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the custody or possession of the cattle deemed by the Inspector to be infected cannot readily be found, or if such owner or person neglect or refuse to destroy the cattle deemed infected after the receipt of the notice aforesaid, any Inspector for the said infected district may seize and destroy or cause to be seized and destroyed such cattle so deemed infected.

3. If any owner of cattle, or any person having the custody or charge of cattle, shall, after having received such notice as aforesaid, neglect or refuse to destroy the same or any of them within twenty-four hours after such notice, such owner or person aforesaid shall be liable to a fine or penalty of Fifty Pounds for every head of cattle which he shall have neglected or refused to destroy.

4. If any owner of cattle which any such Inspector as aforesaid has notified to be infected, or if any person having the custody, care, or possession of any such cattle shall, after the same or any of them have been destroyed, neglect or refuse to bury four feet under ground or burn the carcasses thereof within twenty-four hours after the destruction thereof, such owner or person aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds for every carcass which he shall neglect or refuse to bury or burn.

5. If any Inspector for the said infected district shall suspect that any cattle within the said infected district are infected with pleuro-pneumonia, but shall not be satisfied that such cattle are actually infected, he may, if he think fit, give to the owner or the person having the custody, charge, or possession of such cattle, notice in writing of what cattle he suspects to be infected with pleuro-pneumonia, and shall, in and by such notice, order and require such owner or person having the custody, charge, or possession of such cattle to drive or cause to be driven the cattle mentioned in the said notice to such place within the said infected district, as such Inspector shall think fit, and such Inspector may, in and by such notice, direct and fix by what roads and route the said cattle shall be so driven; and if any person, being the owner of any cattle, or having in his custody, care, or possession, any cattle within the said infected district, shall, after the expiration of forty-eight hours after such last-mentioned notice has been served upon him or left at his usual place of business or residence, neglect or refuse to obey such order, or shall neglect or refuse to drive or cause to be driven, the cattle mentioned in the said notice to the place and by the roads and route mentioned and fixed in the said notice, such person shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds for every head of cattle included in such last-mentioned notice, and after the expiration of the said period of forty-eight hours, it shall be lawful for any such Inspector, if such owner or person as aforesaid shall neglect or refuse to obey such order, to seize and take into his possession the cattle included in such notice, and drive or cause to be driven the said cattle to the place and by the roads and route mentioned and fixed in the said notice.

6. In case any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct any Inspector 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 or persons 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.

7. All owners or persons having the custody, care, or possession of any cattle within the said infected district shall, within fourteen days from the 1st day of December next, give a notice in writing to the Officer in charge of the Police Station nearest to the place where such cattle are kept, or are, containing the number of such cattle, the particulars as nearly as can be of the place or places where such cattle are kept, or are, and the brands with which they are branded, and if such owners or persons shall neglect or refuse to obey this Regulation, they shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds.

8. These Regulations to take effect on and after Friday, the 22nd day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province at Christchurch, this Thirteenth day of November, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

(r.s.)
W. S. MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
F. E. Sewell, Provincial Secretary.

WILLIAM SEFTON MOONHOUSE, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers delegated to me under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” and “The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,” do hereby appoint the undermentioned persons to be Inspectors of Diseased Cattle under the aforesaid Acts, for the Province of Canterbury;
viz.—

THOMAS HILL, M.R.C.V.S.

These appointments to take effect from and after Tuesday the 12th instant.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this Fifth day of November, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

W. S. MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent.

CHRISTCHURCH:
Printed, under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the ‘Press’ Office, Cashel-street, by JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.