clamation of an infected District shall
or as to any part thereof, and also the
Proclamation of any such Exception as
aforesaid.

5. In the exercise of powers delegated
   under the 10th Section of the Act, the
   Superintendent of any Province may prohibit the importation either by land
   or by sea of Cattle into such Province
   from any other Province or any particular
   Port or Place in any other Province,
   or across the borders of a Province or
   any particular part thereof.

6. In all such last-mentioned cases,
   such Superintendent shall cause notice
   as speedily as possible of such prohibition to be given to the Superintendent
   of the Province from which importation
   shall be prohibited, and also to the Governor.

7. The Superintendent of any Province
   may, in his discretion, suspend or forbear
   to exercise all or any of the powers delegated to him under the said Act.

8. The Superintendent of each Province shall, as soon as can be after the
   commencement of each sitting of the
   Provincial Council of such Province, lay
   before such Council copies and particulars of all appointments, regulations,
   acts, and proceedings whatever issued,
   made, or done by him under the delegated powers of the said Act.

9. If the Provincial Council of any
   Province shall by resolution declare their
   dissent from all or any of such appointments, regulations, acts, and proceedings,
   such resolution shall be forthwith transmitted by the Speaker to the Governor
   for his consideration.

F. G. STEWART,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 6th September, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor, in
Council, has been pleased to delegate
under the "Diseased Cattle Act,
1861," to the Superintendents respectively of the Provinces of

Auckland,
Taranaki,
Wellington,
Hawke’s Bay,
Nelson,
Canterbury,
Otago, and
Southland,
the several powers vested in the Governor by the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, and

10th Sections of the said Act, subject to
be rescinded as in the said Act provided,
and subject to the Regulations contained
in the Order in Council of even date
herewith.

WILLIAM FOX.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the resignation of

Captain CHARLES WORTHINGTON,
No. 5 Company, "Rangitikei" Rifle
Volunteers.

WILLIAM FOX.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appointment in No. 1 Company, "Wanganui" Rifle Volunteers:

FREDERICK FANNIN, to be Ensign. Date
of Commission—2nd September, 1861.

WILLIAM FOX.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1861.

THE following Despatch from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State
for the Colonies, is published for general
information.

[Circular.]
Downing Street,
1st June, 1861.

SIR,—You are already aware that the
Queen is desirous of observing the strictest neutrality in the contest which appears to be imminent between the United
States and the so-styled Confederate
States of North America. I have now
to inform you that in order to give full
effect to this principle, Her Majesty has
been pleased to interdict the armed Ships
and also the Privateers of both parties
from carrying prizes made by them into
the Ports, Harbours, Roadsteads, or
Waters of the United Kingdom, or of any
of Her Majesty’s Colonies or Possessions
abroad.

It is Her Majesty’s desire that this
prohibition should be forthwith notified
to all proper authorities within Her Dominions, and I am to desire that you
take measures to secure its effectual observance within the limits of your Government.

I have, &c.,
NEWCASTLE.

Governor Gore Browne, C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.