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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

REPUBLISHED in pursuance of "Diseased
Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865."

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Diseased Cattle Act
Amendment Act, 1865," section four, the Governor
may, by any Order in Council, from time to time,
annul, make void, or alter, or vary, and make anew
any Orders in Council, regulations, appointments, or
prohibitory or other declarations made and published
by the Governor under the authority of "The
Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or of this Act, or by the
Superintendent of any Province, under or in pur-
suance of any power delegated to him under any of
the powers of delegation contained in the said Act.
And whereas by section five of the said Amendment
Act, "as to regulations, appointments, and prohibi-
tory and other declarations made by Superintendents
of Provinces, in pursuance of any powers delegated
under the powers of delegation contained in the said
Act or this Act, the power of annulling, making void,
or altering, or varying and making anew any such
regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or other
declarations vested in the Governor by this Act, may
from time to time be delegated by the Governor in
Council by warrant under his hand to the Superin-
tendent of any Province."

And whereas the said Governor hath, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, delegated to John Parkin Taylor, Esq., so
long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of
the Province of Southland, all the powers which by
the said fifth section of the said Amendment Act, the
Governor in Council is authorized to delegate:

Now therefore I, the said John Parkin Taylor, by
virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby pro-
claim and declare, that after the date of the publica-
tion hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, 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, shall be deemed to be infected dis-
tricts within the meaning of the said Acts; and I do
further proclaim and declare the following regula-
tions for prohibiting the importation of cattle into
the Province of Southland from such districts, and
for the landing or driving of such cattle, and for the
destroying of cattle imported, landed, or driven con-
trary to these regulations:-

1. If any person shall import any cattle from
   either or any of the said infected districts into the
   Province of Southland, 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
   imported into the Province of Southland.

2. 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
   Province of Southland, unless upon a quarantine
   ground, and after having obtained a quarantine cer-
   tificate, he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds
   for every head of cattle so landed.

3. It shall be lawful for and the duty of any
   inspector of cattle or police constable to destroy or
   cause to be destroyed any diseased cattle which shall
   be imported or landed contrary to these regulations.

4. If any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct
   any inspector of cattle or any police constable acting
   under the authority of these regulations, every
   person so offending may be taken before two Justices
   of the Peace, and shall be liable to a penalty of fifty
   pounds.

5. These regulations shall take effect from and
   after the date of publication in the New Zealand
   Gazette.

Given under my hand, at Invercargill, this sixth
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.

JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Diseased Cattle Act
Amendment Act, 1865," section four, the Governor
may, by any Order in Council, from time to time,
annul, make void, or alter, or vary, or make anew
any Orders in Council, regulations, appointments,
or prohibitory or other declarations, made and
published by the Governor, under the authority of
"The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or of this Act, or
by the Superintendent of any Province, under or in
pursuance of any power delegated to him under any
of the powers of delegation contained in the said
Act. And whereas by section five of the said Amend-
ment Act, "as to regulations, appointments, and pro-
hibitory and other declarations made by Superin-
tendents of Provinces, in pursuance of any power
delegated under the powers of delegation contained
in the said Act, or this Act, the power of annulling,
making void, or altering, or varying and making anew
any such regulations, appointments, or prohibitory
or other declarations, vested in the Governor by this
Act, may, from time to time, be delegated by the
Governor in Council, by warrant under his hand, to
Superintendent of any Province."

And whereas the said Governor hath, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, delegated to John Parkin Taylor, Esq., so
long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of
the Province of Southland, all the powers which by
the said fifth section of the said Amendment Act the
Governor in Council is authorized so to delegate:

Now therefore I, John Parkin Taylor, by virtue of
such powers in me vested, do hereby proclaim and
declare that, after the date of the publication hereof
in the New Zealand Gazette, all that portion of the
Middle Island of New Zealand lying to the East of
Mataura River, from the mouth to the source
thereof; also all that portion lying North of a line
running due West from Eyre Peak to the Mararoa
River, and a line drawn from thence to the mouth of
a creek running into the Te Anau Lake, called
Henry Creek; also all that portion lying West of
the Te Anau and Manawapouri Lakes, and the left
bank of the Waiau River, excepting runs No. 172,
303, 413, in the Province of Otago; also all the
Provinces in the North Island of New Zealand, the
Chatham Islands, Ruapuki, and other islands in
Foveaux Straits, shall be deemed to be infected dis-
tricts within the meaning of the said Acts; and I do
further proclaim and declare the following regula-
tions for the destruction of diseased cattle, and for
the preventing and regulating the removal or trans-
portation of cattle from the said several infected
districts into the Province of Southland.

1. If any person shall import, drive, or remove, or
   cause to be imported, driven, or removed, or assist in
   driving or removing any cattle from either of the said
   infected districts into the Province of Southland,
   except upon quarantine ground, and the authority
   of a quarantine certificate, such person shall be liable
   to a penalty of fifty pounds for every head of cattle
   so imported, driven, or removed.

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