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Governor in Council, by warrant under his hand, to the Superintendent of any Province,

And whereas the said Governor hath, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to William Rolleston, Esquire, so long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, all the powers which by the said fifth section of the said Amendment Act the Governor in Council is authorised so to delegate.

Now therefore I, William Rolleston, do hereby declare those portions of the Province of Canterbury hereinafter described to be Infected Districts within the meaning of the said Act: that is to say—All that portion of the Province bounded as follows: “ Commencing at Harrison’s Bridge over the River Cam, thence easterly to the North Road; thence northerly, following the eastern side of the said road to its junction with the Rangiora Road; thence north-westerly, following the north-eastern side of that road to the road forming the eastern boundary of section 1028; thence south-westerly, following the western boundary line of the latter road to the River Cam; and from thence following the eastern bank of that river to the commencing point.” Also, all that portion of the Province bounded as follows:—

“Commencing at a point on the Rangiora Road, the same being the easternmost corner of Section No. 1028; thence north-westerly, following the said road along the north-eastern boundary line of Sections Nos. 1028, 1655, 355, 355a, 431, and 432, to a branch of the River Cam, opposite the mill; thence following down the said branch to the road forming the north-western boundary of the Kaiapoi Native Reserve; and from thence returning along the north-western side of the latter road, a distance of about forty-eight chains to the commencing point.” Also all that portion of the Province bounded on the north-east by the Hurunui, from the mound crossing to the junction of the Waipara on the south-east, and south by the Waipara from its junction with the Hurunui to the point opposite and due south of the eastern end of the base line; and on the west by a line drawn through the eastern end of the base line to the mound crossing.

And I do hereby make the following regulations for the destruction of the Diseased Cattle within the said Infected Districts, and for preventing the further spread of the aforesaid disease:

I.—If any Inspector appointed under the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” or the “Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,” shall at any time have reasonable grounds to suspect that any Cattle within any of the Infected Districts above referred to are infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, it shall be his duty, and he is hereby authorised forthwith, or as soon as he conveniently can, to proceed to, and enter into and upon the place, whether enclosed or otherwise, where such Cattle are, or are supposed by him to be, and by inspecting such Cattle, or in any other manner shall satisfy himself whether such Cattle, or any of them, are infected, or may be reasonably suspected to be infected, with Pleuro-pneumonia, or whether the same are free from Pleuro-pneumonia.

II.—If any such Inspector shall be satisfied that such Cattle, or any of them, are actually infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, he shall forthwith give to the owner, or to the person having the custody, charge, or possession of the said Cattle, notice of which of the said Cattle he deems actually infected with such disease; and such owner, or person aforesaid, shall, within twenty-four hours after such notice, destroy the Cattle so deemed infected, and shall forthwith bury, four feet under ground, or burn the carcasses of the Cattle so destroyed; and if the owner or person having 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 to destroy the Cattle deemed to be infected after the receipt of the notice aforesaid, any Inspector for the said Infected Districts may seize and destroy, or cause to be seized and destroyed such Cattle, so deemed infected.

III.—If any owner of Cattle, or 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 penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds for every head of Cattle which he shall have neglected or refused to destroy.

IV.—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