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and L, Opawa Survey District, to a point on the summit of
the Hunter's Hills, due West from the westernmost source
of the Pareora River; thence towards the South, South-west,
and South-east by Waimate County; again towards the
South-west and towards the West by Waitaki County to
Westland County; and thence towards the North-west by
the said Westland County, to the place of commencement.

FAIRLIE RIDING

Is bounded towards the North by a line being the production
in a westerly direction of the northern boundary of Run No.
357 from the summit of Two-thumb Range to the north-
western corner of the said run; thence by the northern
boundary of Run No. 357 aforesaid to the south branch of
the Opuha River; thence towards the North-east by a line
along the middle of that branch to its confluence with the
north branch of the Opuha River; thence towards the South-
east by a right line to and by Sections Nos. 31172 and 31098,
and by Sections Nos. 19947, 19945, 19944, 19943, Opihi
Opuha Survey District, Sections Nos. 19947, 19945, 19944,
and 29333, Tengawai Survey District, to the Opihi River;
thence again towards the North-east by a line along the
middle of that river to a point in line with the northern
boundary of Section No. 27460, said Tengawai Survey Dis-
trict; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 11608
and by the east side of that road and its continuation through
Sections Nos. 11606 and 11607, Tengawai Survey District
aforesaid, to the Tengawai River; thence by a line along the
middle of that river to a point in line with the western
boundary of Section No. 5209, Pareora Survey District;
thence by a line along the middle of that river to a point in line with the western
boundary of Section No. 5209, Pareora Survey District;
thence by a right line to and by that section and Sections
Nos. 21990, 26284, 33833, and 2440 to the southernmost
corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by the north-
east side of a road intersecting Section No. 16285, and by Sections
Nos. 21213, 24741, 28531, 19891, and 24743 to the southern-
most corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by the
east side of a road running to and intersecting Sections Nos.
21088 and 16279, and by Sections Nos. 21087, 24178, 24179,
33827, 24745, and 30445, all of the Pareora Survey District
aforesaid, to the Pareora River; thence by the production of
the east side of the road forming the south-western boundary
section to the middle of the said
Pareora River; thence towards the South-east and South-
west by Waimate County; and again towards the South-
west and towards the West by Te Kapo Riding, hereinbefore
described, to the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honour-
able Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House, at Wel-
lington, this second day of October, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
three.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

By-laws Nos. 2 to 6 made by the Cook County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1883.

THE following By-laws made by the Cook County Council
are published in accordance with "The Counties Act
1876 Amendment Act, 1882."

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

BY-LAW No. 2.
Slaughterhouses.

1. There shall be paid to the county fund for every license
   for a slaughterhouse within twenty miles of Gisborne by the
   person obtaining the same the sum of £10 10s. 6d., and for
   every license for a slaughterhouse at a greater distance than
   twenty miles from Gisborne the sum of £5 : Provided always
   that if the licensee of any slaughterhouse shall, during the
   currency of his license, transfer his interest in such slaughter-
   house, the transferee thereof may, on application under the
   provisions of the Act, and on satisfying the Council of the
   fact of such transfer, obtain, if the Council think fit, a
   license for such slaughterhouse in his own name for the
   remainder of the term of the original license, on payment of
   a license fee of £1.

2. Every person making use of any abattoir and every
   licensee of a slaughterhouse shall pay, when directed by the
   Council, to the Inspector mentioned in the Act, if demanded
   by such Inspector, for every head of cattle slaughtered in
   such abattoir or slaughterhouse, the fees following:—
   For every head of small cattle .. .. 1d.
   For inspecting every skin of small cattle .. .. 1d.
   For every head of large cattle .. .. .. 3d.
   For inspecting every skin of large cattle .. .. 1d.

3. Every person who shall subject any animal in any
   abattoir or slaughterhouse to any unnecessary pain or suf-
   fering shall, on conviction, be liable to pay a sum not
   exceeding £5 for every such offence.

