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person having the care or possession of such
cattle shall be liable to a fine of One Pound
for every head of cattle which shall have
so strayed out of such district.
8. That it shall be lawful for any In-
spector for the said infected districts, or any
Police Constable, having reasonable grounds
to suspect that any cattle are about to be
driven out from the said infected districts,
to seize the same and take charge thereof
until he shall be satisfied that no attempt
will be made to drive such cattle out from
the said infected districts. And it shall be
lawful for any Inspector of the said districts,
or any Police Constable, to seize any cattle
that have strayed or been driven out of any
of the said infected districts and to take
charge of the same, and to drive or cause to
be driven the said cattle back into the
district from which they had been driven;
and if such Inspector or Constable shall
deem it expedient so to do to keep the said
cattle under his control until the owner or
the person having the right to the possession
thereof shall be found or made known to
him.
9. That in case any person shall wilfully
impede or obstruct any Inspector or any
Police Constable acting under the authority
of these Regulations, every person so offend-
ing shall and may be seized and detained by
such person so acting as aforesaid, or any
person or persons he may call to his assist-
ance, until such offender or offenders can be
taken before two Justices of the Peace, and
shall be liable to a penalty of Fifty pounds.
10. That all owners or persons having the
custody, care, or possession of any cattle
within the said infected districts proclaimed
as aforesaid, shall within fourteen days from
this day give a notice to the officer in charge
of the Police Station nearest to the place
where such cattle are kept or are, containing
the number of such cattle, the particulars as
nearly as can be of the place or places where
such cattle are kept or are, and the brands
with which they are branded, and if such
owners or persons shall neglect or refuse to
obey this Regulation they shall be liable to
a penalty of Ten Pounds.
11. That the Inspector or Inspectors for
the said infected districts proclaimed as
aforesaid, shall make a Report in writing to
the Superintendent of the Province of all
things done by him or them under these
Regulations and under the said Act, as and
when he or they shall be required so to do.
12. That the Inspector or Inspectors may,
if he or they shall think fit, grant a certificate
to the owner of any cattle destroyed under
or by virtue of the said Act or these Regula-
tions, recommending a grant to such owners
*of compensation for such destruction; but
compensation shall in no case exceed £3 per
head for cattle under two years, or £6 per
head for cattle above that age.
13. That the Superintendent of Otago
shall from time to time, as occasion may
require, appoint proper persons, to be called
Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors, to carry
out and enforce these Regulations in the
Districts for which they are appointed.
14. That the Assistant Inspectors shall
have all the powers and authorities conferred
upon Inspectors of Districts, except the power
and authority conferred by the second of
these Regulations, to seize and destroy, or to
be caused to be seized and destroyed, infected
or diseased cattle, or cattle deemed to be in-
fected or diseased, and except also the power
or authority to grant any certificate recom-
mending compensation for the destruction of
such cattle, and it is hereby expressly
declared that with the said exceptions,
wherever in these Regulations the word
Inspector occurs, it is to be deemed and con-
strued to include in its meaning the words
Assistant Inspector, provided always that no
order of any Assistant Inspector or Assist-
ant Inspectors shall override or render void
any order or notice of any Inspector.
(L.S.)
Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Province of Otago, at Dunedin,
this twenty-sixth day of February,
One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four.
JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION

Declaring the Province of Southland to be an
Infected District, under the "Diseased Cattle
Act, 1861."

By the Honorable JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent of the Province
of Otago.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear to me
that a certain infectious or contagious
disease called Pleuro-Pneumonia has broken
out amongst cattle in the Province of South-
land:

Now therefore, I, John Hyde Harris,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by
virtue of the powers delegated to and vested
in me in this behalf, do hereby Proclaim and
Declare that from and after the date hereof
until further notice the Province of South-
land, in the Colony of New Zealand, shall be
deemed to be, and shall be an infected dis-
trict within the meaning of and for the pur-
poses of the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,"
and I do order that no cattle shall be impor-
ted, either by land or by sea, into the said
Province of Otago from the Province of
Southland, or shall be driven or brought for
any purpose, or by any means whatever, from
the said Province of Southland into any part
of the said Province of Otago.

(L.S.)
Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Province of Otago, at Dunedin,
this twenty-sixth day of Febru-