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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
whatever, from any part of the Colony of
Victoria, excepting Cattle from the District of
Port Albert and shipped from the Port of Port
Albert: And I do further notify and proclaim
that all Cattle introduced into this Colony
contrary to this Proclamation will be seized
and forfeited to the Crown: And I do further
notify and proclaim that, at the said Ports of
Hobart Town and Port Arthur, for the purposes
of this Proclamation, the following restrictions
and regulations are to be observed; namely—
All Cattle arriving in the said Ports of Hobart
Town and Port Arthur from any part of the
Colony of Victoria, excepting the Port of Port
Albert, are to be landed at the nearest place to
the sheds appropriated for the inspection of
such Cattle so soon as such sheds shall be
erected, and in the mean time at such place or
places as may from time to time be in that
behalf appointed; and immediately upon the
landing of such Cattle they are to be removed
to such sheds, or to such other place or places
as may from time to time be in that behalf
appointed, and are to be forthwith inspected by
the person in that behalf appointed; and such
Cattle as shall, upon such inspection by such
person so to be appointed as aforesaid, be found
and declared by him to be infected with the
said disease of Pleuro Pneumonia shall be im-
mediately destroyed and their carcases disposed
of in such manner as the Governor shall direct;
and all such Cattle as shall, upon such in-
spection, be found and declared by such person
so to be appointed as aforesaid not to be infected
with the said disease, shall be immediately
removed to the Slaughter Yards at the said
Ports of Hobart Town and Port Arthur, as the
case may be, there to remain until they shall
be slaughtered.

Given under my hand and seal, at
Hobart Town in Tasmania afore-
said, this second day of December,
One Thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one.

H. E. F. YOUNG.

By His Excellency's Command and with
the advice of the Executive Council.

WILLIAM HENTY,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 13th February, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct the publication of the
following papers respecting Coal obtained in
the Province of Nelson, for general information.

HENRY SEWELL,
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.

Superintendent's Office, Nelson,
28th January, 1862.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit here-
with, for the information of His Excellency's
Government, copies of the opinions and re-
marks of the several persons named be-
low,* relative to the quality and worth of some

• John Blacket, Provincial Engineer; Captain and
  Engineer of "Lord Worsley," Charles Balme, Thomas
  Field, G. Hooper & Co.
  samples of coal, being portions of thirty-tons,
  which I caused to be obtained from the
  Northern bank of the River Grey, in this
  province.

I also forward copies of the Gazette of this
province, of the numbers and dates quoted be-
low,† containing the reports of two analyses
which have been made of coal from the same
place, one by Mr. Tatton, Chemist, of this
city, as far back as the 20th April, 1860, and
the other by Mr. John Percy, of the Govern-
ment School of Mines, London, made in May
last.

My present object in bringing this subject
under the notice of the Government is, that it
may be made acquainted of the fact that New
Zealand is possessed of a Coal Field of, I be-
lieve, great extent, and of a quality in every
way suitable for steam, manufacturing, and
domestic purposes, as evidenced by the practical
trials made by the persons referred to.

I have caused a sample of the coal (portion
of the thirty tons alluded to) to be forwarded
to you.

I may remark that any coal obtained from
the same locality in future is likely to be su-
perior to that already obtained, inasmuch as it
will not have been subjected to deterioration
from exposure to the atmosphere and the action
of water.

I have engaged the services of a thoroughly
competent Coal Viewer and Surveyor, to pro-
ceed to the West Coast for the purpose of
examining and reporting on the probable ex-
tent of the Coal Field, and furnishing such
other information relative thereto as may lead
to its being worked without delay.

I have, &c.,
J. P. ROBINSON,
Superintendent.

[ENCLOSURE TO LETTER NO. 62.6.]

Nelson, December 13th, 1861.

SIR,—In accordance with instructions re-
ceived from you, I proceeded to Collingwood
on Wednesday evening, on board the "Tas-
manian Maid" steamer, for the purpose of
observing and reporting upon the qualities and
capabilities of the coal from the Grey River.

No other kind of coal was used on board,
either in going or returning, so that we had a
fair opportunity of testing it.

We left Nelson about 9 p.m., passed Sepa-
ration Point at half-past one, and arrived in
Collingwood at 4 next morning, having steamed
slowly during the latter part of the run pur-
posely, as we could not get into Collingwood
sooner, on account of the tide. The night was
almost calm, sea smooth, and no sails were
used.

We started on our return from Collingwood
about 4 $\frac{1}{2}$ p.m. on Thursday, arrived off Motu-
pipi at 6, stopped there an hour and a half to
land goods and passengers, and arrived in
Nelson about 1 next morning sea smooth,
and with a light head wind. The engineer of

$\dagger$ No. 8, 30th May, 1860; No. 7, 7th August, 1861.