✨ Cattle Disease Proclamations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
quarantine grounds, and fixing the fees and charges
thereof, and for the destroying of diseased cattle,
and for landing and driving of cattle under the said
Act, and generally for regulating and enforcing the
performance of duties thereby imposed on Inspectors,
and on Masters of ships or vessels.

And whereas the Governor in Council hath, by
warrant under his hand, delegated to me, Samuel
Bealey, so long as I shall hold the office of Superin-
tendent of the Province of Canterbury, 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the said Act, subject to being rescinded as in the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 regulations
issued by the Governor in Council:

Now therefore I, the said Samuel Bealey, by virtue
of the powers vested in me, do hereby appoint all that
portion of the Province of Canterbury to the west of
the dividing range to be a quarantine ground under
the said Act, from and after the fifth day of April,
1866.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this
twelfth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

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

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

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, Esq., so long as
he shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Pro-
vince 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subject to being rescinded as in the said Act pro-
vided, and subject to the regulations issued by the
Governor on the eighteenth day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and to any
other regulations to be from time to time duly
made:

Now therefore I, the said Samuel Bealey, by
virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby pro-
claim 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 Queens-
land, 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, shall be deemed to be infected
districts within the meaning of the said Act: And
I do further proclaim and declare the following
regulations for prohibiting the importation of cattle
into the Colony of New Zealand from such districts,
and for the landing or driving of such cattle,
destroying of diseased cattle, imported, landed, or
driven contrary to these regulations:

I. If any person shall import any cattle from
either or any of the said infected districts
into the Colony of New Zealand, unless upon
quarantine ground, and after having obtained
from an Inspector of Cattle a quarantine
certificate he shall be liable to a penalty of
fifty pounds for every head of cattle so im-
ported into the Colony of New Zealand.

II. If any person shall land or cause to be landed,
or assist in landing any cattle coming from
either of the said infected districts in or upon
any part of the Colony of New Zealand, unless
upon a quarantine ground, and after having
obtained a quarantine certificate, he shall be
liable to a penalty of fifty pounds for every
head of cattle so landed.

III. It shall be lawful for, and the duty of any
Inspector of Cattle, or Police Constable, to
destroy or cause to be destroyed any cattle
which shall be imported or landed contrary to
these regulations.

IV. If any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct
any Inspector of Cattle, or any Police Con-
stable 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 per-
sons 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.

V. These regulations shall take effect from and
after the fifth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this
twelfth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

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

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

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, Esq., so long as
he shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Pro-
vince 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 sub-
ject 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 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 several
Provinces of the Colony of New Zealand, that is to
say, the Provinces of Otago and of Southland in the
Middle Island, and the Provinces of Auckland and of
Taranaki in the North Island, shall be deemed to be
infected districts within the meaning of the said Act.



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🏘️ Appointment of Quarantine Ground west of Dividing Range, Canterbury. (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
12 March 1866
Quarantine ground, Diseased Cattle Act, Canterbury Province, Dividing Range
  • S. BEALEY, Superintendent
  • EDW. JOLLIE, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Proclamation declaring Australia, Tasmania, Cape of Good Hope, and Britain infected for cattle.

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
12 March 1866
Diseased Cattle Act, Infected districts, Importation prohibition, Regulations, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, Cape of Good Hope
  • SAMUEL BEALEY, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury
  • EDW. JOLLIE, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Proclamation declaring Otago, Southland, Auckland, and Taranaki as infected districts.

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Diseased Cattle Act, Infected districts, Otago, Southland, Auckland, Taranaki
  • SAMUEL BEALEY, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury