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PROCLAMATION

By His Honor Samuel Bealey,
Esq., Superintendent of the
Province of Canterbury,
appointing Quarantine Ground
under the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861."

PROCLAMATION

By His Honor Samuel Bealey,
Esq., Superintendent of the
Province of Canterbury,
declaring certain Districts to be
infected under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861."

WHEREAS, by the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it is (inter alia) enacted that the Governor might by order in Council, from time to time appoint places for Quarantine Grounds under the said Act, and make regulations for the management of such Quarantine Grounds, and fixing the fees and charges thereof; and for the destroying of diseased cattle, and for landing and driving of cattle under the said Act, and generally for regulating and enforcing the performance of duties thereby imposed on Inspectors, and on Masters of ships or vessels:

And whereas the Governor in Council hath, by warrant under his hand, delegated to me, Samuel Bealey, so long as I shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, the several powers vested in the Governor by the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Sections of the said Act, subject to being rescinded as in the said Act is provided, and subject to the regulations issued by the Governor in Council:

Now, therefore, I, the said Samuel Bealey, by virtue of the powers vested in me, do hereby appoint all that portion of the Province of Canterbury to the west of the Dividing Range, to be a Quarantine Ground under the said Act.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province, at Christchurch, this Twenty-seventh day of November, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

S. Bealey,
(L.S.)
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
Emu. Jollie,
Provincial Secretary.

WHEREAS, by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it was provided that the Governor in Council might, by warrant under his hand, from time to time delegate to the Superintendent of any Province within the said Colony, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or Governor in Council by the said Act, subject to such Regulations as he might think fit, and might from time to time rescind such delegation: And whereas the said Governor hath, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to Samuel Bealey, Esquire, so long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, the several powers vested in the said Governor by the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Sections of the said Act, subject to being rescinded as in the said Act provided, and subject to the Regulations issued by the Governor in Council on the Eighteenth day of September, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and to any other Regulations to be from time to time duly made:

Now, therefore, I, Samuel Bealey, by virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby proclaim and declare, that after the date hereof the several Provinces of the Colony of New Zealand, that is to say, the Provinces of Otago and of Southland, in the Middle Island, and the Provinces of Auckland and of Taranaki in the North Island, shall be deemed to be infected districts within the meaning of the said Act:

And I do further proclaim and declare the following Regulations for the destruction of diseased cattle, and for the 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...