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Official Visitor appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 31st March, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Mr. ARTHUR BAKEWELL WHITE PARSONS
to be an Official Visitor of Her Majesty’s Prison at Lyttelton.
W. R. RUSSELL.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Edgar Channon Studholme. Date of resignation, 17th March, 1890.

Auckland Royal Irish Rifle Volunteers.
Captain George Leahy. Date of resignation, 26th March, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Cadet Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the under-mentioned corps:—

Tuapeka Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 28th March, 1890.

The under-mentioned gentleman therefore ceases to be an officer in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, his commission having lapsed under the provisions of “The Defence Act, 1886 :”—

Captain Charles William Glass Selby.
W. R. RUSSELL.

Special Order made by Hunua Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1890.

THE following special order, made by the Hunua Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. R. RUSSELL.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT the Hunua Road District be divided into two subdivisions, to be known as the Southern Subdivision and the Northern Subdivision, with the boundaries shown in the annexed descriptions, the Southern to be represented by three members and the Northern by two members, the said special order to take effect from the 1st May, 1890.

North Subdivision.

All that area in the County of Manukau bounded towards the north generally by Sections Nos. 30 and 31, Parish of Hunua, by the Parish of Papakura, and Sections Nos. 22, 78, 135, 132, 76, 109, 3, 147, 146, 83, and 113, Parish of Hunua; towards the east by the Wairoa River to the southern boundary of Section No. 52, Parish of Hunua; towards the south by the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 52, 44, 68, 59, 45, 47, 43, and 42, the eastern and northern boundaries of Section No. 39, and the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 40, 70, 188, and 187 to Symond’s Stream, by that stream to the southern side of the road which intersects Section No. 84, and by the southern side of that road to the eastern boundary of the Opaheke North Road District (as described in Gazette No. 29, 13th May, 1886) to the commencing point.

South Subdivision.

All that area in the County of Manukau bounded towards the north generally by the southern boundary of the Northern Division hereinbefore described; towards the east by the Wairoa River; towards the south generally by the Mangawheau River and part of the northern boundary of the Opaheke Road District as far as the eastern boundary of the Opaheke North Road District (as described in Gazette No. 29, 13th May, 1886); and towards the west by part of the eastern boundary of the Opaheke North Road District aforesaid to the commencing point.

I hereby declare that the above special order was duly made and declared carried according to law.

JOHN T. STEMBRIDGE,
Chairman, Hunua Road Board.

Hunua, 5th April, 1890.

Tasmanian Regulations re the Importation of Sheep from Clean Colonies.—Notice No. 291.

Head Office, Live Stock Department,
Wellington, 16th April, 1890.

THE following Proclamation issued by the Governor of Tasmania is republished for general information.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

THE DISEASED ANIMALS IMPORTATION PREVENTION ACT.
By His Excellency Sir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Tasmania and its Dependencies.

(A Proclamation.)

WHEREAS Sir George Cuming Strahan, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Tasmania and its Dependencies, by his Proclamation made under and in pursuance of the provisions of the Diseased Animals Importation Prevention Act (47 Vict., No. 2), did, amongst other things, prescribe that sheep imported from the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland should be subject to certain restrictions, and with and under certain conditions and limitations therein referred to: And whereas it is expedient to vary the said Proclamation as hereinafter provided: Now, therefore, I, Sir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief as aforesaid, in Council, under and by virtue of the power and authority conferred on me by the Diseased Animals Importation Prevention Act (47 Vict., No. 2, section 3), do hereby prescribe that sheep imported into Tasmania from any of the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland shall be so imported subject to such restrictions and with and under such conditions and limitations as are contained in certain regulations dated the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, or as shall hereafter be contained in any regulation or regulations which may be made by me in Council under “The Scab Act, 1883,” in substitution for the aforesaid regulations or any of them.

Given under my hand, at Hobart, in Tasmania aforesaid, this twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

R. G. C. HAMILTON.

By His Excellency’s command.
A. INGLIS CLARK (for Chief Secretary, absent).

Government Notice, No. 453.

Chief Secretary’s Office,
24th February, 1890.

THE Governor in Council has been pleased to make the following regulations under the 2nd section of “The Scab Act, 1883” (47 Vict., No. 16):—

1. All sheep imported into Tasmania from the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia may be landed at Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, or Burnie, and not elsewhere, except by previous permission in writing signed by the Chief Inspector, or such officer as he may appoint.

2. Any person intending to land any sheep at Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie, or elsewhere in this colony under any such permission as aforesaid, from any place beyond this colony or any dependency thereof, shall give to the Chief Inspector not less than three days’ notice, in writing, of his intention to do so, and every such notice shall contain a statement of the number of the sheep intended to be imported, and the time when such sheep are expected to arrive at such place; and any person who imports any such sheep and neglects to give notice thereof in accordance with this regulation shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds.

3. Sheep imported from the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia shall be accompanied by a declaration of health by the owner or agent, and by a certificate from the Inspector of Sheep at the port of shipment that the sheep are free from disease and have not been infected with disease during the preceding twelve months: Provided that any sheep which has not been bred in one of the above-mentioned colonies shall not be landed in Tasmania unless such sheep has undergone in the colony from whence imported the necessary dipping and quarantine required by the regulations in force in such colony.

4. Such sheep must be imported by such vessels only as shall not have traded with any place other than the above-named colonies within the preceding six months, and shall not have had any sheep on board from any colony or country other than the above-named colonies during such period; and the captain of the vessel shall make a declaration to that effect.