THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 523

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EPUBLISHED in pursuance of "The 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 4), 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 pursu-
ance of any power delegated to him under any of the
powers of delegation contained in the said Act: And
whereas by section 5 of the said Amendment Act, as
to regulations, appointments, and prohibitory 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 Superintendent of any Province:

And whereas the said Governor hath, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, delegated to William Rolleston, Esq., so
long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of
the Province of Canterbury, 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, William Rolleston, do hereby
annul the Proclamation issued by me on the tenth
day of June, 1868, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette on the twelfth day of June, 1868, and I do
hereby make the following Proclamation in lieu
thereof:-

Whereas it has been made to appear to me that
certain portions of the district heretofore proclaimed
as infected are entirely free from the disease called
Pleuro-pneumonia, and that certain other portions
of the said district are yet infected, or suspected to
be infected, with the said disease :

Now therefore I, the said William Rolleston, do
hereby declare those portions of the Province of
Canterbury hereinafter described to be Infected
Districts within the meaning of the said Act, that is
to say: All that portion of the Province, bounded
as follows, commencing at Harrison's Bridge, over
the River Cam; thence easterly to the North Road;
thence northerly, following the eastern side of the
said road to its junction with the Rangiora Road;
thence north-westerly, following the north-eastern
side of that road to the road forming the eastern
boundary of section 1028; thence south-westerly,
following the western boundary line of the latter
road to the River Cam, and from thence following
the eastern bank of that river to the commencing
point.

Also, all that portion of the Province, bounded as
follows, commencing at a point on the Rangiora
Road, the same being the easternmost corner of
section No. 1028; thence north-westerly, following
the said road along the north-eastern boundary line
of sections Nos. 1028, 1655, 355, 355A, 431, and
432, to a branch of the River Cam opposite the
Mill; thence following down the said branch to the
road forming the north-western boundary of the
Kaiapoi Native Reserve; and from thence returning
along the north-western side of the latter road a
distance of about forty-eight chains, to the com-
mencing point.

Also, all that portion of the Province, bounded on
the North-east by the Hurunui from the mound
crossing to the junction of the Waitohi; on the South-
east and South by the Waitohi from its junction
with the Hurunui to the point opposite, and due
south of the eastern end of the base line; and on the
West by a line drawn through the eastern end of the
base line to the mound crossing.

And I do hereby make the following Regulations
for the destruction of the Diseased Cattle within the
said Infected Districts, and for preventing the further
spread of the aforesaid disease :-

1. If any Inspector appointed under "The
   Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased
   Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," shall at any
   time have reasonable grounds to suspect that any
   cattle within any of the infected districts 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 reasonably suspected to be infected with
   Pleuro-pneumonia, 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 to 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 to be infected
   after the receipt of the notice aforesaid, any Inspec-
   tor for the said infected districts may seize and
   destroy, or cause to be seized and destroyed, such
   cattle so deemed infected.

3. If any owner of cattle, or 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
   aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
   fifty pounds for every head of cattle which he shall
   have neglected or refused to destroy.

4. If any owner of cattle which any such Inspec-
   tor as aforesaid has notified to be infected, or if any
   person having the custody, care, or possession of
   any such cattle, shall, after the same or any of them
   have been destroyed, neglect or refuse to bury four
   feet under ground or burn the carcasses thereof
   within twenty-four hours after the destruction
   thereof, such owner or person aforesaid shall be
   liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for
   every carcass which he shall neglect or refuse to
   bury or burn.

5. If any Inspector appointed as aforesaid shall
   suspect that any cattle within any of the said
   infected districts are infected with Pleuro-pneumonia,
   but shall not be satisfied that such cattle are actually
   infected, he may, if he thinks fit, give to the owner,
   or the person having custody, charge, or possession of
   such cattle, notice in writing of what cattle he suspects
   to be infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, and shall, in
   and by such notice, order and require such owner or
   person having the custody, charge, or possession of