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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

January last, as aforesaid. And for the
destruction of Cattle, diseased or infected
with Pleuro-Pneumonia in the portions or
districts of the said Province, by the four
several hereinbefore recited Proclamations
proclaimed and declared to be infected
districts, and for prohibiting the removal
and transportation of Cattle out of the said
four several infected districts, and for pre-
venting the further spread of the said disease
called Pleuro-Pneumonia, I do make, publish,
and proclaim the Regulations following:--

REGULATIONS.

1. If any Inspector appointed under these
   Regulations or otherwise under the "Diseased
   Cattle Act, 1861," for the infected districts
   above described, shall at any time have
   reasonable grounds to suspect that any cattle
   within the infected districts above described
   are infected with Pleuro-Pneumonia, it shall
   be his duty, and he is hereby authorised
   forthwith, or as soon as he conveniently can,
   to proceed to and enter into and upon the
   place, whether enclosed or otherwise, where
   such cattle are or are supposed by him to be,
   and by inspecting such cattle or in any other
   manner shall satisfy himself whether such
   cattle or any of them are infected, or may
   reasonably be suspected to be infected with
   Pleuro-Pneumonia, or whether the same are
   free from Pleuro-Pneumonia.

2. That if such Inspector shall be satisfied
   that such cattle or any of them are actually
   infected with Pleuro-Pneumonia, he shall
   forthwith give to the owner or the person
   having the custody, charge, or possession of
   the said cattle notice of which of the said
   cattle he deems actually infected with such
   disease, and such owner or person aforesaid
   shall within twenty-four hours after such
   notice destroy the cattle so deemed infected,
   and shall forthwith bury four feet under
   ground or burn the carcases of the cattle so
   destroyed; and if the owner or person having
   the custody or possession of the cattle
   deemed by the Inspector to be infected can-
   not readily be found, or if such owner or
   person neglect to destroy the cattle deemed
   infected after the receipt of the notice
   aforesaid, any Inspector for the said infected
   districts may seize and destroy or cause to be
   seized and destroyed such cattle so deemed
   infected.

3. That if any owner of cattle, or any
   person having the custody or charge of cattle,
   shall, after having received such notice as
   aforesaid, neglect or refuse to destroy the
   same or any of them within twenty-four
   hours after such notice, such owner or person
   aforesaid shall be liable to a fine or penalty
   of Fifty Pounds for every head of cattle
   which he shall have neglected or refused to
   destroy.

4. That if any owner of cattle which any
   such Inspector as aforesaid has notified to be
   infected, or if any person having the custody,
   care, or possession of any such cattle shall,
   after the same or any of them have been
   destroyed, neglect or refuse to bury four feet
   under ground or to burn the carcasses
   thereof within twenty-four hours after the
   destruction thereof, such owner or person
   aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty of Ten
   Pounds for every carcass which he shall
   neglect or refuse to bury or burn.

5. That if any Inspector for any of the
   said infected districts shall suspect that any
   cattle within the infected district for which
   he is appointed are infected with Pleuro-
   Pneumonia, but shall not be satisfied that
   such cattle are actually infected, he may, if
   he shall think fit, give to the owner or to the
   person having the custody, charge, or pos-
   session of such cattle, notice in writing of
   what cattle he suspects to be infected with
   Pleuro-Pneumonia, and shall in and by such
   notice order and require such owner or such
   person having the custody, charge, or pos-
   session of such cattle to drive or cause to be
   driven the cattle mentioned in the said notice
   to such place within the said infected district
   as such Inspector shall think fit, and such
   Inspector may in and by such notice direct
   and fix by what roads and route the said
   cattle shall be so driven, and if any person
   being the owner of any cattle, or having in
   his custody, care, or possession any cattle
   within any of the said infected districts, shall
   after the expiration of forty-eight hours after
   such last-mentioned notice has been served
   upon him or left at his usual place of business
   or residence, neglect or refuse to obey such
   order, or shall neglect or refuse to drive or
   cause to be driven the cattle mentioned in
   the said notice to the place and by the roads
   and route directed and fixed on by the said
   notice, such person shall be liable to a
   penalty of Ten Pounds for every head of
   cattle included in such last-mentioned
   notice, and after the expiration of the said
   period of forty-eight hours it shall be lawful
   for any such Inspector, if such owner or
   person as aforesaid shall neglect or refuse to
   obey such order, to seize and take into his
   possession the cattle included in such notice,
   and drive, or cause to be driven, the said
   cattle to the place and by the roads and
   route mentioned and fixed in the said notice.

6. That the Inspectors of diseased cattle
   under these Regulations and under the said
   Act shall forthwith cause to be publicly
   posted or exhibited at and about all the
   main thoroughfares leading into the said
   infected districts for which they are
   appointed, notices that the said infected
   districts have been proclaimed and declared
   infected.

7. That if any person shall drive or
   remove, or cause to be driven or removed,
   or assist in driving or removing, any cattle
   out from the said infected districts, such
   person shall be liable to a fine of Fifty
   Pounds for every head of such cattle so
   driven out from the said infected districts.
   And if any cattle shall stray out of any of
   the said infected districts into a district not
   proclaimed to be infected, the owner or