THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 447

munerative rates. Still further, if the colonists will
prepare it equal to that dressed by the Natives, there
is scarcely any limit to the trade they can establish.
I have, &c.,
JOHN KNOWLES,
Secretary.

The Hon. the Home Commissioners
for New Zealand.

REPUBLISHED in pursuance of Diseased Cattle
Acts.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it
is 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 the Governor in Council by the said
Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit:
And whereas by the fourth section of "The Diseased
Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that
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
"The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
or by the Superintendent of any Province under or
in pursuance of any powers delegated under the
powers of delegation contained in "The Diseased
Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act
Amendment Act, 1865:" And whereas by the fifth
section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment
Act, 1865," it is enacted that the power of annulling,
making void, or allowing or varying and making
anew, any such regulations, appointments, or pro-
hibitory or other declarations vested in the Governor
by "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
may from time to time he delegated by the Governor
in Council, by Warrant under his hand, to the Super-
intendent of any Province:
And whereas the said Governor hath, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of New Zealand, delegated to William Rolleston,
Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of
Canterbury, within the said Province, so long as he
shall remain Superintendent of the Province, the
several powers vested in the Governor or the Governor
in Council by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth,
and tenth sections of "The Diseased Cattle Act,
1861," aforesaid, and all the powers which by the
fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amend-
tificate, he shall be liable to a penalty of not
less than five pounds and not exceeding fifty
pounds for every head of cattle so imported
into the Province of Canterbury.
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 Province of Canterbury, unless
upon a Quarantine Ground, and after having
obtained a Quarantine Certificate, he shall be
liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds
and not exceeding 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 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 not less than
five pounds and not exceeding fifty pounds.
V. These Regulations shall take effect from and
after the day following the date of publication
in the New Zealand Gazette.

Given under my hand this ninth day of Sep-
tember, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.

W. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it is
enacted that the Governor in Council may, by War-
rant 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 the Governor in Council by the said
Act, subject to such regulations as he may think
fit: And whereas by the fourth section of "The
Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is
enacted that 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 "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment
Act, 1865," or by the Superintendent of any Pro-
vince under or in pursuance of any powers delegated
under the powers of delegation contained in "The
Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle
Act Amendment Act, 1865:" And whereas by the
fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amend-
ment Act, 1865," it is enacted that the power of
annulling, making void, or allowing or varying and
making anew, any such regulations, appointments, or
prohibitory or other declarations, vested in the
Governor by "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment
Act, 1865," 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, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, delegated to William Rolleston,
Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of Can-
terbury, within the said Province, so long as he shall
remain Superintendent of the Province, the several
powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in
Council by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth,
and tenth sections of "The Diseased Cattle Act,
1861," aforesaid, and all the powers which by the
fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amend-