1766
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SCHEDULE B.
DECLARATION TO BE MADE AS TO SHEEP EXAMINED
BY INSPECTOR.

I, , of , do hereby solemnly declare that [I
have made to the best of my belief a complete muster of all the
sheep in my charge, and that*] my sheep marked being
, in number, now being at , have not within
three months undergone any dipping or dressing within the
meaning of "The Sheep Act, 1878," nor within three months
been mixed with any infected sheep, nor depastured on any run,
nor placed in any yard, enclosure, carriage, or truck in which
there were any infected sheep; and I make this solemn declara-
tion conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared before me, at , this day of
18

A.B.

C.D.,
Inspector of Sheep [or J.P.].

• May be omitted when not required by the Inspector.

RATE UPON SHEEP.

Section 21. Every owner of sheep shall, between the
first and thirtieth day of June in every year, deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Chief Inspector a
written return, in the form provided in Schedule A,
of the number of sheep and lambs of each sex exceed-
ing three months old owned by him on the thirty-
first day of May preceding, specifying in such return
the ear-marks and brands upon such sheep. Every
person refusing or neglecting to deliver or cause to
be delivered such return as aforesaid shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

The Chief Inspector shall, in the month of July in
every year, transmit to the Colonial Treasurer a state-
ment, compiled from the returns furnished in pur-
suance of this section, of the whole number of sheep
and lambs within his district.

SCHEDULE A.
NUMBER OF SHEEP DEPASTURING ON
RUN, OR FARM, ON 31ST MAY, 18
STATION,

I hereby certify the above to be a true and correct return.
Date.
A.B.

POSSESSION OF INFECTED SHEEP.

Section 33. If, upon the complaint of an Inspector
or any sheepowner in the district, it shall be esta-
blished to the satisfaction of a Resident Magistrate
having jurisdiction in the district that any sheep-
owner, whose sheep or any of them are infected, has
failed to clean such sheep within reasonable time, or
is not taking due means to insure their being cleaned,
then it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to autho-
rize the Inspector to enter into possession of such
sheep, and to take such steps as may be necessary to
clean the same: And any expenses thereby incurred
by the Inspector may be recovered from the owner
of such sheep in any Court of competent jurisdiction.
For the purpose of the exercise of the powers con-
ferred by this section, such Inspector may enter upon
the run and premises on which such sheep are kept,
with such assistance as he may require, and any
owner or occupier who shall obstruct any Inspector
in the discharge of, or neglect to afford all reasonable
facilities for the discharge of, such duty shall, for
every day during which he shall so offend, be liable
to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. Such
Inspector shall not be liable for any loss or damage
occasioned to such owner by any act of such Inspec-
tor, unless such damage shall be occasioned by his
wilful neglect or default.

REMOVAL OF SHEEP FROM ONE DISTRICT TO
ANOTHER.

Section 40. It shall not be lawful for any person
to introduce by land any sheep from a clean district
into any other district, or from an infected district
into an infected district, unless he shall hold a clean
certificate for such sheep, and unless he shall have
given to the Inspector of the district into which they
are to be introduced at least seven days' previous
notice of his intention so to introduce them, stating
in such notice the number of such sheep, and the
point at which and the day on which it is intended
they shall cross the boundary of the district. Every
person offending against the provisions of this section
shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten pounds
nor exceeding one hundred pounds.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 57. Every occupier of any run exceeding
five hundred acres in extent and not substantially
fenced, who shall muster his flock or flocks for either
of the purposes of dipping or dressing, or cutting and
tailing, or ear-marking, or shearing, or removal from
the run, shall, twenty-four hours at least before yard-
ing the same, give personal notice to the occupiers of
all the adjoining runs of his intention so to yard his
sheep.

Section 68. If any Inspector shall be satisfied that
any sheep in a district are infected with lice he shall
take such steps in the matter as to him shall seem
best for the cleansing of such sheep, for which pur-
pose he shall, and may, if the sheepowner neglects to
cleanse his sheep, exercise all the powers granted to
him by this Act, as if the said sheep were infected
with scab, and shall have power to declare them in-
fected sheep; and all sheepowners and other persons
shall, if the Inspector shall have declared the sheep
to be infected sheep, be liable, in respect of sheep
infected with lice, in the same manner as if such
sheep were infected with scab.

Notice relative to Proposed Henley River District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1878.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition has been
presented to His Excellency the Governor,
praying him to constitute the land described in the
Schedule hereto a river district, under "The
Hawke's Bay and Marlborough Rivers Act, 1868,"
by the name of the Henley River District.

Any objections that may be made to the constitu-
tion of the proposed new district will be considered
by the Government, if lodged in this office prior to
the 1st of February, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, situated in the Maungatua Survey District,
containing by admeasurement ten thousand four
hundred (10,400) acres, more or less, being parts of
Blocks IV., V., and VI. of said district. Bounded
towards the North by Sections numbered 65, 66, 51,
50, and 48, Block III., of said district, and Section
numbered 54, Block IV., of said district; towards the
East by the Taieri River; towards the South by the
Waipori River and the Waipori Lake; and towards