PROCLAMATION

Additional Regulations for the Destruction of Diseased Cattle, and for Preventing the Spread of the Disease called Pleuro-pneumonia.

By His Honor Thomas Dick, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by virtue of the powers in him vested in that behalf, His Honor John Hyde Harris, then being Superintendent of the Province of Otago, did, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, dated the eighteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, make, publish, and proclaim certain Regulations for prohibiting the removal and transportation of cattle out of the several infected districts mentioned in the said Proclamation: And whereas it is expedient that the removal of cattle from the said several infected districts, and from other infected districts within the Province of Otago, should, in some cases, be permitted,—Now therefore, by virtue of the powers vested in me in this behalf, I, Thomas Dick, Superintendent of the said Province, do make, publish, and proclaim the following Regulations, and I do declare that the Regulations hereby made and published shall be read with and form part of the said Regulations made and published on the said eighteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

Regulations.

13. Any person who is desirous of driving or removing, or of causing to be driven or removed, any cattle from or out of any infected district within the Province of Otago, shall first obtain, after inspection, a certificate from the Inspector, or one of the Inspectors, of the infected district from which it is proposed to remove such cattle, in the form of the Schedule hereto annexed, or to the effect thereof, which certificate shall be a sufficient authority to drive or remove such cattle from and out of such infected district at any time within the period specified in such certificate: Provided that such certificate shall have no force or validity unless the cattle shall be so driven or removed within the time specified therein.

14. Every Inspector of an infected district, upon being required by notice in writing from any person, and served personally upon him, or left at such Inspector’s usual place of abode, and upon payment or tender to him of the fees which by the 17th Regulation he is entitled to receive, shall attend at any place mentioned in such notice within his district forthwith after the receipt of such notice, or within a reasonable time thereafter, for the purpose of examining any cattle which it is proposed to drive or remove from or out of his district, with a view to decide whether he shall grant the certificate required by the 13th Regulation.

15. Every Inspector, after examining, when requested as aforesaid, any cattle which it is proposed to drive or remove from and out of his district, and after obtaining from the proprietor or person in charge of such cattle a written declaration that they have been free from disease for a period of six months prior to such examination, shall, if he be satisfied by such examination and declaration, or otherwise, that such cattle, or any of them, are free from disease, and have been so for six months, grant a certificate in the form contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, or to the like effect, which certificate shall be a sufficient authority for the removal of such cattle from the infected district at any time within the period prescribed by the said certificate: And it shall be lawful for any such Inspector to defer granting such certificate for any time not longer than fourteen days in cases where he suspects that such cattle have incurred risk of infection, and such Inspector may, by enquiry, and such other means as he thinks fit, satisfy himself whether there is reason to believe that such cattle are infected.

16. The Inspector’s certificate for the driving or removal of cattle out of an infected district shall be in the form contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, or to the like effect, and shall authorise the removal of the cattle in the certificate specified within a time to be fixed therein.

17. The Inspector shall be entitled to fees at the rate of Two Pounds per diem, during the time he may be employed, and travelling expenses at the rate of one shilling and sixpence per mile one way, for granting certificates for the removal of such cattle out of his district, which fees shall be paid before inspection by the person applying for such examination and certificate as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

I do hereby Certify that I have authorised (name, residence, and description of owner of Cattle, or person having charge thereof,) to drive or remove the undermentioned Cattle from and out of the Infected District of ( ).

This Certificate to be in force for ( ) days from the date hereof.

Date......

A. B.,
Inspector of Cattle, ( ).

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

Thomas Dick,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
Frederick J. Moss,
Secretary for Public Works.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 9th October, 1865.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint Benjamin Peddie Bayley, Esquire, (Sub-Inspector of Sheep,) to be an Inspector of Cattle for the Province of Otago, under the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1864,” without salary.

Frederick Walker,
Provincial Secretary.

Irregular Block, Taieri; bounded on both sides 24, section 32, Tregorrah Block, East Taieri.
128 chains, 60 links wide, from Southern Trunk Road to Southern Trunk Road; boundaries, east, 5, 6, 7, 8, Block XXI, Waihola; West: Waihola River.
65 chains, 60 links wide, from Southern Trunk Road to the Southern Trunk Road; boundaries, east, sections 2, 3, 4, block XXI, Waihola; west, Waihola Lake and River.
80 chains, 60 links wide, from Southern Trunk Road, section 6, block XIX, Waihola, to District Road between blocks XVIII and XIX; boundaries, east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and part of 6, block XIX, Waihola; west, Waihola Lake.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, this ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

Thomas Dick,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

By His Honor’s command,
Frederick J. Moss,
Secretary for Public Works.