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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON).
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XIV. NELSON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1866. No. 2.
PROCLAMATION.
By his Honor ALFRED SAUNDERS, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, appointing Quarantine Ground, under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861."
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled, "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it is (inter alia) enacted that the Governor might, by Order in Council, from time to time appoint places for quarantine grounds under the said Act, and make regulations for the management of such quarantine grounds, and fixing the fees and charges thereof; and for the destroying of diseased cattle, and for landing and driving of cattle under the said Act, and generally for regulating and enforcing the performance of duties thereby imposed on Inspectors, and on masters of ships or vessels:
And whereas the Governor in Council hath, by warrant under his hand, delegated to me the said ALFRED SAUNDERS, so long as I shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, the several powers vested in the Governor by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of the said Act, subject to being rescinded as in the said Act is provided, and subject to the regulations issued by the Governor in Council:
Now therefore, I, the said ALFRED SAUNDERS, by virtue of the powers vested in me, do hereby appoint—
The Island situated at the south end of Blind Bay, known as the "Rabbit Island," bounded on the north by the coast line, on the east, south, and west by the eastern and western mouths of the River Waimea; containing about 2,600 acres, to be a quarantine ground under the said Act.
Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province, at Nelson, this Twenty-fourth day of January, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
ALFRED SAUNDERS,
Superintendent.
Attested,
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Nelson, by R. LUCAS and SON, Bridge-street, Nelson, Printers for the time being to the said Government.
Nelson Provincial Gazette 1866, No 2
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🌾 Proclamation appointing Rabbit Island as a quarantine ground under the Diseased Cattle Act, 1861
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources24 January 1866
Quarantine, Diseased Cattle Act, Rabbit Island, Nelson, Cattle, Agriculture
- Alfred Saunders (Esquire), Superintendent of the Province of Nelson
- Alfred Saunders, Superintendent
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary