Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1461

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act,
1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Prohibiting Introduction of New Zealand Sheep into Queensland.—Notice No. 185.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1885.

THE following proclamation and regulations prohibiting
the introduction of New Zealand sheep into Queens-
land are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

PROCLAMATION by His Excellency Sir
ANTHONY MUSGRAVE, Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Distinguished Order of St.
A. MUSGRAVE, Michael and St. George, Governor and
Governor. Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of
Queensland and its Dependencies.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the thirtieth year of Her
Majesty's reign, and numbered nineteen, intituled “An Act
to prevent the Introduction of Diseased Animals into the
Colony of Queensland, and to check the Progress of Malig-
nant Diseases in Animals,” it is, amongst other things, pro-
vided that it shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to
time, with the advice of the Executive Council, by Procla-
mation, to prohibit or put restrictions on the introduction or
importation of sheep into the Colony of Queensland, from
such places and during such time as may appear necessary :
And whereas the disease known as scab in sheep is known to
exist in the Colonies of Western Australia and New Zealand :
Now, therefore, I, the Governor aforesaid, with the advice of
the Executive Council, do, by this my Proclamation, prohibit
the introduction of sheep into the Colony of Queensland from
the said Colonies of Western Australia and New Zealand,
until this my Proclamation shall have been revoked.

Given under my hand and seal, at Government House,
Brisbane, this nineteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five, and in the forty-ninth year of Her
Majesty's reign.

By command,
S. W. GRIFFITH.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Brisbane, 19th November, 1885.

In pursuance of the Act of the Parliament of Queensland
passed in the thirtieth year of Her Majesty's reign, and
numbered nineteen, intituled “An Act to prevent the Intro-
duction of Diseased Animals into the Colony of Queensland,
and to check the Progress of Malignant Diseases in Animals,”
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Execu-
tive Council, has been pleased to make the following regula-
tions for carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act:—

1. On the arrival of any vessel from any port in Western
   Australia or New Zealand at any Queensland port, whether
   direct or by way of any other Australian port or ports, having
   on board any sheep, whether for the use of the crew or
   passengers or otherwise, the master shall give immediate
   notice of arrival to the nearest Inspector of Sheep.
2. No sheep, nor any fittings used with or about any sheep,
   shall be landed at any Queensland port from any such vessel.
3. No sheepskins nor any wool, except such as is securely
   packed in bales, shall be landed from any such vessel at any
   port in Queensland, or transhipped to any vessel trading
   between Queensland ports, except by license under the hand
   of the Minister charged with the administration of the above-
   recited Act.
4. Any articles landed in Queensland contrary to the pro-
   visions of these regulations may be destroyed by order of an
   Inspector.

S. W. GRIFFITH.

Despatch.—“The Submarine Telegraph Act, 1885” (Imperial Act).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1885.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is pub-
lished for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 14th September, 1885.
SIR,—With reference to my predecessor's circular despatch
of the 27th of June, 1884, I have the honour to transmit to
you, for information and publication in the colony under
your Government, a copy of “The Submarine Telegraph Act,
1885” (48 and 49 Vict., c. 49).
The date for bringing the Act into force must depend on
the day to be agreed on, in pursuance of Article XVI. of the
Convention in the Schedule, for bringing that Convention
into force, which has not yet been fixed.
I have, &c.,
FRED. STANLEY.
The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

CHAPTER 49.

An Act to carry into effect an International Convention for
the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables.
[6th August, 1885.

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem-
poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as “The Submarine Telegraph
   Act, 1885.”

Confirmation of Convention.

2. The Convention of the fourteenth of March, one thousand
   eight hundred and eighty-four, mentioned in the Schedule to
   this Act as set forth in that Schedule, is hereby confirmed,
   and, subject to the provisions of this Act, the articles of such
   Convention (referred to in this Act as “the Convention”)
   shall be of the same force as if they were enacted in the
   body of this Act.

Punishment for violation of Article 2 of Convention.

3. (1.) A person shall not unlawfully and wilfully, or by
   culpable negligence, break or injure any submarine cable to
   which the Convention for the time being applies, in such
   manner as might interrupt or obstruct in whole or in part
   telegraphic communication.
   (2.) Any person who acts or attempts to act in contraven-
   tion of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and,
   on conviction,—
   (a.) If he acted wilfully, shall be liable to penal servitude
   for a term not exceeding five years, or to imprison-
   ment, with or without hard labour, for a term not
   exceeding two years, and to a fine either in lieu of or
   in addition to such penal servitude or imprisonment;
   and
   (b.) If he acted by culpable negligence, shall be liable to
   imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months,
   without hard labour, and to a fine not exceeding one
   hundred pounds either in lieu of or in addition to such
   imprisonment.
   (3.) Where a person does any act with the object of pre-
   serving the life or limb of himself or of any other person, or
   of preserving the vessel to which he belongs or any other
   vessel, and takes all reasonable precautions to avoid injury
   to a submarine cable, such person shall not be deemed to
   have acted unlawfully and wilfully within the meaning of
   this section.
   (4.) A person shall not be deemed to have unlawfully and
   wilfully broken or injured any submarine cable where in the
   bonâ fide attempt to repair another submarine cable injury
   has been done to such first-mentioned cable, or the same has
   been broken ; but this shall not apply so as to exempt such
   person from any liability under this Act or otherwise to pay
   the cost of repairing such breakage or injury.
   (5.) Any person who within or (being a subject of Her
   Majesty) without Her Majesty's dominions in any manner
   procures, counsels, aids, abets, or is accessory to the commis-
   sion of any offence under this section shall be guilty of a
   misdemeanour, and shall be liable to be tried and punished
   for the offence as if he had been guilty as a principal.

Limitation of Article 4 of Convention.

4. Article four of the Schedule of this Act shall not apply
   to that part of a cable which is laid in a depth of water
   exceeding one hundred fathoms ; but nothing in the Conven-
   tion or this Act shall take away, prejudice, or affect any
   right or remedy to which by law any party is or may be
   entitled otherwise than under the provisions of the Conven-
   tion or this Act.