THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 361

Given under my hand and issued under the
public seal of the Province of Taranaki,
at New Plymouth, the twenty-third day
of August, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five.

CHAS. BROWN,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION
Appointing a Quarantine Ground under "The Diseased
Cattle Act, 1861."

By His Honor HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND,
Esquire, Superintendent of the Province
of Taranaki.

In exercise of the authority delegated to Superin-
tendents of Provinces, under the provisions of an
Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand,
intituled "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," I, Henry
Robert Richmond, Esquire, Superintendent of the
Province of Taranaki, do hereby proclaim that the
undermentioned place in the Province of Taranaki
shall be a quarantine ground for the purposes of
the said Act from and after the fifteenth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five:-

The piece of land being part of allotment marked
R on the plan of the town of New Plymouth,
bounded on the north by the sea coast, on the
east by another part of the said allotment, on
the south by Buller street, and on the west
by town allotment No. 1954.

Given under my hand and issued under the
public seal of the Province of Taranaki,
at New Plymouth aforesaid, this eight-
eenth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.

H. R. RICHMOND,
Superintendent.

Regulations for the Province of Taranaki, issued under
"The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," for landing and
driving Cattle imported from districts where infec-
tious disease is known to prevail, and for the
management of the Quarantine Ground, and fixing
the Fees and Charges thereof, &c.

By his Honor HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND,
Esquire, Superintendent of the Province
of Taranaki.

In exercise of the powers delegated by His Excellency
to Superintendents of Provinces under the provisions
of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," I, Henry
Robert Richmond, Esquire, Superintendent of the
Province of Taranaki, do hereby proclaim and declare
the following Regulations to be in force for landing
and driving cattle imported from districts where
infectious disease is known to prevail, and for the
management of the quarantine ground, and for
fixing the fees and charges thereof, and the condi-
tions upon which cattle may, in certain cases, be
removed therefrom within the full period of fourteen
days from their first entering.

1. No cattle imported from a district which has
   been declared infected shall be landed unless a certi-
   ficate or other sufficient proof shall have been
   produced to the Inspector that they were clean
   when shipped.

2. Upon the production of such certificate or other
   proof the Inspector shall examine the cattle on
   board, and proceed as directed by clause IV.
   Sections (c) and (d) of the Act.

3. The fee for the use of the quarantine ground
   shall be two shillings per head.

4. Cattle shall remain in the quarantine ground
   for a period of not less than forty-eight hours, nor
   more than fourteen days, and shall whilst there be
   fed at the expense of their owners.

5. Any person removing, or causing to be removed,
   any cattle from the quarantine ground, without per-
   mission from the Inspector, shall be subject to a
   penalty not exceeding fifty pounds for every head of
   cattle so removed.

6. On the recommendation of the Inspector, and
   on a certificate from him (to be called a Removal
   Certificate) that any cattle in the quarantine ground
   are free from all visible symptoms of infectious
   disease, and that a suitable inclosure, to be therein
   described, has been provided to receive them, the
   Superintendent may at any time after the expiration
   of forty-eight hours from their first entering, allow
   such cattle to be removed to such enclosure, there
   to remain for the period of one calendar month from
   the date of such removal; and if any such cattle
   shall be found during the said period of one month
   elsewhere than in the said enclosure, unless per-
   mission in writing shall have been given by the
   Inspector to remove them to some other place, the
   owner thereof shall be subject to a penalty not
   exceeding five pounds per head for every head of
   cattle so found.

7. These regulations shall take effect from and
   after the fifteenth day of December, 1865.

Given under my hand, at New Plymouth, this
eighteenth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.

H. R. RICHMOND,
Superintendent.

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 imported, landed, or driven contrary to such
regulations," and by section ten 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
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 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 dele-
gation. And whereas, the Governor hath with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, delegated to Isaac Earl Featherston Esquire,
so long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of
the Province of Wellington, the several powers vested