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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

apply to such stock so long as the vessel on board of
which they are shall not lie alongside nor within one
hundred yards of any wharf.

QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED STOCK.
2. The regulations of 17th December last (1878)
are hereby cancelled, and the following are issued in
lieu thereof, viz. :-
(1.) All imported stock found on arrival to be free
from infection shall be conveyed to and kept
in such quarantine as the Chief Inspector shall
direct.
(2.) All loss sustained with respect to such stock
whilst being conveyed to or from, or whilst in,
such quarantine, whether by accident or by
sickness arising from natural causes, or con-
tracted from other animals, or by the destruc-
tion of such stock to prevent the spread of
disease, shall be borne by the owner of such
stock, and he shall have no claim whatever for
compensation for any such loss; and an under-
taking to that effect shall, on the arrival of
such stock, be completed and delivered to the
Inspector by the owner on demand, and to the
effect also that all duly-authorized expenses
and charges connected with such stock shall be
paid by their owner.
(3.) The following charges in connection with such
stock shall be paid by their owner to the
Inspector on demand, viz. :-

VETERINARY SURGEON'S FEES FOR INSPECTION.
Cattle on board Ship.
Where the number does not exceed four £ s. d.
head, for each visit and inspection, a
fee of 1 1 0
Where the number exceeds four head, for
every additional head an additional
fee of 0 5 0

Sheep and Pigs on board Ship.
When inspected along with cattle, a fee for
each sheep or pig of 0 1 0
When inspected without cattle, for each
visit and inspection, whatever the num-
ber may be, a fee of 1 1 0

Stock in Quarantine.
For each visit and inspection, one-half of the above
rates.

CHARGES FOR TRANSPORT OF STOCK TO AND FROM
QUARANTINE, PAYABLE EACH WAY.
Cattle.
£ s. d.
For one head 0 15 0
For two head 1 5 0
For every additional head arriving on board
the same vessel 0 5 0

Sheep or Pigs.
When conveyed with cattle, every sheep or
pig up to twenty 0 1 0
When conveyed without cattle, any num-
ber not exceeding five 0 15 0
For every additional sheep or pig, without
cattle, up to twenty 0 1 0
And for every additional sheep or pig over
twenty, with or without cattle, an addi-
tional charge of 0 0 6

Keep in Quarantine.
Cattle per head per day—
Stud cattle 0 3 0
Ship's cows 0 2 6
Pigs, each, per day 0 1 0
Sheep 0 0 6

And (4.) The cost of disinfecting such stock, or
the vessel in which they arrive, or the fittings
thereof, or the effects of their attendants, as

well as all other charges and expenses of every
description incurred through the importation
of such stock.
E. A. BAKER.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL YEOMAN COLLINS, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the Electoral Districts of Napier and Clive, vice
R. Stuart, Esq., resigned.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Auditor appointed for Waitoa Highway District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN WOOD
to be an Auditor to audit the accounts of the District
Board of the Waitoa Highway District, County of
Piako, vice C. McDonald, resigned.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths, and also Vaccination Inspectors, for the
districts set opposite their names, viz.:--
ROBERT KIRTON ... Nelson.
LOUIS VON ROTTER ... New Plymouth.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.:-

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)