— Whosoever shall onlaw- fully and malioiously out, break, throw down, destroy, injure, or remove any battery, machinery, wire, oable, post, or other matter or thing whatsoever, being part of or being need or employed in or about any Electric or Magnetic Tolegraph, or in tbe working thereof, or shall nnlawfally and maliciously prevent or obstruct in any manner whatsoever tho sending, conveyance, or delivery of any communication by any such Telegraph, 6hall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and, being oonviotod thereof, shall be liable, at tho dis- cretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term, not exceeding two years, with or with- out hard labour : Provided that if it shall ap- pear to any Jnstioe, on the examination of any person charged with any offence againßt this seotion, tbat it is not expedient to the ends of justico that tho same should be prose* outed by indictment, the Justice may proooec summarily to hear and determine the same, and the Offender shal} on conviction thereof, at the discretion of the Justice, either be com- mitted to some pnblio gaol there to be impri- soned only, or to be imprisoned aud kept to hard- labour for any term not exceeding three months, or else shall forfeit and pay such aum of money not exceeding ten pounds as t-~ the Jostioe shall seem meet. Clause XXXVIII. Whosoever shall unlaw. fully and malioiously, by any overt act,, at. tempt to commit any of the offences in the last preceding seotion mentioned, shall, on oojpviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace, at the disoretiou of tbe Justice, either be committed to any publio gaol there to be tnpriaoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for any torm not exceeding three months, or else shall forfeit and pay aucb sum of monuy not exceeding ten pounds as to the Jaßtioe shall seem meet. By order of the Tolegraph Commissioner O. LEMON, General Manager. New, Zealand Telegraph, • Wellington, Deoombor.29, 1809. stc BUGS, FLEAS, MOTHS,BEETLBS. nnd all othor insects are destroyed by KEATING'S INSECT POWDER, whioh is quite harmless to Domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles the succoss of this Powdor is extraordinary, and no one need be troubled by thoso peats. It is perfectly clean in application. Auk for nnd bo sure to obtain " KEATING'S POWDER," as imitations aro noxious, and fail in giving eatislnction. 