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14. That the Assistant Inspectors shall have all the powers and authorities conferred upon Inspectors of Districts, except the power and authority conferred by the second of these Regulations, to seize and destroy, or to be caused to be seized and destroyed, infected or diseased cattle, or cattle deemed to be infected or diseased, and except also the power or authority to grant any certificate recommending compensation for the destruction of such cattle, and it is hereby expressly declared that with the said exceptions, wherever in these Regulations the word Inspector occurs, it is to be deemed and construed to include in its meaning the words Assistant Inspector. Provided always that no order of any Assistant Inspector or Assistant Inspectors shall override or render void any order or notice of any Inspector.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this twenty-sixth day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Four.

John Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION

Declaring the Province of Southland to be an Infected District under the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

By the Honorable John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear to me that a certain infectious or contagious disease called Pleuro-pneumonia has broken out amongst cattle in the Province of Southland.

Now Therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby Proclaim and Declare that from and after the date hereof, until further notice, the Province of Southland, in the Colony of New Zealand, shall be deemed to be and shall be an infected district within the meaning of and for the purposes of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” and I do order that no cattle shall be imported either by land or by sea, into the said Province of Otago from the Province of Southland, or shall be driven or brought for any purpose or by any means whatever from the said Province of Southland into any part of the said Province of Otago.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this twenty-sixth day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Four.

John Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s Command,
Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION

Declaring a certain portion of the Province of Otago to be an Infected District, under the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

By the Honorable John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the said Province.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear to me that a certain infectious or contagious disease called Pleuro-Pneumonia has broken out amongst cattle in that portion of the Province of Otago, hereinafter described.

Now, therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, by virtue of the powers delegated to, and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby Proclaim and Declare that from and after the date hereof, until further notice, that portion of the said Province of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, hereinafter described, shall be deemed an infected District within the meaning and for the purposes of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” that is to say: All that area situated in the Province of Otago, bounded by the Northern boundary of Run, numbered 369, being a line due east from the Obelisk to the Clutha River; thence by the Clutha River to the junction of Black Cleugh Burn; thence by Black Cleugh Burn to its southern source; thence by a direct line to the summit of the Tapanui Range; thence by the Tapanui Range to the southern source of Heriot Burn; thence by Heriot Burn to the junction of its northern branch; thence by a line due north to Spylaw Burn; thence by the Spylaw Burn to the Pomahaka River; thence by the Pomahaka River to its eastern source; thence by a direct line to Mount Benger; and thence by the Umbrella Ranges to the Obelisk, the starting point.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this twenty-sixth day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Four.

J. Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s Command,
Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION

Of a Gaol at West Taieri Goldfield.

By the Honorable John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim the Lock-up situate at Hamilton’s, West Taieri Goldfields, to be a Public Gaol.

Now Therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance of the power in me vested in that behalf, do hereby Proclaim and Declare that the Building or Lock-up, situate at Hamilton’s, West Taieri Goldfield, shall henceforth be a Public Gaol of the Colony of New Zealand.

Given under my hand at Dunedin, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, this Twenty-third day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Four.

J. Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s Command,
Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 23rd February, 1864.

His Honor the Superintendent desires it to be notified that he has appointed

Thomas Cooper,

a member of the Police Force of the Province of Otago, to be Gaoler of the Public Gaol situate at Hamilton’s West Taieri Goldfield.

Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary.