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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 re-
gulations as to him shall seem fit, for pro-
hibiting the importation of Cattle into the
Colony from such district, and the landing or
driving of such cattle, and for destroying
cattle imported, landed, or driven contrary
to such regulations." 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 amongst cattle in any
district of the Colony, it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by Order in Council, to de-
clare that such district is infected within the
meaning of this Act, and from time to time
to make such regulations for destroying
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 Superin-
tendent of any Province within the Colony
all or any of the powers vested in the Gover-
nor 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 me,
Donald McLean, Esquire, so long as I shall
hold the office of Superintendent of the Pro-
vince of Hawke's Bay, the several powers
vested in the Governor by the second, fourth,
fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of the
said Act, subject to being rescinded as in the
said Act is provided, and subject to the regula-
tions issued by the Governor in Council on
the first day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, and to any other
regulations to be from time to time duly
made.

Now, therefore, I, the said Donald Mc
Lean, Esquire, by virtue of the powers vested
in me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare 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,
as well as from all the ports situate in the
Colony of New Zealand, and the Colony of
the 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 Hawke's Bay from such
districts: Provided, however, that the Super-
intendent 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.

Given under my hand and issued
under the public seal of the
Province of Hawke's Bay, at
Napier, this first day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four.

DONALD MCLEAN,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the "Diseased Cattle Act,
1861," it was provided that the Governor in
Council might by Warrant under his hand
from time to time delegate to the Superin-
tendent of any Province within the said
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
might think fit, and might from time to time
rescind such delegation: AND WHEREAS the
said Governor hath, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, delegated to Samuel Bealey, Esquire,
so long as he shall hold the Office of Super-
intendent of the Province of Canterbury, the
several powers vested in the said Governor
by the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh,
Ninth, and Tenth Sections of the said Act,
subject to being rescinded as in the said Act,
provided and subject to the regulations
issued by the Governor in Council on the
Fifteenth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two, and to any
other regulations to be from time to time
duly made: Now, therefore, I, Samuel
Bealey, by virtue of such powers in me
vested, do hereby proclaim and declare,
That after the date hereof the Provinces
of Auckland, Taranaki, and Hawke's Bay, 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 from the said Provinces.

Given under my hand at Christchurch,
this Thirtieth day of January, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-
four.

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

By His Honor's Command,
WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION

Declaring a certain portion of the Province of
Otago to be an Infected District under the
"Diseased Cattle Act, 1861."

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

WHEREAS by Section the 10th of an Act of
the General Assembly of New Zealand,