Jumb. 62.
447.

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1867.

G. GREY, Governor.

I N pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Sir
George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that Sittings of
the District Court of the Otago Gold Fields, addi-
tional to those already appointed, shall be held as
follows:-

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Law-
rence:---On the second Tuesday in February
and the second Tuesday in April next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Naseby:
-On the second Wednesday in March and
the second Wednesday in May next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Clyde:-
On the Monday next after the second Wednes-
day in March, and the Monday next after the
second Monday in May next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Queens-
town:--On the Monday second after the second
Wednesday in March, and the Monday second
after the second Wednesday in May next.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twentieth day of Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1867.

THE following proclamation by His Honor the
Superintendent of Canterbury, under "The
Diseased Cattle Act, 1861" is published for general
information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury,
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 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 William Sefton Moorhouse,
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said Act, subject to be rescinded as in the said Act
provided, 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.

And whereas it has been made to appear to me
that the disease called pleuro-pneumonia has broken
out amongst cattle in that portion of the Province of
Canterbury to the West of the dividing range: Now
therefore, I, the said William Sefton Moorhouse, do
hereby declare all that portion of the Province to be
an infected district, within the meaning of the said
Act; and I do hereby make the following Regula-
tions for the destruction of diseased cattle within the
said infected district, and for preventing the further
spread of the aforesaid disease.

1. If any Inspector appointed under these regu-
   lations or otherwise under "The Diseased Cattle
   Act, 1861," for the infected district above referred to
   shall at any time have reasonable grounds to suspect
   that any cattle within the infected district above
   referred to are infected with pleuro-pneumonia, it
   shall be his duty, and he is hereby authorized forth-
   with or as soon as he conveniently can, to proceed to
   and enter into and upon the place, whether enclosed
   or otherwise, where such cattle are or are supposed
   by him to be, and by inspecting such cattle or in any
   other manner shall satisfy himself whether such
   cattle or any of them are infected or may be reason-
   ably suspected to be infected with pleuro-pneu-
   monia, or whether the same are free from
   pleuro-pneumonia.

2. If such Inspector shall be satisfied that such
   cattle or any of them are actually infected with
   pleuro-pneumonia, he shall forthwith give to the
   owner or the person having the custody, charge, or
   possession of the said cattle, notice of which of the
   said cattle he deems actually infected with such
   disease, and such owner or person aforesaid shall,
   within twenty-four hours after such notice, destroy
   the cattle so deemed infected, and shall forthwith
   bury four feet under ground, or burn the carcasses of
   the cattle so destroyed; and if the owner or person
   having the custody or possession of the cattle
   deemed by the Inspector to be infected cannot readily
   be found, or if such owner or person neglect to
   destroy the cattle deemed infected after the receipt
   of the notice aforesaid, any Inspector for the said
   infected district may seize and destroy, or cause to be
   seized and destroyed such cattle so deemed infected.

3. If any owner of cattle or any person having the
   custody or charge of cattle shall, after having
   received such notice as aforesaid, neglect or refuse to
   destroy the same or any of them within twenty-four
   hours after such notice, such owner or person afore-
   said shall be liable to a fine or penalty of fifty pounds
   for every head of cattle which he shall have neglected
   or refused to destroy.