tackle, &c., used in the slaughtering of cattle to be kept clean and in serviceable condition, and the keeper or lessee shall be answerable for the safe keeping of all utensils, tackle, &c., belonging to such house.

7. The keeper or lessee shall not allow any cattle to run at large in any such House, or on the premises thereto belonging.

8. Cattle taken to any such House to be slaughtered, shall be slaughtered in such House, and not elsewhere.

9. The carcase of every head of cattle slaughtered in any such House shall be skinned and properly dressed therein before the same or any part thereof shall be taken away from such House and premises; provided always that carcases of veal and lamb may be removed with skins on, if slaughtered and dressed six hours previously.

10. Within eighteen hours after the slaughter of any such head of cattle, every part of the carcase thereof shall be taken away from such House and premises, and all hides, skins, and offal shall be removed daily from such House and premises before 9 o’clock a.m.

11. Every person slaughtering cattle at any such House, shall pay to the keeper or lessee the fees mentioned in the Schedule to the said Act before the removal of the carcase or carcases of such cattle, and shall not remove therefrom, or injure, or destroy any of the slaughtering tools or implements, or any part of the yards or buildings thereunto belonging.

12. Every such keeper or lessee shall, in the event of any diseased cattle being brought for slaughter to or being slaughtered at such House, give immediate notice thereof to the Inspector of Slaughter-houses for the district wherein such House is situated.

13. The keeper or lessee of any such House shall admit therein, at all times, at any hour of the day or night, such Inspector of Slaughter-houses as aforesaid.

14. Every such keeper or lessee shall keep a correct account of all cattle slaughtered at such House, and of the respective persons by or for whom the same shall have been slaughtered, and shall on every Monday transmit a copy thereof for the preceding week signed by such keeper or lessee, to such district inspector as aforesaid.

15. Every such keeper or lessee shall keep the Register prescribed by the said Act, at all times legibly written with ink.

16. All persons slaughtering Cattle at such House shall immediately on being thereunto requested by the keeper, lessee, or inspector, give every assistance in examining the hides of the cattle so slaughtered.

17. It shall be lawful for any person to deliver to such keeper or lessee, before sunset, any cattle for the purpose of being slaughtered, and the said keeper or lessee shall be responsible for such cattle so delivered to him for the purpose of being slaughtered, provided that such keeper or lessee shall not be responsible for a longer period than twenty-four hours, and such keeper or lessee shall impound all cattle which have been in yards or pens for a longer period than forty-eight hours.

18. All cattle delivered as aforesaid shall be slaughtered in the same Slaughter-house within forty-eight hours from the time of such delivery, and in no case shall be removed therefrom alive without the express permission of the Inspector.

19. No person shall cart or convey to, and no keeper or lessee shall receive into any Slaughter-house any carcase, or part of a carcase, or any cattle in an injured or dying state, without the express permission of an Inspector of Slaughter-houses.

20. No person shall in any Slaughter-house, skin, or dress any animal, or part of an animal, unfit for human food.

21. No person shall, in any Slaughter-house, “blow” any veal, lamb, or mutton.

22. All persons working in any Slaughter-house shall be subject to the orders of any Inspector of Slaughter-houses, and in the event of any person refusing, or delaying to obey the orders of any such Inspector, he shall be deemed guilty of an offence against these rules.

23. No person whatever, without special permission from the Provincial Treasurer, shall work in any Slaughter-house unless licensed to do so in manner hereinafter mentioned, and no person shall be admitted into any Slaughter-house except upon lawful business.

24. A License to work in Slaughter-houses shall be issued by the Provincial Treasurer on his being satisfied as to the character of the person to be licensed, and on payment of a fee of One Pound. Such license shall be held to run for one year from 1st January, but may be revoked by the Superintendent at any time, in the event of the person licensed being guilty of any misconduct or any breach of the Slaughter-house Regulations or of disobeying the orders of any Inspector of Slaughter-houses.

25. The word “cattle” as herein used shall be taken to include horned or neat cattle, sheep, goats, and swine.

26. Every Inspector of Slaughter-houses is hereby authorised to proceed against all persons who shall within his district offend against any of the Rules and Regulations herein contained.

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Superintendent.