Southland Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 9

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NEW ZEALAND

Government Gazette.

PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

JAMES WILSON,
Deputy Superintendent.

Vol. 8.] FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 1870. [No. 9.

BYE LAWS, FOREST HILL HUNDRED, for 1870.

I. That any person depasturing stock of any description on the said Hundred, who shall not have taken out a depasturing license, shall forfeit and pay for such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds, and the cattle may be impounded in any public pound.

II. That no person shall be allowed to depasture more than one head of cattle over the age of six months for every acre of land which he or she occupies in the Hundred; and any person depasturing more than specified shall forfeit and pay for any such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.

III. All stock over the age of six months depastured on the Hundred shall be branded with the registered brand of the owners thereof; and any unbranded stock found on the Hundred above the age of six months may be impounded and dealt with according to law.

IV. No diseased cattle shall be depastured on the Hundred, and any one who shall turn out and depasture any diseased beast shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding five pounds.

V. That no bull over the age of six months, or entire horse over the age of twelve months, shall be allowed to depasture on the Hundred without a written permission from the Wardens, or a majority of them; and any license holder failing or neglecting to comply with the same shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of five pounds.

VI. Any person wilfully disturbing or harassing stock depasturing on the Hundred shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding five pounds, provided always that a holder of a depasturing license within the Hundred, or any person duly authorised in his or her behalf, may drive such stock for the purpose of collecting such as belong to him or her, and for the free and legitimate use of his or her right of pasturage within the Hundred; but in the event of it being necessary for such purpose to drive any stock belonging to any other person a greater distance than half a mile, the person so driving such stock must take them to the nearest available stockyard and there separate his or her own from those of any other person, and return the latter to the place from which they were driven, failing to do which he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding five pounds.

VII. Any person removing stock beyond the Hundred other than those belonging to him or her, or for the removal of which he or she shall not have authority, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding five pounds.

VUW Te Waharoa — Southland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 9

Built in 1864 as a Masonic lodge, this building was purchased by the Southland Provincial Council as their council chambers in 1866. It still stands today.

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🏘️ Bye Laws for Forest Hill Hundred, 1870

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsBye Laws, Stock Depasturing, Forest Hill Hundred, Southland, Livestock Regulations
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JAMES WILSON, Deputy Superintendent

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