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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Prohibiting Importation of Cattle infected with Foot-and-Mouth Disease.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of February, 1873.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the thirty-second clause of "The
Customs Regulation Act, 1858," it is enacted
that if any goods enumerated or described in the
Table of Prohibitions in the said Act set forth shall
be imported or brought into New Zealand, then and
in every such case such goods shall be forfeited, and
shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the
Commissioner under the said Act may direct: And
whereas in the said Table of Prohibitions are men-
tioned and included, amongst other things, all such
infected cattle, sheep, or other animals, and hides,
skins, hoofs, or any other part of cattle, or other
animals, as the Governor in Council shall at any time
prohibit, in order to prevent any infectious or con-
tagious disease:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the said power and
authority, and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby
prohibit the importation into New Zealand of any
cattle, horses, sheep, or pigs, infected with the disease
known as the foot-and-mouth disease, and all hides,
skins, horns, hoofs, and other parts of cattle, horses,
sheep, or pigs, infected with such disease as afore-
said.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of New Zealand, make the additional regulations con-
tained in the Schedule hereto: And in further pur-
suance and exercise of the said powers, and with the
like advice and consent as aforesaid, His said Excel-
lency doth hereby order and declare that such regu-
lations shall take effect from and after the eighteenth
day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three, and that these regulations shall be
read with and form part of the regulations now in
force.

• SCHEDULE.

"COLLECT" TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS may be taken from the sender with the
word "Collect" written thereon, and in such case the
payment for the telegram will be collected from the
receiver of the telegram; but in the event of the
receiver refusing to pay, the sender of the telegram
shall be held responsible for the due payment thereof,
and it shall be lawful for the officer in charge of the
Telegraph Office at which the telegram was received
from the sender for despatch in his own name, to sue
the sender and recover from him the fees due on such
telegram.

"REPLY-PAID TELEGRAM."

Telegrams may be taken from the sender of a tele-
gram with the words "Reply-paid" written thereon,
and in such case the payment for the telegram in
reply will be collected from the sender of the first
telegram; and it shall be lawful for the officer in
charge of the Telegraph Office at which the first tele-
gram was received from the sender for despatch, to
sue, in his own name, such sender for, and recover
from him, the fees due on the reply to such first tele-
gram, unless such fees be immediately after the
delivery of the reply telegram paid at the office or to
person delivering such reply telegram.

OVERTIME.

If at any time during the sitting of Parliament or
in the recess, the attendance of any portion of the
staff should be required earlier in the morning or
later at night than the usual office hours, the extra
time will be paid for as overtime, according to the
following scale:—

Officers in Charge at the rate of 2s. Od per hour
Operators
Messengers
"
"
"
1s. 6d.
6d.
"

But this regulation shall only extend to the receipt
and despatch of Press telegrams. AS TO SIGNATURES OF SENDERS OF TELEGRAMS
PRESENTED FOR TRANSMISSION AT ANY STATION
TO BE FORWARDED BEYOND SEA.

The sender of any such telegram may be allowed to
sign his surname only, but this regulation shall only
apply to telegrams for transmission as above, and
shall in no way affect the regulations now in force as
regards the signatures to telegrams presented for
transmission within the Colony.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Additional Regulations under "The Electric
Telegraph Act, 1865."

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of February, 1873.
PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Electric
Telegraph Act, 1865," the Governor of New Zealand
is empowered to establish lines of Electric Telegraph
and to purchase any lines of Electric Telegraph then
existing: And whereas by the said Act it is, amongst
other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by Order in Council, to make regulations
for the transmission and delivery of all despatches,
messages, and communications by means of any such
line, and in like manner to fix and determine the
fees, rates, or dues to be demanded and received for
the transmission of any such despatch, message, or
communication, and for the delivery thereof, respec-
tively, and the modes and times of payment, and to
regulate the conduct, management, working and
maintenance of any such Telegraph Line, and any
such fees, rates, dues, or regulations from time to time
to increase or lower, repeal, alter, or vary respectively,
and direct and make such others as may be deemed
expedient, and such fees, rates, and dues may be
legally recovered; and such regulations shall have
the force of law when published in the Government
Gazette of the Colony:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fer-
guson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
vested in him by the hereinbefore recited Act, doth,

Appointment of Member of Central Board of Health,
Otago.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Professor McGREGGOR,
of the Otago University, to be a Member of the
Central Board of Health of Otago, in the room of
Dr. Burns, resigned.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.