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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said Act, subject to being rescinded as in the said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 fourteenth day
of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
four, and to any other regulations to be from time
to time duly made:

Now therefore, I, Samuel Bealcy, by virtue of
such powers in me vested, do hereby proclaim and
declare, that after the date hereof the several Colonies
of Australia, that is to say, the Colony of Victoria,
of New South Wales, of Queensland, of South
Australia and Western Australia, as well as the
Colony of Tasmania, and the Colony of the Cape of
Good Hope, and the Islands of Great Britain and
Ireland; the several Provinces of the Colony of
New Zealand, that is to say, the Province of Otago,
of Southland, in the Middle Island, and the Province
of Auckland in the North Island, shall be deemed to
be infected districts within the meaning of the said
Act, and that no cattle shall be imported from the
said districts into the Province of Canterbury. And
I do further proclaim and declare the following
regulations for the destruction of diseased cattle,
and for the preventing the removal or transportation
of cattle from the said several infected districts into
the Province of Canterbury :

1. If any person shall drive or remove, or cause to
   be driven or removed, or assist in driving or
   removing, any cattle from either of the said
   infected districts into the Province of Can-
   terbury, such person shall be liable to a
   penalty of fifty pounds for every head of
   cattle so driven into the Province of Can-
   terbury.

2. It shall be lawful for any Inspector of Cattle
   or Police Constable to destroy, or cause to be
   destroyed, any cattle which shall pass into
   this Province from either of the said districts.

3. If any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct
   any Inspector or any Police Constable acting
   under the authority of these regulations,
   every person so offending shall and may be
   seized and detained by such person so acting
   as aforesaid, or any person or persons he may
   call to his assistance, until such offender or
   offenders can be taken before two Justices of
   the Peace, and shall be liable to a penalty of
   Fifty pounds.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this
twenty-second day of August, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-five.

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

By his Honor's command,
EDW. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

Acts left to their operation (Nelson.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1865.

THE following Acts passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Nelson, intituled-
"Appropriation Act," Session 13, No. 6;
"Thistle Repeal Act," Session 13, No. 5;
"Scab Act," Session 13, No. 4;
"Annuity Act," Session 13, No. 2;
"Public Carriages Inspection Act," Session 13,
No. 1;
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to leave the same to their operation.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Act assented to (Nelson.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1865.

THE following Bill passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Nelson, intituled-
"The Electoral Districts Act," Session 13, No. 3;
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
assent to the same.

J. C. RICHMOND.

C. P. Cox, Esq., appointed Returning Officer for
Districts of Ashburton and Rakaia.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

CHARLES PERCY COX, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer under "The Provincial
Elections Act, 1858," for the Electoral Districts of
Ashburton and Rakaia.

J. C. RICHMOND.

H. A. H. Munro, Esq., appointed to receive claims
under 7th section of "The New Zealand Settlements
Act, 1863."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1865.

IT is hereby notified that

HENRY ALFRED HOME MUNRO, Esq.,
of Auckland, has been appointed to receive claims
under the 7th section of "The New Zealand Settle-
ments Act, 1863," and to transmit such claims to the
Judge of a Court competent to hear them.

J. C. RICHMOND,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1865.

IT is hereby notified that

JOHN CURNIN, Esq.,
having resigned his office as Clerk of the Legislative
Council of New Zealand, His Excellency the Gover-
nor has, on the recommendation of the Hon. the
Speaker, provisionally appointed

THOMAS JOHN LUCAS, Esq.,
to that office.

J. C. RICHMOND.

CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND, 1864.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1865.

THE following Table, showing approximately the
Increase and Decrease of the Population of
European Descent in New Zealand, from the 1st
January to the 30th June, 1865, is published for
general information.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Gross Increase in the Half-year ending 30th June, 1865.
By Immigration (over Seas) -
M. F.
In 1st Quarter 3,516 2,533 = 6,049
In 2nd Quarter 2,124 1,332 = 3,456
By Births-
In 1st Quarter 834 799 = 1,633
In 2nd Quarter 863 834 = 1,697 M. F.
TOTAL GROSS
INCREASE - 7,337 5,498 = 12,835