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[ NEW ZEALAND ]

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. VII.] DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1864. [No. 296.

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 by virtue of the powers delegated to and vested in me in that behalf, I John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, did by a proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, and dated the sixteenth day of January last, proclaim and declare a certain district or portion of the said Province, in the said Proclamation particularly described, to be an Infected District within the meaning and for the purposes of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.” AND WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the limits of the said district, so as to include that portion of the said Province hereinafter described, as lies to the north of the northern boundary of the said District defined in the said Proclamation. AND WHEREAS, by a Proclamation issued by me on the twenty-sixth day of February last, I did make, publish, and proclaim certain Regulations for the destruction of Diseased Cattle within certain districts by the said last-mentioned Proclamation, declared to be Infected districts, and for prohibiting the removal of cattle out of the said last-mentioned districts. AND WHEREAS it is expedient that similar Regulations should be in force in and be applicable to the District hereinafter declared to be an infected District : Now, THEREFORE, I, the said 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, and until further notice, that portion of the Province of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand hereinafter described, shall be deemed to be an Infected District within the meaning and for the purposes of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” (that is to say, ALL that area bounded towards the north by Deep Stream to Clutha River; thence by Allen’s Creek to its source; thence by a direct line to Trigonometrical Station O Waikouaiti Survey District; thence towards the east by a direct line to Trigonometrical Station L in the said Waikouaiti Survey District; thence by a direct line to Brim’s Point; thence towards the south by the ocean to the mouth of the Taieri River; thence towards the West by the Taieri River to the Waipori Lake; thence by the Waipori Lake and the Waipori River to Lammerlaw Creek; thence by Lammerlaw Creek to its source; and thence by a line due north to the Deep Stream the starting point.) AND, by virtue of the powers in me vested in this behalf, I do further PROCLAIM and DECLARE that the Regulations made, published, and proclaimed by me in a Proclamation dated the twenty-sixth day of February last, for the destruction of cattle diseased with pleuro-pneumonia in the Infected districts mentioned in the said Proclamation, and for prohibiting the removal of cattle therefrom, and for preventing the further spread of the said disease, shall be in full force and effect in the district hereinbefore proclaimed to be an infected district; and the said Regulations as proclaimed and published as aforesaid, I do hereby MAKE, PUBLISH, and PROCLAIM to be Regulations for the destruction of Cattle diseased with Pleuro-pneumonia within the District hereinbefore proclaimed to be an Infected District, and for prohibiting the removal and transportation of Cattle out of the said last-mentioned District,