portation of cattle out of the said Infected District, and for preventing the further spread of the disease called Pleuro-pneumonia (that is to say)—

Regulations for the Infected District proclaimed by Proclamation bearing date the 26th day of November last above referred to.

1. If any Inspector appointed under these Regulations, or otherwise under the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," for the Infected District above referred to shall at any time have reasonable grounds to suspect that any Cattle within the Infected District above referred to are infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, it shall be his duty, and he is hereby authorised forthwith, or as soon as he conveniently can, to proceed to and enter into and upon the place, whether inclosed or otherwise, where such Cattle are or are supposed by him to be, and by inspecting such Cattle, or in any other manner shall satisfy himself whether such Cattle, or any of them, are infected, or may be reasonably suspected to be infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, or whether the same are free from Pleuro-pneumonia.

2. If such Inspector shall be satisfied that such cattle or any of them are actually infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, he shall forthwith give to the owner or the person having the custody, charge, or possession of the said cattle notice of which of the said cattle he deems actually infected with such disease, and such owner or person aforesaid shall within twenty-four hours after such notice, destroy the cattle so deemed infected, and shall forthwith bury four feet under ground or burn the carcases of the cattle so destroyed; and if the owner or person having the custody or possession of the cattle deemed by the Inspector to be infected cannot readily be found, or if such owner or person neglect to destroy the cattle deemed infected after the receipt of the notice aforesaid, any Inspector for the said infected district may seize and destroy, or cause to be seized and destroyed, such cattle so deemed infected.

3. If any owner of cattle, or any person having the custody or charge of cattle, shall, after having received such notice as aforesaid, neglect or refuse to destroy the same or any of them within twenty-four hours after such notice, such owner or person aforesaid shall be liable to a fine or penalty of Fifty Pounds for every head of cattle which he shall have neglected or refused to destroy.

4. If any owner of cattle which any such Inspector as aforesaid has notified to be infected, or if any person having the custody, care, or possession of any such cattle shall, after the same or any of them have been destroyed, neglect or refuse to bury four feet underground, or to burn the carcases thereof, within twenty-four hours after the destruction thereof, such owner or person aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds for every carcase which he shall neglect or refuse to bury or burn.

5. If any Inspector for any of the said infected district shall suspect that any cattle within the infected district are infected with Pleuro-pneumonia but shall not be satisfied that such cattle are actually infected, he may if he shall think fit, give to the owner or to the person having the custody, charge, or possession of such cattle, notice in writing of what cattle he suspects to be infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, and shall in and by such notice order and require such owner or such person having the custody, charge, or possession of such cattle to drive or cause to be driven the cattle mentioned in the said notice to such place within the said infected district as such Inspector shall think fit, and such Inspector may in and by such notice direct and fix by what roads and route the said cattle shall be so driven, and if any person being the owner of any cattle, or having in his custody, care, or possession any cattle within said infected districts, shall after the expiration of forty-eight hours after such last-mentioned notice has been served upon him or left at his usual place of business or residence, neglect or refuse to obey such order, or shall neglect or refuse to drive or cause to be driven the cattle mentioned in the said notice to the place and by the roads and route directed and fixed on by the said notice, such person shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds for every head of cattle included in such last-mentioned notice, and after the expiration of the said period of forty-eight hours it shall be lawful for any such Inspector if such owner or person as aforesaid shall neglect or refuse to obey such order, to seize and take into his possession the cattle included in such notice, and drive, or cause to be driven, the said cattle to the place and by the roads and route mentioned and fixed in the said notice.

6. The Inspectors of diseased cattle under these Regulations and under the said Act shall forthwith cause to be publicly posted or exhibited at and about all the main thoroughfares leading into the said infected district, notices that the said infected district has been proclaimed and declared infected.

7. If any person shall drive or remove, or cause to be driven or removed, or assist in driving or removing, any cattle out from the said infected district, such person shall be liable to a fine of Fifty Pounds for every head of such cattle so driven out from the said infected district. And if any cattle shall stray out of or from the said infected district into a district not proclaimed to be infected, the owner or person having the care or possession of such cattle shall be liable to a fine of One Pound for every head of cattle which shall have so strayed out of such district.

8. It shall be lawful for any Inspector for the said infected district, or any Police Constable having reasonable grounds to suspect that any cattle are about to be driven out from the said infected district, to seize the same and take charge thereof until he shall be satisfied that no attempt will be made to drive such cattle out from the said infected district. And it shall be lawful for any Inspector of the said district, or any Police Constable, to seize any cattle that have strayed or been driven out of or from the said infected district, and to take charge of the same and to drive, or cause to be driven the said cattle back into the district from which they had been driven; and if such Inspector or Constable shall deem it expedient so to do to keep the said cattle under his control until the owner or the person having the right to the possession thereof shall be found or made known to him.

9. In case any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct any Inspector or any Police Constable acting under the authority of these Regulations, every person so offending shall and may be seized and detained by such persons so acting as aforesaid, or any person or persons he may call to his assistance, until such offender or offenders can be taken before two Justices of the Peace, and shall be liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds.

10. All owners or persons having the custody, care, or possession of any Cattle within the said Infected District shall within fourteen days from the said 26th day of December instant, give a notice in writing to the Officer in charge of the Police Station nearest to the place where such Cattle are kept or are, containing the number of such Cattle, the particulars as nearly as can be of the place or places where such Cattle are kept or are, and the brands with which they are branded, and if such owners or persons shall neglect or refuse to obey this Regulation they shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds.

11. Every Inspector for the said Infected District shall make a Report in writing to the said Superintendent of all things done by him under these Regulations and under the said Act, as and when he shall be required so to do.

12. Any Inspector may, if he shall think fit, grant a Certificate to the owner of any Cattle destroyed under or by virtue of the said Act, or these Regulations, recommending a grant to such owners of compensation for such destruction; but compensation shall in no case exceed £3 per head for Cattle under two years, or £6 per head for Cattle above that age.