vice of Canterbury to the west of the dividing range to be a quarantine ground under the said Act, from and after the Fifth day of April, 1866.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this Twelfth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
Edw. Jollie,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION

By His Honor Samuel Bealey, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, declaring certain Districts to be infected under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

WHEREAS by “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” it was provided that the Governor in Council might, by warrant under his hand, from time to time delegate to the Superintendent of any Province within the said Colony all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or Governor in Council by the said Act, subject to such regulations as he might think fit, and might from time to time rescind such delegation:

And whereas the said Governor hath, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to Samuel Bealey, Esq., so long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, the several powers vested in the said Governor by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of the said Act; subject to being rescinded as in the said Act provided, and subject to the regulations issued by the Governor, on the Eighteenth day of September, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and to any other regulations to be from time to time duly made:

Now therefore I, the said Samuel Bealey, by virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby proclaim and declare that after the date hereof the several Colonies of Australia (that is to say), the Colony of Victoria, of New South Wales, of Queensland, of South Australia, and Western Australia, as well as the Colony of Tasmania, and the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, and the Islands of Great Britain and Ireland, shall be deemed to be infected districts within the meaning of the said Act: And I do further proclaim and declare the following regulations for prohibiting the importation of cattle into the Colony of New Zealand from such districts, and for the landing or driving of such cattle, destroying of diseased cattle, imported, landed, or driven contrary to these regulations.

I. If any person shall import any cattle from either or any of the said infected districts into the Colony of New Zealand, unless upon a quarantine ground, and after having obtained from an Inspector of Cattle a quarantine certificate he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds for every head of cattle so imported into the Colony of New Zealand.

II. If any person shall land or cause to be landed, or assist in landing any cattle coming from either of the said infected districts in or upon any part of the Colony of New Zealand, unless upon a quarantine ground, and after having obtained a quarantine certificate he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds for every head of cattle so landed.

III. It shall be lawful for, and the duty of any Inspector of Cattle, or Police Constable, to destroy or cause to be destroyed any cattle which shall be imported or landed contrary to these regulations.

IV. If any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct any Inspector of Cattle, or any Police Constable acting under the authority of these regulations, every person so offending shall and may be seized and detained by such person so acting as aforesaid, or any person or persons he may call to his assistance, until such offender or offenders can be taken before two Justices of the Peace, and shall be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds.

V. These Regulations shall take effect from and after the Fifth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Given under my hand at Christchurch, this Twelfth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
Edw. Jollie,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION

By His Honor Samuel Bealey, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, declaring certain Districts to be infected under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

WHEREAS by “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” it was provided that the Governor in Council might, by warrant under his hand, from time to time delegate to the Superintendent of any Province within the said Colony all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or Governor in Council by the said Act, subject to such regulations as he might think fit, and might from time to time rescind such delegation:

And whereas the said Governor hath, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to Samuel Bealey, Esq., so long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, the several powers vested in the said Governor by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of the said Act, subject to being rescinded as in the said Act provided, and subject to the regulations issued by the Governor on the Eighteenth day of September, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and to any other regulations to be from time to time duly made.