THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 661
Governor, by Proclamation to be published in the for the Districts set opposite their names respec-
New Zealand Gazette, may from time to time estab- tively, under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871."
lish and define such and so many districts as he shall
think fit to be districts under the said Act, and to
each such district there shall, in the Proclamation
defining it, be attached such name as the Governor
shall think fit, and by which name it shall thereafter
be called, and that every such district may from time
to time in like manner be altered or constituted
anew in such manner as the Governor may think fit:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand aforesaid, in pursuance
and exercise of the above recited power and authority,
do hereby define all that tract of country, comprising
the Province of Otago, as and to be a District under
and for the purposes of "The Diseased Cattle Act,
1871;" and in further pursuance and exercise of the
powers conferred upon me by the said Act, I do
hereby attach to the said district the name of "The
Otago District;" and lastly, I do hereby declare that
this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the
twenty-second day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this thirteenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.

W. GISBORNE.

W. GISBORNE.

DISEASED CATTLE ACT, 1871."

LOCAL BOARDS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified for general information, that, in con-
sequence of no application having been made in
response to the notification inserted in the New
Zealand Gazette on the 29th November, 1870 (Volume
for 1870, page 614), the last Naval Cadetship in-
tended for New Zealand lapsed.

The next nomination for this Colony will be in
1874, and must be notified to the Secretary of State
for the Colonies during the first quarter of that
year. (See Despatch from the Colonial Office of
August 26, 1870, in the Gazette quoted above.)

Timely notice is again given that all applications
for the nomination of 1874 should be addressed to
the Colonial Secretary, at Wellington, on or before
the 1st October, 1873. His Excellency the Governor
will select the best-qualified candidate among the
applicants according to the result of a competitive
examination. The subjects of examination, the con-
ditions of age, and all other necessary information,
will be found in the New Zealand Gazette for 1870,
pages 118, 375, 409, and 614. The certificates of
birth, education, sound health, &c., required by the
Admiralty Regulations must accompany each ap-
plication.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Chairmen and Members of the Local Cattle Boards

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Cattle Inspectors under "The Diseased Cattle Act,
1871," for the districts set opposite their names
respectively :--

WILLIAM HATELY—Taranaki.
GAVIN PEACOCK—Hawke's Bay.
ROBERT DOUGLAS WALLACE—Wellington.
THOMAS NEWTON—Nelson (Northern).
ROBERT JOHNSON—Kaikoura, Wairau, Picton.
WILLIAM LOGIE—Otago.
THOMAS KNOLLES CHRISTIAN—Westland.

W. GISBORNE.