NOTICE OF FENCING

We hereby give notice to all whom it may concern, that we are about to erect a fence between Block VIII and Block XI, Pine Hill, on Section 8, Block VIII; also between Section 8 and Section 16 on one side, and Sections 7, 25, and 28 respectively on the other.

E. J. SCHOUTEN, and
C. R. BOYD.

£50 REWARD.

WHEREAS on Saturday night, the 24th September last, or early on the following morning, a valuable stack of firewood was wilfully set fire to, near to the Home Station of the undersigned. A reward of Fifty Pounds sterling will be paid to any person or persons who shall give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the offender; and further, the Governor will be recommended to grant a free pardon to such informant, provided he shall prove to have been an accomplice.

D. F. MAIN,
Taieri Lake Station,
1st October, 1870.

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

In the matter of a Deed of Arrangement made by John Millar, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, New Zealand, for the benefit of all his creditors; and in the matter of the "Bankruptcy Act 1867."

Notice is hereby given, that a first and final dividend has been declared, and is now payable upon application to the Trustees, at the office of Mr. B. E. Willoughby, Gas Office, Princes street, Dunedin.

Dunedin, 14th October, 1870.

ASHTON CRAWSHAW,
BEN. WILLOUGHBY.

STATEMENT of the "All Nations Water Race and Gold Mining Company, Registered," in accordance with the "Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act 1869," to the 31st July, 1870:-

Name of Company — "All Nations Water Race and Gold Mining Company."

When formed — 22nd September, 1869.
Date of registration — 16th November, 1869.
Name of Manager — Alexander Riach.
Place where business is conducted — Thames street, Oamaru.
Place of operations — Maruwhenua.
Nominal capital — £3600.
Number of shares in which capital is divided — 180.
Number of shares taken up — 95.
Amount of capital paid up — £1900, including £340 free shares.
Number of shareholders at date of registration — 61.
Amount of cash in hand — £11 1s. 10d.
Whether in operation or not — In operation.
Total amount of dividend declared — None.
Number of shares unallotted — 85.

ALEXANDER RIACH, Manager.

[From Canterbury Gazette]

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it is 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 the Governor in Council by the said Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit; And whereas by the fourth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that the Governor may, by any Order in Council, from time to time annul, make void, or alter or vary and make anew, any Orders in Council, regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations made and published by the Governor under the authority of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," or by the Superintendent of any Province under or in pursuance of any powers delegated under the powers of delegation contained in "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1863:" And whereas by the fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that the power of annulling, making void, or allowing or varying and making anew, any such regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations, vested in the Governor by "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," may from time to time be delegated by the Governor in Council, by Warrant under his hand, to the Superintendent of any Province:

And whereas the said Governor hath, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to William Rolleston, Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, within the said Province, so long as he shall remain Superintendent of the Province, the several powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," aforesaid, and all the powers which by the fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," the Governor in Council is authorised so to delegate:

Now therefore I, William Rolleston, by virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby proclaim and declare that, after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, all that portion of the Middle Island of New Zealand lying to the North of the Hurunui River, and of a straight line from the source of that river to the County of Westland, the County of Westland, and the Provinces of Otago and Southland in the Middle Island, and the Provinces of Auckland and Taranaki in the North Island, shall be deemed Infected Districts within the meaning of the said Acts.

And I do further proclaim and declare the following Regulations for the destruction of diseased cattle, and for preventing and regulating the removal or transportation of cattle from the said several infected districts into the Province of Canterbury:-

I. — If any person shall import, drive, or remove, or cause to be imported, driven or removed, or assist in driving or removing, any cattle from either of the said infected districts into the Province of Canterbury, except upon Quarantine Ground and the authority of a Quarantine Certificate, such person shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds and not exceeding fifty pounds for every head of cattle so imported, driven, or removed.

II. — It shall be lawful for any Inspector of Cattle or Police Constable to destroy or cause to be destroyed any cattle which shall pass into this Province from either of the said districts, contrary to these Regulations.

III. — If 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 be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds and not exceeding fifty pounds.

IV. — These Regulations shall take effect from and after the day following the date of publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Given under my hand this ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick and Co., of Stafford street, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.