by virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby proclaim and declare that, after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, all that district of the Province of Marlborough lying between the Clarence River, the Conway River, the seaward Kaikoura Range, and the Sea; the Province of Otago; and the County of Westland, in the Middle Island of New Zealand, shall be deemed Infected Districts within the meaning of the said Acts; and I do further proclaim and declare the following Regulations for the destruction of Diseased Cattle, and for the preventing and regulating the removal or transportation of cattle from the said several Infected Districts into the Province of Canterbury:—

I.—If any person shall import, drive, or remove, or cause to be imported, driven, or removed, or assist in driving or removing any cattle from either of the said Infected Districts into the Province of Canterbury, except into a Quarantine ground, and after having obtained a Quarantine certificate from an Inspector of Cattle, such person shall be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds for every head of cattle so imported, driven, or removed.

II.—It shall be lawful for any Inspector of Cattle or Police Constable to destroy, or cause to be destroyed any diseased cattle which shall pass into this Province from either of the said districts, contrary to these Regulations.

III.—If 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 be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds.

IV.—These Regulations shall take effect from and after the day following the date of publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it is enacted that the Governor in Council may, by Warrant under his hand, from time to time delegate to the Superintendent of any Province within the Colony, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the said Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit:

And whereas by the fourth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that 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 "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," or by the Superintendent of any Province under or in pursuance of any powers delegated under the powers of delegation contained in "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865."

And whereas by the fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that the power of annulling, making void, or allowing, or varying and making anew, any such regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations vested in the Governor by "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," 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, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to William Rolleston, Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, within the said Province, so long as he shall remain Superintendent of the Province, the several powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," aforesaid, and all the powers which by the fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," the Governor in Council is authorized so to delegate:

Now therefore I, the said William Rolleston, by virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby proclaim and declare that, after the date of publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, 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, shall be deemed to be Infected Districts within the meaning of the said Acts:

And I do further proclaim and declare the following Regulations for prohibiting the importation of cattle into the Province of Canterbury from such districts, and for the landing or driving of such cattle, and for the destroying of 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 Province of Canterbury, unless upon 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 Province of Canterbury.