above order, in the matter of Joseph Foord Wilson and George Thomas Gregg Wise.

IMPOUNDED on the 3rd day of November 1864,
1 by Sydney Smith, one Bull, red and white, no visible brand, owner unknown, for trespassing on Mr. Smith’s growing crop, for which no damages are claimed. November 4th, by Constable Carter, are white and red Heifer Calf, branded M I; one white Steer, branded H; one black Cow, with calf, branded J O; and in default of being released, the above Cattle will be Sold at the Public Pound, at Caversham, on the 1st day of December 1864, at 12 o’clock noon.

John Anderson,
Poundkeeper of the Caversham Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 2nd day of November, 1864,
1 by Robert Meek—1 Bay Horse, small star on forehead, branded D on neck off side (owner unknown), for trespassing on the Oamaru Hundreds, for which the sum of £2 is claimed, and in default of being released, the above horse will be sold at the Public Pound, at Hampden, on the 1st day of December, 1864, at 12 o’clock noon.

H. T. Murcott,
Poundkeeper of the Moeraki Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 14th day of November, 1864,
1 by Constable Carter—1 Yellow and White Cow, branded J.3.; 1 Red Cow, branded EH over 3; 1 Strawberry Cow, branded D; 1 Yellow and White Cow, no visible brand; 1 Red and White Heifer, no visible brand; 1 Yellow and White Bull, no visible brand. Owners unknown. For trespassing on Main Road, and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound, at Caversham, on the 9th day of December, 1864, at 12 o’clock noon.

John Anderson,
Poundkeeper of the Caversham Pound.

(From the Wellington Gazette, October 1, 1864.)

PROCLAMATION.

Diseased Cattle Regulations.

By His Honor Isaac Earl Featherston, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand.

WHEREAS by Section No. 9 of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” it is enacted that “if at any time it shall be made to appear to the Governor that any infectious or contagious disease has broken out in any district out of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by order in Council, to declare that such district is infected within the meaning of this Act, and from time to time to make such regulations as to him shall seem fit, for prohibiting the importation of cattle into the Colony from such district, and the landing or driving of such cattle, and for destroying cattle imported, landed, or driven contrary to such regulations;” and by Section 10 of the said Act it is also enacted that, “if at any time it shall be made to appear to the Governor that any infectious or contagious disease has broken out among cattle in any district of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by order in Council, to declare that such district is infected within the meaning of this Act, and from time to time to make such regulations for destroying diseased cattle therein, and for prohibiting the removal or transportation of cattle from one part of the Colony to another, and for preventing the further spread of such disease, as to him shall seem fit.” And it is by the same Act also enacted that the Governor in Council may, by warrant under his hand, from time to time, delegate to the Superintendent of any Province within the Colony, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or Governor in Council by the said Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit, and may from time to time rescind such delegation: And whereas the Governor hath, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to Isaac Earl Featherston, Esq., so long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, the several powers vested in the Governor by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth Sections of the said Act, subject to being rescinded as in the said Act is provided, and subject to the regulations issued by the Governor in Council on the 14th day of September, 1864, and to any other regulations to be from time to time duly made: Now therefore I, the said Isaac Earl Featherston, by virtue of the powers vested in me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare—first, that after the date hereof the several Colonies of Australia, that is to say, the Colony of Victoria, the Colony of New South Wales, the Colony of Queensland, the Colony of South Australia, and the Colony of Western Australia, as well as the Colony of Tasmania, and the Colony of Cape of Good Hope, and the Islands of Great Britain and Ireland, shall be deemed to be infected districts within the meaning and for the purposes of the above-mentioned Act, and that no cattle after the date hereof, until further notice, shall be imported into the province of Wellington from such district: provided, however, that the Superintendent of the Province may allow any cattle to be landed from vessels from the Islands of Great Britain and Ireland, subject to such conditions and restrictions as he may deem expedient and the circumstances of the case may require; and I do also proclaim and declare, that after the date hereof, the Provinces of Auckland, Otago, and Southland, in the Colony of New Zealand, shall be deemed to be infected districts within the meaning of the said Act, and that no cattle shall be imported into the Province of Wellington from either of the said Provinces.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

I. E. Featherston,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
J. Woodward,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

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