Applications &C. for Packet License.

23. The application for a "Packet License" shall as to vessels plying into or from the Harbor of Otago be made to the Resident Magistrate or to any Court of Petty Sessions in the City of Dunedin and in other cases the application shall be made to any Resident Magistrate or to two or more Justices holding a Court at the town or place of arrival or departure of such packet or vessel: Provided that such application may be made at any time after giving seven days' notice of application and need not be made at any Quarterly Licensing Meeting and shall be made in the form contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed marked L and if such application be granted the Resident Magistrate or Justices shall then give to the applicant a certificate in the form specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed marked M authorising the Provincial Treasurer to issue to him such "Packet License" and the Clerk of the Court shall forthwith after any such certificate has been granted notify the same to the Provincial Treasurer.