Num. 29. 357

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1875.

Regulations under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871.”

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Dunedin, this tenth day of May, 1875.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council, at any time after the coming into operation of that Act, to make general regulations with respect to all cattle whatsoever, and whether imported cattle or not, for prescribing the fees to be taken by Inspectors for the inspection of cattle (whether arriving by sea or in any district), and also for the allowances to be made to such Inspectors as and for travelling expenses :

And whereas the said Act was, by a Proclamation made by the Governor thereunder and published in the New Zealand Gazette, proclaimed to come into force in the said colony on the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two :

And whereas by the said Act it is further enacted, that in and by any such regulations as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Governor to prescribe penalties for the breach thereof as in the said Act mentioned :

And whereas by the third section of “The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1873,” it is enacted that the term “cattle” in the firstly in part recited Act mentioned, shall for the purposes thereof, and for that Act, extend to and include as well the animals in the said Act mentioned, as also horses, sheep, goats, swine, and such other animals as the Governor in Council shall from time to time declare subject to the said Act and the Act now in recital ; and such term shall apply to all animals in the said Act or in the Act now in recital mentioned, whether the same shall be living or dead, and shall include the hides, skins, hair, horns, hoofs, offal, or other parts of such animals :

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby make the following general regulations ; and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, and in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities aforesaid, doth order and declare that the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the first day of July next, and that thereafter such regulations shall take effect and come into operation.

Regulations.

1. The following fees shall be taken and levied by the Inspector of each district defined under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871,” for the inspection of cattle of the several kinds hereinafter mentioned (whether arriving by sea or in any district), viz.,—

£ s. d.

For the inspection of every bull, cow, ox, heifer, calf, and horse (per head) ... 0 2 6

For the inspection of every sheep, goat, and swine (per head) ... ... 0 0 6

2. Every such fee shall be paid and payable to the Inspector by the owner of the cattle inspected under the provisions of the said Act and these regulations, or by the person having actual charge of such cattle, upon demand made for that purpose by or on behalf of the Inspector ; and no certificate or other document which the Inspector may be authorized to give, make, or execute, in respect of such inspection, shall be so made or given until the fee or fees payable under these regulations shall have been paid as aforesaid.

3. If any person liable to pay any such fee as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to pay the same in accordance with these regulations, he shall be liable to pay a penalty of £10, to be recovered in manner by the said Act provided : Provided that any Resident Magistrate or any two or more Justices of the Peace before whom any such penalty is sought to be recovered, may order such part only of such penalty to be paid as he or they shall think fit.

4. The allowances to be made to such Inspectors