shall be paid henceforth by any person in respect of the enrolment or indorsement of letters of naturalization by the Colonial Secretary, excepting in the case of persons of the Chinese race, who shall pay in respect of such enrolment or indorsement such fee, not exceeding 17., as the Governor in Council from time to time may appoint.

5. All the words of section 8 of "The Aliens Act, 1880," after the words "issued under this Act," are hereby repealed, and also "The Aliens Act Amendment Act, 1882,"† is hereby repealed.

* Vol. LXXI, page 238.

+ Vol. LXXIII, page 604.

SCHEDULE.

Memorandum to be indorsed on Letters of Naturalization.

Accepted, Noted, and Registered in New Zealand.

THE within-named is hereby naturalized for all purposes within the Colony of New Zealand from the date of this memorandum. Dated at Wellington, New Zealand, this

day of

A. B.,

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Colonial Secretary of New Zealand.

LAW of the Government of Natal, to provide for the Importation of Gunpowder or Ammunition by or on behalf of the Governments of Inland States or Persons residing therein.

(No. 11.]

C. B. H. MITCHELL, Governor.

[July 17, 1891.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Natal, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. In this Law "inland State" includes the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and any other country in South Africa, other than Natal, which the Governor in Council shall by Proclamation bring within the operation of this Law.

"Ammunition" includes percussion caps, cartridges, and any other articles used in the discharge of firearms and ordnance.

2. It shall be lawful for the Controller of Arms to entertain applications on behalf of the Government of an inland State, or by or on behalf of any person resident in an inland State, for leave to import gunpowder and ammunition into Natal for transmission to Fuch Government or person.

3. The Controller of Arms may require any information which he may think necessary to be furnished in reference to an application, and if any required information be not supplied, or if in the case of an application not made by or on behalf of the Government of an inland State, the Controller of Arms shall not be satisfied that the gunpowder or ammunition is bona fide required for lawful purposes by the person for whom the same is intended to be imported, or that the application is in every respect genuine, or if he shall for any reason believe that such gunpowder or ammunition is intended to be supplied to natives in any country outside the inland State, or be used for any purposes of hostility to Her Majesty's Government, or to the Government of any State with which Her Majesty is at [1892-93. LXXXV.]

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peace, he may refuse to grant the application. The decision of the Controller of Arms shall be subject to an appeal to the Governor in Council, whose decision shall be final.

4. A written permit by the Controller of Arms produced to the Collector of Customs shall be sufficient authority for the importation of any gunpowder or ammunition into Natal for transmission to a place and person in an inland State, to be named in the permit, subject to the provisions of this Law, and to any special conditions set forth in the permit.

5. Any gunpowder or ammunition imported under authority of a permit may, upon its being duly entered inwards and landed at the port of Port Natal, or after having been warehoused be removed, for the purpose of being conveyed to the place in the inland State specified in the permit upon payment of the Customs duties, and upon such special conditions and restrictions as to the transport and conveyance of such gunpowder or ammunition, and the routes to be followed, and otherwise as may be imposed by any rules made under section 9 of this Law, or specially imposed by the terms of the permit: Provided always, that no such gunpowder or ammunition shall be removed until the person applying for such removal shall furnish to the Controller of Arms security to his satisfaction, which security may, at the option of such Controller, be by means of a surety bond entered into by two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Controller of Arms in a sum equal to the value of such gunpowder or ammunition, that the several provisions of this Law, and all rules and regulations framed thereunder, shall be duly kept and observed, and that the gunpowder or ammunition so removed as aforesaid shall be delivered to the person at the place in the inland State specified in the permit within a time to be fixed in the security or bond, and that proof of such delivery shall be given as required by any rules for the time being in force, or that the gunpowder or ammunition shall be otherwise accounted for to the satis faction of the Controller of Arms.

