10. In these Regulations the word "fire-arm" includes any cannon, gun, rifle, machine-gun, revolver, pistol, or other fire-arm, whether whole or in detached pieces. "Ammunition" includes cartridges, balls, powder, caps, and all other materials for loading fire-arms. "Importer" or " person importing" includes any owner or other person for the time possessed of or beneficially interested in any fire-arms, ammunition, or gunpowder imported into the Protec torate. By order of His Highness the Sultan, L. W. MATHEWS, First Minister of the Government. December 23, 1892. G. H. PORTAL, Her Britannic Majesty's Diplomatic BRITISH NOTE to the Belgian Government, announcing the placing of Zanzibar within the Zone of Prohibition of Alcoholic Liquors.-Brussels, April 22, 1892. M. LE MINISTRE, British Legation, Brussels, April 22, 1892. In accordance with instructions received from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I have the honour to notify to your Excellency that Her Majesty's Government have decided to place the British Protectorate of Zanzibar, including all the dominions of the Sultan both on the islands and on the mainland, under the terms of Article XCI of the Brussels Act,* from the 6th instant, within "the zone of prohibition of alcoholic liquors." Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Zanzibar has been directed to notify, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the said Article, the régime and conditions determined by the Protecting Power, under which limited quantities of spirituous liquors may be imported for the consumption of the non-native population. M. Beernaert. I avail, &c., MARTIN GOSSELIN. * Vol. LXXXII, page 55. BRITISH NOTE to the Belgian Government, notifying the placing of the British Protectorates of Nyasaland and Witu and portion of Niger Protectorate within the Alcoholic Liquor Zone.-Brussels, June 24, 1892. M. LE MINISTRE, British Legation, Brussels, June 24, 1892. In accordance with instructions from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I have the honour to inclose a copy of a Circular despatch, dated the 18th instant, notifying that the British Protectorates of Witu and Nyasaland, and that portion of the Niger Protectorate which lies on or to the north of the 7th degree of Lorth latitude, are placed from the 18th instant within the zone of the Brussels Act,* in which the sale of alcoholic liquors to the natives is prohibited. M. Beernaert. I avail, &c., MARTIN GOSSELIN (Inclosure.)-Foreign Office Circular of June 18, 1892. I HAVE to request you to notify to the Government to which you are accredited that Her Majesty's Government have decided that the British Protectorate over Witu and the adjacent territory up to Kismayu, the British Protectorate of Nyasaland, and that portion of the Niger Protectorate which lies on or to the north of the 7th degree of north latitude, shall be placed from this date under the terms of Article XCI of the Act of Brussels,* within the zone of prohibition of alcoholic liquors. Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General for the territories under British influence to the north of the Zambezi, the Imperial British East Africa Company, and the Royal Niger Company will notify, in accordance with the terms of the Article, the régime and conditions, determined by the Protecting Power, under which limited quantities may be imported for the consumption of the non-native population. I am, &c., SALISBURY. * Vol. LXXXII, page 55. NOTICE issued by the Imperial British East Africa Company on the subject of Spirit Licences.--Mombasa, September 26, 1892. NOTICE is hereby given that the territories under the control of the Imperial British East Africa Company, both on the coast and in the interior, having been placed within the zone of prohibition provided for in Chapter VI of the Brussels Act,* the following rules will apply to the sale of spirits in limited quantities destined for the consumption of the non-native population :— Licences for the sale of spirituous liquors will be issued on the following scale : 1. Licence for sale of spirits wholesale, 200 rupees. 2. Licence for sale of spirits either wholesale or retail, to be drunk either on or off the premises, 500 rupees. The hour of closing shall be 10 P.M.; but this hour may be extended for one night at a time only, by special permission, on application of the licensee. The hour of opening shall be from 6 A.M. The sale of spirituous liquors on Sundays is absolutely prohibited. No alcoholic liquor whatever of a strength greater than 50 degrees "under proof" may be sold without a licence as above provided for. Any infraction of the terms of the licence, or of any of the conditions contained in Articles XC to XCV of the General Act of the Brussels Conference will be followed by the immediate confiscation of the licence and by the prosecution of the offender before the proper authorities. Application for licences under the said General Act should be sent in to the Administrator, Imperial British East Africa Company. Each application should clearly state the nature and class of licence applied for. Each licence shall be valid for one year from the date of its issue. The Administrator retains the right both of refusing to grant a licence and of refusing to grant the particular class for which application is made. The above regulations will come into force on or from the 1st October next. Mombasa, September 26, 1892. ERNEST J. L. BERKELEY. * Vol. LXXXII, page 55. NOTICE respecting the Sale of Spirituous Liquors in the British Protectorate of Witu and adjacent Territory.