REGULATIONS UNDER "THE DISEASED CATTLE ACT, 1861."

Dated at New Plymouth, the 23rd day of January, 1865.

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

WHEREAS it is provided by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," that all regulations and appointments made by the Superintendent of any province in pursuance of any power delegated to him under the power of delegation hereinafter contained, shall be published in the Government Gazette of such province, and all such regulations being so published shall have the force of law. And whereas by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor bearing date the 14th day of September, 1864, the Governor did with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand delegate to the Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki the several powers vested in the Governor by the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th sections of the said Act, subject as in the said warrant is provided. And whereas by two Proclamations under the hand of the Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki, bearing date respectively the 11th and 12th days of January instant, certain districts in the Province of Taranaki were declared to be infected within the meaning of the said Act, and it is expedient to provide penalties for persons driving cattle from such prohibited districts across the boundaries defined in such Proclamations. Now, therefore, I, Charles Brown, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki, do hereby notify and declare that the following penalties shall be imposed against any person guilty of any breach of the aforesaid regulations:—

For a first offence any sum not exceeding £5 for each head of cattle driven or removed from an infected district.

For a second offence any sum not exceeding £20 for each head of cattle driven or removed from an infected district.

For a third offence any sum not exceeding £100 for each head of cattle driven or removed from an infected district.

THE DISEASED CATTLE ACT, 1864.

PROCLAMATION

By His Honor Charles Brown, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki.

WHEREAS, by a proclamation bearing date the 12th day of January inst., given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Taranaki, the district lying between the Tapuae river and a line drawn from the sea along Parihaka road, thence to Barrett road, thence to Frankley road, thence across Carrington road to the Huaumi river, and thence along the said river to its source was proclaimed and declared to be an infected district within the meaning and for the purposes of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," and that from and after the date thereof no Cattle in the said district should cross the said line from the sea to the Huaumi; and whereas it is expedient to revoke such proclamation. Now therefore I, Charles Brown, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki, in exercise of the powers delegated to me by His Excellency the Governor under the said Act, do hereby rescind such proclamation of the 12th day of January instant.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Taranaki, at New Plymouth, the 23rd day of January, 1865.

CHAS. BROWN,
Superintendent.

ERRATUM.

Provincial Government Gazette, No. 4.

UNDER for Quarrying Stones, &c., supplying quoins, &c. Read 8½d. instead of 8s. 2d. per foot.

Printed at the TARANAKI HERALD Office.