PROCLAMATION

By His Honor WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province of
Canterbury, altering the boundaries
of the Arowhenua Educational District.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance enacted
by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Canterbury, entitled
"The Education Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1865," it is, among other things,
provided that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, for the time being, from time to time to change or alter the boundaries of any and every Educational District, proclaimed under the authority of "The Education Ordinance, 1864;"

And whereas on the Twenty-ninth day of October, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, the Arowhenua Educational District was proclaimed under the authority of the said Ordinance; and whereas it is desirable to alter the boundaries of the said district:

Now therefore, I, WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent of the Province aforesaid, do hereby in pursuance of the powers so vested in me, proclaim that the boundaries of the Arowhenua Educational District shall be as follows:—

Commencing at a point in the River Orari, due south of the easternmost corner of section 3285; thence in a straight line to such corner; thence north-westerly along the eastern boundaries of sections 3285, 10,170, 10,874, to the north-eastern corner of the latter section; thence in a straight line to the nearest corner of section 8810; thence north-easterly along its eastern boundary to the north-eastern corner thereof; thence in a straight line to the junction of the road running between sections 6025 and 6018, with the road running between sections 6025 and 6724; thence westerly along this latter road to its junction with the South Road; thence in a straight line to the south-western corner of section 6595; thence south-easterly and south-westerly along the road lying between that section and section 7100, to the north-western corner of section 3698; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundaries of sections 3398, 2945, and 6384, to the River Orari; and thence easterly along that river to the starting point.

Given under my hand at Christchurch this Third day of February, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent of Canterbury.

By His Honor’s command,

EDWD. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865" (section 4), the Governor may, by any Order in Council, from time to time annul, make void, or alter, or vary, and make anew, any Orders in Council, Regulations, Appointments, or Prohibitory or other declarations made and published by the Governor under the authority of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or of this Act, or by the Superintendent of any Province, under or in pursuance of any power delegated to him under any of the powers of delegation contained in the said Act:

And whereas by section 5 of the said Amendment Act, "as to regulations, appointments, and prohibitory and other declarations made by Superintendents of Provinces in pursuance of any powers delegated under the powers of delegation contained in the said Act, or this Act, the power of annulling, making void, or altering, or varying and making anew any such regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations vested in the Governor by this Act, may from time to time be delegated by the 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:

And whereas, I, the said WILLIAM ROLLESTON, by Proclamation dated the sixth day of November, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, on the Eleventh day of November, 1868, did make certain regulations for the destruction of diseased cattle within the districts therein declared to be infected, and for preventing the further spread of disease:

And whereas it is expedient to annul the said Regulations, and to make others in lieu thereof:

Now therefore, I, the said WILLIAM ROLLESTON, do hereby annul the said Regulations, and I do hereby make the following Regulations for the destruction of diseased cattle within the said infected districts, and for preventing the further spread of the 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