-Mombasa, October 29, 1892. WHEREAS Her Majesty's Government have decided that the British Protectorate over Witu and the adjacent territory up to Kismayu shall be placed, under the terms of Article XCI of the Act of Brussels, within the zone of prohibition of alcoholic liquors, and have issued a notification to that effect to the Powers signatories of the Act of Brussels: Notice is hereby given that the regulations contained in the Administrator's Notice of the 26th September, 1892,* regarding the sale of alcoholic liquors in the territories under the control of the Imperial British East Africa Company, are also applicable to, and will be enforced in, the said Protectorate over Witu and the adjacent territory up to Kismayu. Mombasa, October 29, 1892. ERNEST J. L. BERKELEY. PROCLAMATION by the High Commissioner for South Africa, respecting the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in the Bechuanaland Protectorate.t-April 4, 1892. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend in certain respects the Law regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the territory known as the Bechuanaland Protectorate (including the Tati district): Now, therefore, under and by virtue of the powers, authorities, and jurisdiction conferred upon and committed to me by Her Majesty, I do hereby proclaim, declare, and make known as follows: 1. The operation of this Proclamation is limited to those territories lying to the south of the River Zambezi, and to the west of the Guay, Tati, and Macloutsie Rivers, and of the South African Republic, which are at present under the administrative control of Her Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa.§ 2. So much of the Liquor Licensing Acts of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, Nos. 28 of 1883 and 44 of 1885, and of all other legislative enactments as refer to the constitution of, powers * Page 406. See also Proclamation of September 23, 1892, page 413. Amended by Proclamation of December 22, 1892, page 417. The territories of Ikaneng and Montsioa were excluded from the operation of this Proclamation by Proclamation No. 10 of 1895. and functions conferred upon, Licensing Courts, or any two members thereof, and Resident Magistrates, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and, save as hereinafter is provided, Assistant Commissioners and Magistrates in the territories above defined shall be deemed and taken to have, and shall exercise, all the functions and powers by law conferred upon Licensing Courts, or any two members thereof, or Resident Magistrates in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 3. No licence for the sale of intoxicating liquors, and no renewal, transfer, or removal of such licence, shall be granted save on the written recommendation of the Assistant Commissioner or Magistrate of the District, as the case may be, indorsed with the approval of the Resident Commissioner having jurisdiction. 4. Upon the production of such approval in writing, as in the last preceding section mentioned, the licence thereby authorized to be granted or renewed, as the case may be, shall be issued by the proper distributor of stamps, and any transfer or removal of licence so approved by the Resident Commissioner as aforesaid may thereafter be authorized by the Assistant Commissioner or Magistrate of the district, as the case may be, subject to the approval of the Resident Commissioner, to be indorsed on the licence. 5. The sums payable for and in respect of licences granted or renewed and privileges allowed in the said territories shall be the same as may from time to time be payable in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, and the conditions, restrictions, and privileges to be attached to such licences shall, subject to the provisions of this Proclamation, and as far as possible, be similar to those attached to liquor licences in the said Colony: provided that in the second Schedule to the Liquor Licensing Act of the said Colony No. 28 of 1883, the word "December" shall be substituted for the word "March" wherever the same occurs. 6. In lieu of the Licensing Court provided by the 33rd section of the Liquor Licensing Act No. 28 of 1883 aforesaid, the Assistant Commissioner or Magistrate of each district, as the case may be, shall, at such place as may be notified in the " Government Gazette," hold a Court, open to the public, on the first Wednesday in the months of June and December in each year, for the purpose of taking evidence for and against all applications for the granting, renewal, transfer, or removal of any licence for and in respect of which proper notice shall have been given; and the Assistant Commissioner or Magistrate, as the case may be, shall correctly record all evidence taken by him for or against any such application, and shall forward the record thereof forthwith, together with his report and recommendations thereon, and a copy of the record of all previous convictions in his Court of the applicant in respect of |