4. Every keeper of a slaughterhouse shall at all times
   keep the same, and the premises and piggeries connected
   therewith, and the appurtenances thereto belonging, in a
   clean state and free from offensive effluvia, and in all re-
   spects to the satisfaction of any Inspector appointed, or to
   be appointed, under the Act, and every such keeper of a
   slaughterhouse shall so dispose of the blood, offal, drainage,
   and other refuse matter therefrom that the same shall not
   create a nuisance or be offensive to persons residing or being
   in or passing through the neighbourhood of such slaughter-
   house; and no keeper of a slaughterhouse shall permit any
   blood, offal, drainage, or refuse matter to accumulate in,
   upon, or about the same, or the premises connected there-
   with, or to flow, fall, or be thrown or put into any drain or
   watercourse.

5. It shall be deemed to be a condition upon which any
   license to keep a slaughterhouse is issued that the holder
   thereof shall keep a book wherein shall be entered the full
   name of all servants from time to time employed in such
   licensed slaughterhouse, and the entry of every such servant's
   name shall be signed by such servant. Such book shall be
   produced to the Inspector upon demand. If any such holder
   shall enter into the said book the name of any person not
   bond fide his servant, or omit to enter therein the name of
   any such servant, or shall permit any person not bona fide
   his servant to slaughter in his licensed slaughterhouse, he shall
   forfeit and pay for each offence any sum not exceeding £5.

6. No portion of any animal shall be delivered or removed
   from any slaughterhouse between the hours of 8 p.m. and
   4 a.m., except on the permission, in writing, of the Inspector.

7. No cattle shall be left or kept in the yards attached to
   any slaughterhouse longer than twenty-four hours.

8. Pigs taken for slaughter shall not remain longer than
   sixteen hours in the stye prepared for them. No pigs in-
   tended to be killed shall be fed in the stye, yard, or precincts
   of the slaughter-yard.

9. No licensed keeper of a slaughterhouse shall keep any
   swine within a radius of two chains of his licensed slaughter-
   house.

10. No hides shall be removed before inspection, when
    inspection must be done twenty-four hours from slaughtering,
    unless the Inspector shall deem it advisable for the proper
    carrying out of the Act that the hide or hides shall remain
    on the premises for a further period not exceeding fourteen
    days.

11. Any person offending against any of the provisions of
    this by-law shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding £5 for every such offence.

12. The expression "the Act," when used in this by-law,
    means "The Slaughterhouses Act, 1877."

BY-LAW No. 3.
Pedlars and Hawkers.

1. Every person who shall trade or carry on business
   within the county as a pedlar or hawker without being duly
   licensed shall, on conviction, be liable to pay a penalty not
   exceeding £5. And every person who shall trade or carry on
   business as aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be
   unlicensed, unless he shall prove the contrary by the pro-
   duction of his license or otherwise.
2. Every pedlar's or hawker's license shall continue in
   force until the 31st of December of the year in which it may
   be granted.
3. A copy of every such license shall be entered by the
   clerk of the Council in a book to be kept for the purpose,
   and to be called "The Register of Pedlars and Hawkers'
   Licenses," and to be open to inspection by any person on
   payment of a fee of 1s.
4. In this by-law the word "pedlar" shall mean and in-
   clude any trader who travels on foot from place to place with
   a pack, basket, wheelbarrow, truck, or other vehicle drawn
   or propelled by manual labour only, for the purpose of sell-
   ing bread, meat, fish, vegetables, merchandise, or other goods
   and wares; and the word "hawker" shall mean and include
   any person travelling with a horse or mule or wheeled
   vehicle drawn by horse or mule for the aforesaid purposes.
5. There shall be paid to the County Fund the following
   fees:—

For every pedlar's license the sum of .. .. 2 0 0
For every hawker's license the sum of .. .. 0 5 0
For registration of any license the sum of .. .. 0 2 6