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who, by words, or any other means whatsoever, shall persuade any person in Her
Majesty’s Navy to desert, or improperly
absent himself from his duty; or shall forfeit
and pay the sum of twenty pounds for
every such act; and every person who
shall assist or procure any person in Her
Majesty’s Navy to desert, or improperly
absent himself from his duty; or shall
conceal, employ, or continue to employ
any person belonging to Her Majesty’s
Navy, who shall be a deserter, or improperly
absent from his duty, knowing
him to be such a deserter, or so improperly
absent, shall forfeit and pay the sum
of thirty pounds for every such assistance,
procurement, concealment, employment,
or continuing of employment as aforesaid.

Marine Desertion.

21 Vict., cap. 7, sec. 54

“Any person who shall, in any part
of Her Majesty’s dominions, by words or
by any other means whatsoever, directly
or indirectly, procure any Marine to desert;
or shall by words or by any other
means whatsoever, attempt to procure or
persuade any Marine to desert; and any
person who, knowing that any Marine is
about to desert, shall aid or assist him in
deserting; or, knowing any Marine to be
a deserter, shall conceal such deserter,
or aid or assist such deserter in concealing
himself, or aid or assist in his rescue,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall, on conviction thereof, be liable
to be punished by fine or imprisonment,
or both, as the Court before which such
conviction shall take place may adjudge.”

Military Desertion.

21 Vict., cap. 9, sec. 88.

“Any person who shall in any part of
Her Majesty’s dominions, or by any
means whatsoever, directly or indirectly,
procure any Soldier to desert, or attempt
to procure or persuade any Soldier to
desert, and any person who, knowing
that any Soldier is about to desert, shall
aid or assist him in deserting; or, knowing
any Soldier to be a deserter, shall
conceal such deserter, or aid or assist
such deserter in concealing himself, or
aid or assist in his rescue, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to
be punished by fine or imprisonment,
or both, as the Court before which such
conviction shall take place may adjudge.”

Office of Minister for Native Affairs,
Auckland, April 5th, 1862.

His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Samuel Curl, Esq., M.D.,
Native Medical Attendant for the District of Rangitikei.

This appointment to date from the
19th ultimo.

William Fox,
For Minister for Native Affairs.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1862.

The following Proclamation of His
Honor the Superintendent of Auckland is re-published from the Auckland
Provincial Government Gazette of the 7th
March, 1862.

J. Woodward,
Acting Provincial Secretary

PROCLAMATION.

By John Williamson, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, in the
Colony of New Zealand.

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 colony of New Zealand,
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
John Williamson, Esquire, so long as he
shall hold the office of Superintendent of
the Province of Auckland, 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 in Council, on
the first day of October, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, and to any
other regulations to be from time to time
duly made.

Now, therefore, I, the said John Williamson,
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 New South Wales, of Victoria,
of South Australia, of Western Australia,
and Queensland, 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, for the purposes of the above recited
Act, infected districts within the meaning
of the said Act, and no cattle shall be
allowed to be imported from the above
named districts.