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1863, it was declared that, under certain
conditions specified, the Inspector of Cattle
was authorised to grant certificates to land,
in the Province of Southland, cattle shipped
at the port of Twofold Bay, in the Colony
of New South Wales:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the same:

Now, therefore, I, the said Superintendent,
in virtue of the powers in me vested, do
hereby revoke the s.id Proclamation, in so
far as it relates to the port of Twofold Bay,
in the Colony of New South Wales aforesaid,
and I do hereby proclaim and declare that
the Inspectors under the said Act shall not
be authorised to grant certificates to land in
the Province of Southland any cattle which
shall have been shipped on or after the tenth
day of February, 1864, at the port of Twofold Bay, in the Colony of New South Wales.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Province of Southland, this
twenty-sixth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four.

J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION

By James A. R. Menzies,
Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province
of Southland.

In Pursuance of the power in me vested,
I do hereby proclaim and declare that
the Waste Lands of the Crown, comprised
within the boundaries hereinafter described,
shall be Quarantine Grounds within the
meaning of, and under the provisions of, the
“Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

The tract of land bounded on the South
by the north boundary of Block I., Winton,
on the West and North-west by the Railway
fence and the Winton Stream; on the East
by the line of the Winton Forest.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Province of Southland, this
twenty-seventh day of January,
one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four.

J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.

REGULATIONS UNDER PROVISIONS OF “DISEASED CATTLE ACT, 1861.”

In Pursuance of the power in me vested,
I, James A. R. Menzies, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Southland, do
hereby annul the Regulations made on the
16th inst., under the provisions of the
“Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” and make and
issue the following regulations for destroying
diseased cattle within the Province of Southland:—

1. It shall be lawful for the Inspector of
   Cattle for the Province of Southland,
   appointed under the provisions of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” to muster and inspect any cattle within the said Province,
   with a view to satisfying himself whether
   any such cattle are infected with the disease
   called Pleuro-pneumonia, or any other infectious or contagious disease.

2. If such Inspector shall be reasonably
   satisfied that any such cattle so inspected by
   him as aforesaid, are actually infected with
   the said disease called Pleuro-pneumonia, or
   any other infectious or contagious disease, he
   shall forthwith give notice to that effect to the
   owner of such cattle, or to the person in
   charge thereof, and it shall be the duty of
   such owner or person in charge, within
   twenty-four hours after such notice, to destroy the same.

3. If such cattle shall not be so destroyed
   within twenty-four hours after such notice as
   aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Inspector
   to cause the same to be destroyed forthwith.

4. It shall be lawful for the said Inspector
   to give notice to the owner, if known, of
   cattle so destroyed, to burn or bury the carcases of such cattle within twelve hours after
   such cattle have been so destroyed.

5. Any person hindering or preventing the
   said Inspector from mustering or inspecting
   any cattle under the provisions of these Regulations, or refusing or neglecting to destroy
   any cattle within twenty-four hours after
   notice given, as provided by clause No. 2 of
   these Regulations, or refusing or neglecting
   to burn or bury such cattle, as provided by
   clause 4 of these Regulations, or in any way
   offending against these Regulations, shall
   forfeit and pay any sum not less than one
   pound, nor more than one hundred pounds.

J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 26th January, 1864.

Diseased Cattle Regulations—Hawke’s Bay.

(From the Hawke’s Bay Government Gazette,
5th February, 1864.)

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor Donald McLean,
Esquire, Superintendent
of the
Province of Hawke’s Bay, in the
Colony of New Zealand.