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before-mentioned period of eighteen months, or shall be
paid in case any such gunpowder is removed or sold during
any of the said periods of six months at the time of such
removal or sale, and no gunpowder shall be removed until
all rent and other charges due in respect thereof are paid.

(3) Where six months’ rent in respect of any gun-
powder is in arrear and unpaid, such gunpowder may be
sold by the person in charge of the magazine in such manner
and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit. Out of the
purchase moncy arising from such sale, such person shall,
in the first place, pay the charges and expenses of and
incident to the sale, and, in the next place, all rents due
in respect of the gunpower up to the time of sale, and the
surplus, if any, he shall pay to the owner of the gunpowder
on demand, if such demand is made at any time during the
day of sale, but if demand is not made as aforesaid he
shall pay such surplus to the Accountant-General, who
shall hold the same in trust for the owner, his executors,
administrators, or assigns:

Provided that at the expiration of two years from the
time of sale such surplus, if not applied for by some person
or persons lawfully entitled thereto, shall be forfeited to the
Crown for the use of the Colony, and the rights of all other
persons therein or thereto shall be extinguished.

Importation, etc.

7. (1) No person other than a wholesale dealer shall
import gunpowder into the Colony.

(2) Any person contravening the provisions of this
section shall be liable to a fine of two hundred and forty
dollars.

8. (1) The Governor may make regulations as to the
having or keeping and as to the unloading and conveyance
within the waters of the Colony of gunpowder, and as to
the landing of gunpowder and the subsequent conveyance
thereof to a magazine, and as to the conveyance of gun-
powder for exportation from a magazine to any wharf
or shipping place and the subsequent conveyance and
loading thereof within the waters of the Colony, and as to
the transhipping of gunpowder within such waters; and,

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Only dealer
may import

Regulations
as to im-
portation,
exportation,
and tran-
shipment.