THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 405

PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.

Bills Assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th October, 1864.

THE following Bills, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Wellington, inti-
tuled

"Foresters Grant Act," Session 11, No. 7,
"Freemasons Grant Act," Session 11, No. 10,

which Bills were reserved for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid before
the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to
assent to the same.

WILLIAM Fox.

WELLINGTON.

Proclamations under "Diseased Cattle Act."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 29th October, 1864.

The following Proclamation issued by His Honor
the Superintendent of the Province of Welling-
ton, under the provisions of the "Diseased Cattle,
Act, 1861," is published for general information.

WILLIAM Fox.

Diseased Cattle Regulations.

PROCLAMATION.

By his Honor Isaac Earl Featherston,
Esquire Superintendent of the Province
of Wellington, in the Colony of New
Zealand.

WHEREAS by Section, No 9, of the "Diseased Cattle
Act, 1861," it is enacted that "If at any time it shall
be made to appear to the Governor that any infectious
or contagious disease has broken out in any district
out of the Colony it shall be lawful for the Governor,
by order in Council, to declare that such district is
infected within the meaning of this Act, and from
time to time to make such regulations as to him shall
seem fit, for prohibiting the importation of cattle
into the colony from such district, and the landing or
driving of such cattle, and for destroying cattle im-
ported, landed, or driven contary to such regula-
tions"; and by Section 10 of the same Act it is
also enacted that, "If at any time it shall be made
to appear to the Governor that any infectious or
contagious disease has broken out among cattle in
any district of the colony, it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by order in Council, to declare that such
district is infected within the meaning of this Act, and
from time to time to make such regulations for destroy-
ing diseased cattle therein, and for prohibiting the
removal or transportation of cattle from one part of
the colony to another, and for preventing the further
spread of such disease as to him shall seem fit:" and
it is by the same Act also enacted that the Governor
in Council may, by warrant under his hand, from
time to time delegate to the Superintendent of any
Province within the Colony, all or any of the powers
vested in the Governor or Governor in Council by
the said Act, subject to such regulations as he may
think fit, and may from time to time rescind such
delegation: And whereas the Governor hath, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of New Zealand, delegated to Isaac Earl Featherston,
Esq., so long as he shall hold the office of Superin-
tendent of the Province of Wellington, the several
powers vested in the Governor by the second, fourth,
fifth, wenth, ninth, and tenth Sections of the said
Act, subject to being rescinded as in the said Act is

PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY.

Assent withheld from Bill.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 10th November, 1864.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial Coun-
cil of the Province of Hawke's Bay, intituled
"The Diversion of Roads Act," Session VIII,
No. 10,

which Bill was reserved for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid before
the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to
withhold his assent to the same.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
(In the absence of Mr. Fox.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1864.

It is hereby notified that
FREDERICK J. EATON, Esq.
has been appointed and authorised to endorse the
Land Orders, issued at Cape Town, by Messrs. Berg,
to the Immigrants, sent by them to New Zealand, on
account of the General Government.

WILLIAM Fox.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 31st October, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the following resignations, viz. :-

provided, and subject to the regulations issued by
the Governor in Council on the 14th day of Septem-
ber, 1864, and to any other regulations to be, from
time to time, duly made:

Now therefore, I, the said Isaac Earl Featherston,
by virtue of the powers vested in me in this behalf,
do hereby proclaim and declare-first, that after the
date hereof the several colonies of Australia, that is
to say, the Colony of Victoria, the Colony of New
South Wales, the Colony of Queensland, the Colony
of South Australia, and the Colony of Western
Australia, as well as the Colony of Tasmania, and the
Colony of Cape of Good Hope, and the Islands of
Great Britain and Ireland, shall be deemed to be
infected districts within the meaning and for the
purposes of the above-mentioned Act, and that no
cattle, after the date hereof until further notice,
shall be imported into the Province of Wellington
from such districts; provided, however, that the
Superintendent of the Province may allow any
cattle to be landed from vessels from the Islands of
Great Britain and Ireland, subject to such conditions
and restrictions as he may deem expedient and the
circumstances of any case may require: And I do
also proclaim and declare, that after the date hereof,
the Provinces of Auckland, Otago, and Southland, in
the Colony of New Zealand, shall be deemed to be
infected districts within the meaning of the said Act,
and that no cattle shall be imported into the Province
of Wellington from either of the said Provinces.

Given under my hand, and issued under the
Public Seal of the Province of Welling-
(L.S.) ton, at Wellington, this Thirtieth day of
September, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.

By His Honor's command,
J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

By his Honor's command,
J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY.

Assent withheld from Bill.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 10th November, 1864.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial Coun-
cil of the Province of Hawke's Bay, intituled
"The Diversion of Roads Act," Session VIII,
No. 10,

which Bill was reserved for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid before
the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to
withhold his assent to the same.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
(In the absence of Mr. Fox.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1864.

It is hereby notified that
FREDERICK J. EATON, Esq.
has been appointed and authorised to endorse the
Land Orders, issued at Cape Town, by Messrs. Berg,
to the Immigrants, sent by them to New Zealand, on
account of the General Government.

WILLIAM Fox.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 31st October, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the following resignations, viz. :-