Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1813

Proclaiming a Road as closed through Land in Sections 4, 25, and 26, Block XIV., Takapau Survey District.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do by this notice hereby proclaim as closed the road in the Takapau Survey District hereinafter described.

As the same is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Napier, in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Amending Description of Waingarara Loan Block, Taranaki Land District.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the description contained in the Schedule to the Proclamation made the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891,” setting apart land for settlement in the Waingarara Block, Taranaki Land District:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby amend the description of the Waingarara Loan Block aforesaid by deleting from the Schedule thereto Section 4 of Block VII., Pouatu Survey District, containing ninety-six acres.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Revoking certain Regulations under “The Stock Act, 1893,” and prescribing Others.—Notice No. 601.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of October, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Stock Act, 1893” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council made under the said Act, and dated the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine (published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-first day of September then instant), prescribing the conditions under which Australasian stock and certain manures, &c., may be landed, and prohibiting the introduction of stock, &c., from Queensland and other Australasian Colonies; and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations, and doth hereby declare that the same shall come into force and take effect on the fourth day of October instant.

REGULATIONS.

For the purposes of these regulations the term “animal manures” shall mean manures composed of or containing any portion of the carcase of any “stock” as defined in “The Stock Act, 1893.”

1. The introduction into the Colony of New Zealand from the Colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, of all horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, deer, and other ruminants, and dogs, and also of fresh meat (with the exception of frozen meat), bones, horns, hoofs, hair, hides, skin, offal, or other part of any such animals, and of all fittings which have been used in the transport of any such animals, is hereby absolutely prohibited, except under the following conditions:—

(a.) Horses and dogs (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed on production of a declaration and certificate in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto if found on inspection by a Customs officer or Inspector of Stock to be free from disease; but if the declaration and certificate be not produced, such horses or dogs shall not be landed until the master or agent of the vessel and the owner of such horses or dogs shall have made a declaration as aforesaid, and shall have paid the Inspector examining them a fee of 5s. per head:

Provided, however, that all dogs arriving from any Australasian Colony in which foreign dogs are quarantined at any other than a Government quarantine-ground shall be deemed and dealt with as foreign dogs, or as the Minister may direct.

(b.) Cattle (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed on production of a declaration by the owner and a certificate by a veterinary surgeon in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto, subject to quarantine for a period of forty days:

Provided, however, that vessels en route to a foreign port with Australasian horses, cattle, or sheep on board may call at the port of Wellington for coal, and while there remain at a distance of not less than half a mile from the shore, subject to the like conditions as are prescribed by Regulation No. 31 of the General Regulations under “The Stock Act, 1893,” dated the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, with respect to foreign stock.

(c.) Sheep (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed on production of a declaration by the owner and a certificate by an Inspector of Stock in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto.

(d.) Swine (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed on production of a declaration by the owner and a certificate by a veterinary surgeon in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto.

(e.) Goats, deer, and other ruminants (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed if for a zoological or acclimatisation society on production of a declaration by the owner and a certificate by a veterinary surgeon in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto.

Should the declaration and certificate required be not produced, such cattle, sheep, swine, goats, deer, or other ruminants shall not be landed until the master or agent of the vessel and the owner of such stock, &c., shall have made a declaration as aforesaid, and shall have paid the Inspector examining them, in the case of cattle, swine, goats, &c., a fee of 10s. per head, and in the case of sheep a fee of 2s. 6d. per head, in addition to veterinary surgeon’s inspection-fee.