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PROCLAMATION,

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

By His Honor THOMAS DICK, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in that behalf, I did, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province of Otago, dated the seventeenth day of October last, Proclaim and Declare that, from and after the day of the date thereof, the Territory therein mentioned and described should be deemed an Infected District, within the meaning and for the purposes of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861;” And whereas it is expedient still further to extend the limits of the said Infected District, so as to include therein the whole of the Territory hereinafter described;—Now therefore I, Thomas Dick, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby Proclaim and Declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the limits and boundaries hereinafter described shall be the limits and boundaries of the said Infected District, and that the said Infected District shall include the Territory hereinafter mentioned, which Territory shall be deemed an Infected District within the meaning and for the purposes of the said “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” (that is to say)

All that area within the Province of Otago bounded towards the north by the Province of Canterbury from Awarua Bay to the eastern shore of the Wanaka Lake; thence by the said eastern shore of the Wanaka Lake and the Clutha River to the Dunstan Mountains; thence by the Dunstan Mountains to Mount Saint Bathan’s; thence by the Hawkdun Mountains, the Kakanui and the Horse Ranges, to the Ocean; thence towards the east by the Ocean to the Clutha River; thence in a northerly direction along the Clutha River to the Tallaburn; thence by a direct line to the summit of the Papanui Range; thence to Rankleburn at its source, and by Rankleburn, Pomahaka, and Waipahi Rivers, to the southern boundary line of Run numbered 167; thence by the said southern boundary line to the Waikaka Stream, and by the Waikaka Stream to the Mataura River, and by the Mataura River and the northern boundary line of the Province of Southland to the Manipori Lake; thence by the Waiau River to the Ocean; and thence towards the west and south by the Ocean to Awarua Bay, the starting point.

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

THOMAS DICK,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,

H. J. MILLER,
Provincial Secretary.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland District.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the said Court, for the despatch of Criminal and Civil Business, will be holden at the Court House, Dunedin, on Saturday, the 1st day of December next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon.

Notice is hereby further given, that the Court will be adjourned until Monday the 3rd day of December next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, on which last-mentioned day all persons under recognizance to appear as prosecutors, defendants, or witnesses, are hereby required to give their attendance.

ROBT. CHAPMAN,
Registrar.

Supreme Court Office, Dunedin,
1st November, 1866.

than the General Government, I consider that, so far as it affects Otago, you are better qualified to judge of the propriety of such a measure than the Assembly would have been. I have, therefore, to request your consideration of the subject, so that when the question is again introduced into the Assembly the view of one of the Provinces most deeply interested may be known. Special Resolutions on the subject will be brought before you, and I trust that you will see your way to recommend, at no distant date, a reduction of the duty, which I believe to press somewhat heavily in the altered circumstances of gold mining in this Province.

A Bill to equalise the rates of toll levied on roads will be laid before you.

The Government has had under its serious consideration, during the recess, the best means of assisting Road Districts in the formation of their Roads, and with this object in view a Bill will be introduced, proposing to give aid in a more definite and uniform manner than hitherto.

This being your last session, a Bill to readjust the Electoral Districts, so that they may be more in conformity with the advancing settlement of the Province will be laid before you.

The consolidation of the Ordinances is becoming a matter of urgent importance, in consequence of the many amendments which have been passed, and I commend the subject to your consideration.

The Municipalities created in virtue of the Ordinance of last session are now in full operation. They have received the initial grants voted by you, and I will have to ask you to vote a further sum in accordance with the same Ordinance, to supplement rates which these Municipalities propose to levy.

The legislation of the General Assembly during its last session has been of a character which calls for your earnest deliberation, as it has a tendency, if persisted in, to place Provincial Governments in a position of dependence, which will interfere with the performance of the important duties devolved upon them, and which does not appear to have been contemplated under the provisions of the Constitution Act. The Provincial Audit Act, passed last session, takes from the Provinces all control over their own auditor, making him responsible to, and removable by the General Government, instead of by the Provincial Council. Acts have been passed which interfere with the internal government of the Provinces, and should therefore have been left for the consideration of Provincial Councils. The proportion of revenue arising from the Customs Duties, which has hitherto been paid to the Provinces, was attempted to be withheld; the Stamp Duties all go to the support of the General Government, and notwithstanding that Otago has, for years past, and until recently, been the principal contributor to the Colonial Revenue, it is brought heavily in debt in the accounts of the Colonial Treasury. These facts are of great importance to the interests of the Province, and on that account I bring them before you. I trust that you will consider well what should be done in regard to our connection with the General Government, and will arrive at decisions alike beneficial to this Province, and to the interest of the Colony at large. It is most essential that a good understanding should subsist between the General and Provincial Governments; but in order to preserve this good understanding, each should recognise distinctly the position it holds in reference to the other.

The various Departments of the Public Service are now in a settled and efficient state. Acting on your recommendation last session, I appointed a Commission to enquire into and report upon the Civil Service; but I regret that the lamented removal by death of two of the members of that Commission has prevented a report from being furnished.

The report of the Commission to enquire into the position of the property invested under the original Otago Scheme for Religious and Educational Uses, appointed in accordance with a vote of last session, will be laid before you.

The Otago Dock Trust, created by the Otago Dock Trust Ordinance, 1865, has commenced operations, and will, I trust, succeed in constructing the valuable and important work it has undertaken.

Being on the eve of a dissolution, the Estimates have been prepared for only six months on this occasion; but as this interferes seriously with the arrangements for the carrying out of public works, it will be for you to consider how far this circumstance should be allowed to influence the acceptance of contracts which may extend over a longer period.

I now declare this Council open for the despatch of business.

THOMAS DICK,
Superintendent.