✨ Appointments and Proclamations
REGISTRATION OFFICERS APPOINTED.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to be Registration Officers for the districts set opposite their names, as constituted by “The Representation Act, 1865:”
John Hare, Invercargill, Mataura,
Riverton, Wallace.
E. W. Stafford
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 24th Nov. 1865.
IN pursuance of the power vested in me by the Vaccination Act, 1863, I hereby appoint
F. A. Monckton, Esq.,
to be a Vaccinator for the Invercargill district.
John P. Taylor,
Superintendent.
PROCLAMATION.
By his Honor Alfred Saunders,
Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c.
WHEREAS by a proclamation, bearing date the Twelfth day of December, 1861, John Perry Robinson, Esquire, then Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, did declare and proclaim that the Colonies of Australia, that is to say, the Colony of Victoria, of New South Wales, of Queensland, of South Australia, and of Western Australia, as well as the Colony of Tasmania, and the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, and also the Provinces of Otago and Southland, in the Colony of New Zealand, should be deemed to be for the purposes of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” Infected Districts.
And whereas, by a proclamation, bearing date the Eleventh day of August, 1863, the aforesaid proclamation was revoked in so far as the same related to the Colonies of South Australia and Tasmania, and the District of Twofold Bay, in the Colony of New South Wales.
And whereas by a proclamation, bearing date the Fifth day of February, 1864, the District of Twofold Bay, in the Colony of New South Wales was declared to be an Infected District within the meaning of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”
And whereas it is expedient to remove the prohibition from the whole of the Australian Colonies. Now therefore I, Alfred Saunders, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, by virtue of the powers vested in me by a warrant of the Governor of New Zealand issued under the provisions of the said Act, do hereby revoke the said several proclamations in so far as the same relate to the Colonies of Victoria, of New South Wales, of Queensland, and Tasmania, and I do hereby declare that the said several Colonies shall not from the date hereof until further notice be deemed Infected Districts for the purposes of the said Act.
Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Nelson, this Thirty-first day of October, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Alfred Saunders,
Superintendent.
Attested
Alfred Greenfield,
Provincial Secretary.
DISEASED CATTLE REGULATIONS.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Honor Isaac Earl Featherston, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand.
WHEREAS by Section No. 9 of the “Diseased Cattle Act 1861” it is enacted that “If at any time it shall be made to appear to the Governor that any infectious or contagious disease has broken out in any district out of the Colony it shall be lawful for the Governor by Order in Council to declare that such district is infected within the meaning of this Act and from time to time to make such regulations as to him shall seem fit for prohibiting the importation of cattle into the Colony from such district and the landing or driving of such cattle and for destroying cattle imported...
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🏛️ Appointment of Registration Officers
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration4 November 1865
Registration Officers, Appointments, Representation Act 1865, Invercargill, Mataura, Riverton, Wallace
- John Hare, Appointed Registration Officer
- E. W. Stafford
🏥 Appointment of Vaccinator
🏥 Health & Social Welfare24 November 1865
Vaccinator, Appointment, Invercargill, Vaccination Act 1863
- F. A. Monckton (Esquire), Appointed Vaccinator
- John P. Taylor, Superintendent
🌾 Revocation of Infected Districts Proclamation
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources31 October 1865
Diseased Cattle Act 1861, Infected Districts, Proclamation, Revocation, Australian Colonies
- John Perry Robinson (Esquire), Previous Superintendent mentioned in proclamation
- Alfred Saunders (Esquire), Superintendent issuing proclamation
- Alfred Saunders, Superintendent
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary
🌾 Diseased Cattle Regulations Proclamation
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesDiseased Cattle Act 1861, Regulations, Proclamation, Cattle Importation
- Isaac Earl Featherston (Esquire), Superintendent issuing proclamation
- Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent
Southland Provincial Gazette 1865, No 23