GEORGE ALEXANDER, of Kaiapoi, Canterbury, journeyman baker, and formerly of Kaiapoi, aforesaid, master baker.

HARRY DANIEL MANNING, of Oxford-terrace, Christchurch, Canterbury, out of business, previously of Oxford-terrace aforesaid, mail contractor and general carrier, and during a portion of the time in co-partnership with William Baines, trading as mail contractors and general carriers, under the name or style of "Baines and Manning," before then of Barbadoes-street south, Town Belt East, Christchurch, aforesaid, hawker and general dealer, formerly in co-partnership with Thomas Preece, trading as hawkers and general dealers, in High-street, Christchurch, under the name or style of "Manning and Preece."

FRANCIS SLATER,
Solicitor.

CANTERBURY ORDINANCES LEFT TO THEIR OPERATION.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Auckland,
25th September, 1863.

THE following Bills, passed by the Provincial Council of Canterbury, entitled—

"The Kaiapoi Bridge Ordinance,"

"The Waimakariri Bridge Ordinance, 1863,"

"The Superintendent’s Salary Ordinance, 1863,"

"The Provincial Auditor’s and Deputy Auditor’s Salaries Ordinance,"

"The Board of Education Ordinance, 1863,"

having been laid before the Governor, his Excellency has been pleased to leave the same to their operation.

ALFRED DOMETT.
G. G. Gazette, No. 61, Sept. 30, 1863.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

*Regulations respecting delegation of powers to Superintendents under "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861."

G. Grey, Governor.—At the Government House, at Auckland, the 15th day of September, 1863. Present—His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Warrants under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, bearing date this fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, the Governor has, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to the Superintendents respectively of the Provinces of Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, certain powers conferred on him by the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," subject to certain regulations to be made by the Governor in Council under the said recited Act.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, by virtue of the authority given to him by the 14th Section of the above recited Act, doth hereby make and ordain the following Regulations:—

1. The delegation of powers under the said Warrants shall continue to be in force for the period of one year from this date, subject to be rescinded according to the provisions of the above recited Act.

2. Each Superintendent shall, immediately after exercising any of the delegated powers, notify the same to the Governor, and he shall transmit to the Governor particulars of all appointments, and copies of all Regulations made by him.

3. He shall, so soon as conveniently can be, notify all regulations made by him to the Colonial Secretary or Chief Secretary of each of the Australian Colonies, and cause the same to be published in England in the Times newspaper.

4. In the exercise of powers delegated under the 9th Section of the said Act, the Superintendent of any Province, may, either in the first instance, or afterwards, from time to time, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province, except out of any district proclaimed as infected under the said Act, any Port or place within the limits of such district; and every such excepted Port and Place shall be deemed not to be within the proclaimed district, and the Superintendent may also, from time to time, by Proclamation, as aforesaid, rescind any Proclamation of an infected district wholly, or as to any part thereof, and also the Proclamation of any such exception as aforesaid.

5. In the exercise of powers delegated under the 10th Section of the Act, the Superintendent of any Province may prohibit the importation, either by land or by sea, of cattle into such Province from any other Province, or from any particular port or place therein.