6. It shall be a condition of the security or bond given in connection with the removal of any gunpowder or ammunition, that such gunpowder or ammunition so removed shall be conveyed to the boundary of Natal, or so far towards the boundary as shall be practicable, by and upon the Natal Government railways, at such rates of carriage and subject to the laws and regulations for the time being applicable to the carriage and transport of such powder and ammunition; and in the removal and carriage of such gunpowder and ammunition overland, under the provisions of this Law, to an inland State, the person forwarding the same shall be bound to send such gunpowder or ammunition, as far as the same may be practicable, by the open lines of railway worked and maintained by the

overnment, and at such rates of carriage, and subject to such laws ad regulations, as may from time to time be applicable to the transort and carriage of gunpowder and ammunition; and it shall be e duty of the Collector of Customs to see that the gunpowder and mmunition are duly delivered for carriage to the Natal Government ailways.

7. The bond required by section 47 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1855 o be given in respect of the warehousing of any gunpowder or Lamunition shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of this Law f entered into by two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Collector of Customs.

8. All gunpowder or ammunition imported and warehoused under he provisions of this Law shall be cleared and removed within three months from the date of entry, and if any such gunpowder or Ammunition be not so cleared and removed, it shall be lawful for The Collector of Customs to cause the same to be sold, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied firstly to the payment of the ties, next to the payment of warehouse rent, auction, and other harges, and the residue shall be held by him on account of the porter: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Collector of Customs, if he shall deem it necessary, to grant further time for any such gunpowder or ammunition to remain warebused.

9. The Governor in Council may from time to time make and ater rules for the effective carrying out of this Law, and by such es appoint a penalty not exceeding 101. for any contravention thereof. Any such rules shall be in force from the date of their Fublication in the "Natal Government Gazette."

10. If any gunpowder or ammunition for the sending whereof to an inland State a security or bond shall have been given as provided section 6 shall be disposed of, or attempted to be disposed of in this Colony contrary to law, the same shall be liable to seizure and to be forfeited to Her Majesty.

11. So far only as in conflict with the provisions of this Law, the Law No. 12, 1862, intituled "Law to amend the Law regulating the dealing in Gunpowder," shall be repealed, and this Law and the Law No. 12, 1862, shall, save as aforesaid, be read and construed together as one Law.

Given at Government House, Natal, this 17th day of July,

1891.

By command of his Excellency the Governor.

F. S. HADEN, Colonial Secretary.

LAW of the Government of Natal, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Extradition of Criminals.

[No. 6.]

C. B. H. MITCHELL, Governor.

[June 29, 1892.

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the apprehension and surrender to the Orange Free Stat and the South African Republic of persons accused or convicte of the commission of certain crimes within the jurisdiction of th said States:

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Natal, with th advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:1. The Laws

(a.) No. 7, 1871, intituled "Law for facilitating the Apprehen sion of certain Offenders escaping to this Colony from any plac within the territories or dominions of the South African Republic,' and

(b.) No. 3, 1890, intituled "Law to amend the Law relating t the Extradition of Criminals," shall be and the same are hereb repealed.

2. This Law may be cited as "The Extradition Law, 1892."

3. In this Law

The term "extradition crime" means a crime which, if com mitted in Natal or within the jurisdiction of any Court of Law in Natal, would be one of the crimes specified in the First Schedule o this Law.

The term "fugitive criminal" means any person accused or convicted of an extradition crime committed within the jurisdiction of the Orange Free State or the South African Republic who is in, or is suspected of being in, Natal.

4. Every person who is accused or convicted of having counselled, procured, commanded, aided, or abetted the commission of any extradition crime, or of being accessory before or after the fact to any extradition crime, shall be deemed for the purposes of this Law to be accused or convicted of having committed such crime, and shall be liable to be apprehended and surrendered accordingly.

5. The Governor in Council may enter into an agreement or arrangement with the Government of the Orange Free State and with the Government of the South African Republic, or with either of the said Governments, with respect to the surrender to the respective States of fugitive criminals who are in, or suspected of being in, the Colony of Natal. Such agreement or arrangement shall provide for the surrender to the Colony of Natal of fugitive criminals who