Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland,
December 30, 1850.

HIS Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor directs it to be notified that from and after the 1st January, 1851, there shall be levied, collected and received for the slaughtering of Cattle at the Public Slaughter House, near Hobson’s Bridge, the fees hereinafter mentioned; that is to say,

For every head of great Cattle ... 2s. 6d.
For every head of small Cattle ... 0s. 6d.

By His Excellency’s command,
J. Coates,
for the Colonial Secretary.

BYE LAWS
FOR THE HUNDRED OF OTAHUHU.

In pursuance of the powers conferred by an Act of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, 13 Victoria, Session 10, No. 1, entitled "An Act to regulate the occupation of Waste Lands of the Crown in the province of New Ulster," we, the undersigned Wardens, for the time being, of the Hundred of Otahuhu, do make the following Bye-Laws :—

1. That all cattle depastured on the aforesaid waste lands of the Crown, shall be branded on some conspicuous part of the body with the initials of the owner, christian and surname, in letters of not less than four inches in length, in the ordinary position and form, and of corresponding proportions, under a penalty of 7s. 6d. per head for each and every omission.

2. That each person who shall depasture cattle on such waste lands shall be assessed for each and every head of great cattle the sum of four-pence per month, and for each and every head of small cattle the sum of one penny per month; and that cattle running for any portion of time within any month shall be chargeable and paid for as if running the entire month.

3. That the assessment hereby made shall be paid to the ranger of the said hundred, within each and every month.

4. That all persons depasturing cattle as aforesaid, shall, in the first week of each and every month, give notice in writing, duly signed by him, or her, to the ranger for the time being of the said hundred, of the number of cattle then running, and bearing his or her brand, and being bona-fide his or her property, as also, of the number of cattle, if any, hired of or from any other person, and of whom, and particulars of brand any such cattle hired may have, under a penalty of forty shillings for the first omission, and five pounds (£5) for every future omission.

5. That in case any person duly licensed, or otherwise lawfully authorized to depasture cattle as aforesaid, shall have in his possession any cattle hired of or from any person, such other person being licensed or authorized to depasture cattle within the said hundred, such hired cattle shall be branded with the initials of the christian and surname of the real owner, and shall be deemed and accounted as cattle depastured by him, under the apportionment made to him by the wardens; but in case the person of or from whom such cattle be hired shall not be lawfully entitled to depasture cattle within the said hundred, such hired cattle shall be deemed and accounted the cattle of the person hiring the same.

6. That no person shall run any cattle upon the said waste lands, but such as shall be his or her property, or bona-fide hired by him or her.

7. That each and every person depasturing cattle as aforesaid shall, at any time when required by the ranger so to do, give in writing, or otherwise, as the ranger may require, full and correct information of the number of cattle running on his account, and whether hired or otherwise, as also the part of the hundred on which, and where turned out, and where last seen, and any other information relating thereto which the ranger shall ask for or require; and any person refusing to give such information, or giving false or evasive information, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds for each and every such offence.

8. That any person worrying cattle, by driving them with dogs or otherwise off the said waste lands, or other unenclosed lands not in the lawful occupation of the person so driving off such cattle, shall forfeit and pay the sum of £2 for the first offence, £3 for the second offence, and £5 for the third and every further offence.

9. That any person allowing cattle, not bona-fide his or her property, or bona-fide hired as aforesaid, to run in his or her name, or on account of the apportionment made by the wardens to him or her, or making any collusive agreement of any kind, with a view to impose upon the wardens or the ranger, or to defeat the fair and just provisions of the Ordinance above referred to, shall for the first offence forfeit and pay the sum of forty shillings, for the second offence four pounds, for the third and every further offence the sum of five pounds.

10. That no entire male cattle, great or small, except bulls, be allowed to run upon any part of the said waste lands, without the consent in writing of two wardens, under a penalty of twenty shillings for each and every offence; and any entire male cattle found upon the said waste lands, without consent as aforesaid, shall be deemed and treated as cattle trespassing.

11. That any person setting fire to, or causing any part of the said waste lands to be set on fire, without the consent in writing of the wardens, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty shillings for the first offence, three pounds for the second offence, and five pounds for the third offence.

12. That any person destroying or impairing in any way, any wall, embankment, or fence of any kind, of any enclosed land, whereby the cattle depasturing therein may escape and stray upon the aforesaid waste lands or roads...