XXXIII, and LXI of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise within the said Province of Otago, the powers of the said Act given; And whereas, on the fifteenth day of September last, I, John Hyde Harris, in exercise of the powers in me vested in that behalf, did, by Proclamation in the Provincial Government Gazette, constitute and appoint a certain portion of the Province of Otago to be a Gold-field under the provisions of the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” under the name of the Dunstan Gold-field, and the limits of which Gold-field I did, by the said Proclamation define, and whereas the lands within the area bounded towards the west by the Wai Keri Keri stream, and towards the north, east and south by a line shewn in red on the plan of the Dunstan Agricultural Reserve, are Crown Lands, and are now, or lately were, occupied, with other lands, by one Watson Shennan, for depasturing purposes, under a License numbered 291, and which said Lands hereinbefore described are within the limits of the said Gold-field; and whereas I, under the powers in that behalf vested in me, have determined to cancel the said License as to that part of the land held under the said License as is within the said area hereinbefore described. Now, therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, the Superintendent of the said Province, do hereby, in pursuance of the power and authority so vested in me as aforesaid, declare the said License numbered 291 to be cancelled over all Crown Lands within the area bounded towards the west by the Wai Keri Keri stream, and towards the north, east and south by a line shewn in red on the plan of the Dunstan Agricultural Reserve.

Given under my Hand, and the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this twenty-fourth day of November, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

Under the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” Rescinding Proclamation issued fifth day of June, 1862, so far as the same affects Port Stephens and Port Newcastle in the Colony of New South Wales.

By the Honorable JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation, dated the fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, John Lar-kins Cheese Richardson, Esquire, then being the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in him vested in that behalf, did thereby proclaim and declare that after the date thereof, all districts, places, and ports wheresoever, out of the main land of the North and Middle Islands of New Zealand should be deemed to be infected Districts, within the meaning and for the purposes of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.” And whereas, since the date of the above-named Proclamation, it has been found expedient to remove the prohibitions thereby imposed, so far as the same relate to the Colony of Queensland, the Colony of Tasmania, the Port and District of Twofold Bay in the Colony of New South Wales, so much only of the District of Gipps Land as lies south and west of the Rivers M’Alister, Thomson, and Latrobe, as described by Proclamation dated 11th day of July last; and a portion of the County of Mornington in the Colony of Victoria, as described in Proclamation dated 6th day of November instant: And whereas it is further expedient to remove the prohibitions imposed by the said Proclamation of the 5th day of June 1862 so far as regards Port Stephens and Port Newcastle, in the Colony of New South Wales,--Now, therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in that behalf, do hereby rescind the said Proclamation of the 5th day of June 1862, in so far as the same affects Port Stephens and Port Newcastle, in the Colony of New South Wales.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, this twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.

INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTER HOUSES APPOINTED.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 20th November, 1863.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified, that, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him, he has appointed

JAMES DALY,

a Member of the Police Force of the Province of Otago, to be Inspector of Slaughter-Houses, and of Cattle intended for Slaughter, at Skipper’s Gully, in the Wakatipu Slaughter-House District.

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.