PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN WESTLAND.

West Coast Times, Issue 679, 27 November 1867, Page 3

PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN WESTLAND.

(FUOir 'iHI PEOriXCIAI, GOVEBKJIENT GAZETTE, . NOYEMEER 21. Pboclamation by l»s Honor William Seflun Moorhouse, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, under the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861." Whereas by- " The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it was provided that the Governor in Council might, by warrant under his hand, from time to time delegate to the Superintendent of any Province within the said Colony, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor in Council by the said AcL, subject to such Regulations as he might think fit, and might from time to time rescind such delegation. And whereas the said Governor hath, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to William Sefton Moorhouse, Esq., so long as he shall hold the office of Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury the several powers vested in the said Governor by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of the said Act, subject to be rescinded as in the said Act provided, and subject to the Regulations issued by the Governor on the Eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and to any other Regulations to be from time to time duly made. And whereas it has been made to appear to me that the disease called Pleuro-pneu-monia has broken out amongst cattle in that portion of the Province of Canterbury to the west of the dividing Range : Now, therefore, T, the said William Sefton Moorhouse, do hereby declare all that portion of the Province to he an Infected District within the meaning of the said Act ; and Ido hereby make the following Regulations for the destruction of diseased cattle within the said Infected l'istrict, and for preventing the further spread of the aforesaid disease. 1. If any Inspector appointed under these Regulations or otherwise under the " Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," for the infected district above referred to, shah* at any time have reasonable grounds to susp.ect that any cattle within the infected district above referred to are infected with pleuro-pneuDionia, it shall bo his duty, and he is hereby authorised forthwith, or as soon as he conveniently can, to to proceed to and enter into and upon the place, whether enclosed or otherwise, where such cattle are or are supposed by him to be, and by inspecting such cattle, or in any other manner, shall satisfy himself whether such cattle or any of them are infected, or may reasonably suspected to be infected with pleuro-pneumonia, o r , whether the same are free from pleuropneumonia. 2. If such Inspector shall be satisfied that such cattle or any of them are actually infected with pleuro-pneumonia, he shall forthwith give to the owner or the person having the custody, charge, or possession of the said cattle, notice of which of the said cnttle he deems actually infected with such disease; and such owner or person aforesaid shall, within twenty-four hoiu'safters'uchnotice,destroy the cattle so deemed effected, and shall forthwith bury four feet under ground, or burn the carcasses of the cattle so destroyed ; and if the owner or person having the custody or possession of the cattle deemed by the Inspector to be infected cannot readily be found, and if such owner or person neglect to destroy the cattle deemed infected after the receipt of the notice aforesaid, any Inspector for the said infected district may seize and destroy or cause to be seized and destroyed such cattle so deemed infected. 3. If any owner of cattle, or any person having the custody or charge of cattle, shall, after having received such notice as aforesaid, neglect or refuse to destroy the same or any of them within" twenty -four hours after such notice, such, owner or person aforesaid shall he liable to a fine or penalty of Fifty Pounds for eyery head of cattle which he shall have neglected or refused to destroy. 4. If any owner of cattle which nny such Inspector as aforesaid has notified to be infected, or if any person having the custody, care, or possession of any such cattle shall, after the same or any of them have been destroyed, neglect or refuse to bury four feet under ground, or burn the carcasses thereof, within twenty-four hours after the destruction thereof, such owner or person aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds for every carcass which he shall neglect or refuse to bury or burn. 5. If any Inspector for the said infected district shall suspect that any cattle within the said infected district are infected with pleuro-pneumonia, but shall # not be satisfied that such cattle are actually infected, he may, if he think fit, give to the owner or the person having the custody, charge, or possession of such cattle, notice in writing of what cattle he suspects to be infected with pleuro-pneu-monia, and shall, in and by such notice, order and require such owner or person having the custody, charge, or possession of such cattle, to drive or cause to be driven the cattle mentioned in the said notice to such place within the said infected district, as such Inspector shah 1 think fit, and sucli Inspector may, in and by such notice, direct and fix by what roads and route the said cattle shall be so driven ; and if any person being the owner of any cattle,, or having in his custody, care, or possession, any cattle within the said infected district, shall, after the expiration of forty-eight hours after such last-mentioned notice has been served upon him or left at his usual place of business or residence, neglect or refuse to obey such order, or shall neglect or refuse to drive or catise to be driven, the cattle mentioned in the said notice to the place and by the roads and route directed and fixed on by the said notice, such person shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds for every head ofeattleincluded in such last-mentioned notice*, and after the expiration of the said period of forty - cii ht hours, it shall be lawful for any such inspector, if such owner or person as aforef-aid *hall neglect or refuse to obey such order, to seize and take into his possession the cattle included in such notice, and drive or cause to be driven the said cattle to the place and by the roads and route mentioned and fixed in the said notice. 6. In case any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct any Inspector or any police constable acting under the authority of these Regulations, every person so ofi'cnding shall, arid may be. seized and detained by such person so acting as afore.- aid, or any person or persons he may call to his assistance, until such offender or offenders can be taken before two Justices of the Peace ; and shall bo liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds. 7. All owners or persons having the custody, care, or possession of any cattle withm the said infected district shall, withm fourteen days from the Ist day of December next, giro a notice in writing to the officer in charge of the Police Station nearest to the place

where such cattle are kept, or are, containing the number of such cattle, the particulars as nearly as can be of the place or places where such callle are kept, or are, and the brands with which they are branded, and if such owners or persons shaU neglect or refuse to obey this Regulation, they shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds. 8. These Regulations to take effect on and after Friday, the 22nd day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. Given under my hand and issued under the Public. Seal of the Province at Christckurch, this Thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. '"'(l.s.) W. S. Moobhouse, Superintendent. By his Honor's command, F. E. Stewaet, Provincial Secretary.