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BYE-LAWS OF WARDENS FOR THE INVERCARGILL HUNDREDS.

I. That no cattle of any description be depastured on the Invercargill Hundred without a license, provided always that cattle and horses of bona fide travellers on their journey when turned out, be not considered trespassers if not longer than three nights in the same neighborhood.

II. That no sheep or small cattle of any description be depastured on the Invercargill Hundred.

III. That no entire horse over twelve months old be depastured on the Invercargill Hundred, without special permission of the Warden. Any person contravening this Clause shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five pounds sterling.

IV. That no bull over twelve months old be depastured in the Invercargill Hundred without special permission of the Warden. Any person contravening this Clause shall be fined the full sum of five pounds sterling.

V. That all license holders do register the brands of their horses or cattle within two months from the date of the advertisement of the bye-laws of the Wardens, with the Warden having nearest to them.

VI. That owners of cattle on the hundred do give notice to the nearest Warden before removing any cattle from off the hundred.

VII. That all cattle brought on the hundred be reported to the nearest Warden within forty-eight hours after arriving in the hundred.

VIII. That no person shall be allowed to depasture more than twenty-five head of cattle for every section of land of one hundred acres in his occupation, and proportionately for sections of larger or small size.

IX. That all stray cattle be impounded.

X. That the penalty for any breach of the foregoing bye-laws, be any sum not exceeding five pounds sterling to be recovered in a summary way according to the land regulations.

Andrew Kirkness,
Chairman.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1868.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, intituled

“The Appropriation Ordinance, 1868,”

which Bill was reserved for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon, having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to assent to the same.

E. W. Stafford.

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the seventeenth day of Feb., 1868.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Public Revenues Act, 1867,” it is enacted that the Colonial Treasurer shall pay out of the Land Fund arising within each Province such salaries to the Receivers of Land Revenues within each Province as the Governor in Council shall direct:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him on this behalf, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order and direct that the salary to be paid to each Receiver of Land Revenue for the several Provinces of New Zealand shall be at and after the rates set forth in the Schedule hereto, and set opposite to the name of such Province.

Southland ... £50

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

PROCLAMATION

By John Parkin Taylor, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province of Southland.

WHEREAS by the 9th section of the “Education Ordinance, 1867,” of the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland it is enacted that the Superintendent may upon the recommendation...