[Reprinted from the New Zealand Gazette,

No. 43, October 1, 1861.]

A PROCLAMATION

By His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the most honourable order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

KO., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” it is enacted that the said Act shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed by the Governor, whereof Proclamation shall be made and published in the Government Gazette:

Now, therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne, do hereby proclaim and fix the day of the date hereof to be the day on which the said Act shall commence operation.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this thirtieth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

T. Gore Browne.

By His Excellency’s command,
William Fox.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

Regulations respecting Delegation of Powers to Superintendents, under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

At the Government House, at Auckland,
the first day of October, 1861.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Warrants under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, bearing date the first day of October, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, has been pleased to delegate to the Superintendents respectively of the Provinces of Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, certain powers conferred on him by the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” subject to certain Regulations to be made by the Governor in Council, under the recited Act; Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby make said Order in the following Regulations:

1. Each Superintendent shall, immediately after exercising any of the Delegated Powers, notify the same to the Governor, and he shall transmit to the Governor particulars of all appointments, regulations, acts, and proceedings, whatever issued, made, or done by him under the delegated powers of the said Act.

2. He shall, so soon as conveniently can be, notify all Regulations made by him to the Colonial Secretary, or Chief Secretary of each of the Australian Colonies, and cause the same to be published in England, in the Times newspaper.

3. In the exercise of powers delegated under the 9th Section of the said Act, the Superintendent of any Province may, either in the first instance, or afterwards from time to time by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province, except out of any District proclaimed uninfected under the said Act, any Port or Place within the limits of such District, and every such excepted Port and Place shall be deemed not to be within the proclaimed District; and the Superintendent may also from time to time by Proclamation disallow any such exception wholly or as to any specified cattle, and also the Proclamation of any such exception as aforesaid.

4. In the exercise of powers delegated under the 10th Section of the Act, the Superintendent of any Province may prohibit the importation, either by land or by sea, of cattle into such Province from any other Province, or any particular Port or Place in any other Province, or any particular part thereof.

5. In all such last-mentioned cases, such Superintendent shall, as soon as possible, give notice of such prohibition to the Superintendent of the Province from which importation shall be prohibited, and also to the Governor.

6. The Superintendent of any Province may, in his discretion, suspend or forbear to exercise all or any of the powers delegated to him under the said Act.

7. The Superintendent of each Province shall, as soon as can be after the commencement of each sitting of the Provincial Council of such Province, lay before such Council copies and particulars of all appointments, regulations, acts, and proceedings, whatever issued, made, or done by him under the delegated powers of the said Act.

8. If the Provincial Council of any Province shall by resolution disapprove any Regulation, act, or proceeding made or done under the delegated powers of the said Act, such resolution shall forthwith be transmitted by the Speaker to the Governor for his consideration.

William Fox,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Auckland, 1st October, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor, in Council, has been pleased to delegate under the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” to the Superintendents respectively of the Provinces of

• Auckland,
• Taranaki,
• Wellington,
• Hawke’s Bay,
• Nelson,
• Marlborough,
• Canterbury,
• Otago, and
• Southland,

the several powers vested in the Governor by the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th Sections of the said Act, subject to be rescinded as in the said Act provided, and subject to the Regulations contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

William Fox.