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appoint any one of such places to be the principal
polling place for the district, and all or any of such
polling places at any time to abolish, and to appoint
other polling places in lieu thereof. And whereas
by another Act of the General Assembly, intituled
"The Provincial Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted
that, subject to certain provisions therein contained,
every election of the Superintendent or of a Member
of the Provincial Council of a Province shall be
conducted in the manner prescribed by "The Regu-
lation of Elections Act, 1858," aforesaid, and all the
provisions of the said last-mentioned Act shall apply
to the elections of Superintendents and Members of
Provincial Councils:

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Grey, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Acts,
do hereby appoint the following place to be a polling
place for the District of the Northern Division for
the election of Superintendent and Members of the
Provincial Council of the Province of Auckland,
namely :-

FOR THE NORTHERN DIVISION--Post Office, Wai-
wera.

Given under my hand, at Government House,
at Wellington, this ninth day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
J. C. RICHMOND.

CANTERBURY.

Proclamation under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1865.

THE following Proclamation issued by His Honor
the Superintendent of Canterbury under "The
Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," is re-published for general
information.
J. C. RICHMOND.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor SAMUEL BEALEY, Esq., Super-
intendent of the Province of Canterbury,
declaring certain Districts to be infected
under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861."

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 Superintendent 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 Superintendent 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 eighteenth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five, and to any other regn-
lations 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 several Colonies of
Australia, that is to say, the Colony of Victoria,
of New South Wales, of Queensland, of South Aus-
tralia, 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 Provinces 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 Dis-
tricts into the Province of Canterbury. And I do
further proclaim and declare the following regula-
tions for the destruction of diseased cattle, and for
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 Canter-
   bury, such person shall be liable to a penalty
   of fifty pounds for every head of cattle so
   driven into the Province of Canterbury.

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-third day of September, 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 (Taranaki.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1865.

THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council of Taranaki—
"Publicans' Licensing Extension Ordinance, 1865,"
"Branding of Cattle Ordinance, 1865,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to leave the same to their operation.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Acts assented to (Wellington.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1865.

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

"Reclaimed Lands Act, 1865,"

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.

Resignation by H. Jackson, Esq., of his office of
Coroner accepted.

Attorney-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by