THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1107

Governor aforesaid, with the advice of the
Executive Council, do hereby absolutely pro-
hibit for a further period of two years from
this date, the first of July, 1878, the importation
or introduction of all stock, fodder, or fittings from
any colony or country, other than the colonies and
countries hereinbefore mentioned, and the Colony of
New Zealand: And, as regards cattle and sheep from
any of the said countries of Great Britain, Ireland,
Canada, or the United States of America, do hereby
declare that such cattle or sheep may, on and after
the first day of November next (1878), be imported
or introduced into this colony, subject to the follow-
ing regulations, namely:-

1. No introduction of cattle or sheep shall take
   place from any of the said countries in which any
   infectious or contagious disease not known in
   Australia, other than foot or mouth disease exists, or
   in which there are more than one hundred centres of
   that disease.
2. All such cattle or sheep intended to be intro-
   duced into this colony shall be taken direct from the
   place from which they start to the port of shipment;
   and if they do not travel on foot they shall be con-
   veyed in a goods wagon or horse-box, and shall not
   be put into any conveyance, stable, or other place
   where cattle, sheep, goats, or pigs have been within
   the next preceding sixty days; and the shipper of
   such cattle or sheep shall, if called upon, make a
   statutory declaration that the requirements of this
   regulation have been duly complied with.
3. All such cattle or sheep, prior to their being
   shipped for this colony, as well as all cattle, sheep,
   goats, pigs, or other animals put or to be put on board
   the same vessel as the first-mentioned cattle or sheep
   for the use of the passengers or crew, shall be carefully
   inspected by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon
   appointed in that behalf for this colony.
4. The exporter of such cattle or sheep shall pro-
   duce to the veterinary surgeon inspecting the same
   a certificate from the seller or owner of such cattle
   or sheep, to the effect (1) that they had been in the
   country from which it is intended to ship them
   for a period of not less than sixty days; (2) that they
   are free from infection; and (3) that they had not
   within the sixty days next preceding been in contact
   with infection; and such certificate shall be indorsed
   as correct by the Inspector of Stock for the district
   in which such cattle or sheep were when sold for
   exportation, or from which they started for the port
   of shipment.
5. If the veterinary surgeon be satisfied that the
   cattle or sheep intended to be introduced into this
   colony, and the cattle, sheep, or other animals put
   on board or to be put on board for the ship's
   use, are free from infection, and that all the other
   requirements of the said Act and of these regulations
   have up to that time been duly complied with, he
   shall grant a certificate to that effect in the form of
   Schedule A hereto, and shall deliver the same to the
   captain of the vessel, together with the certificate
   required by No. 4 of these regulations.
6. The skins of all cattle, sheep, or other animals
   which may have died or been slaughtered on board
   any such vessel during the voyage, and not destroyed
   or thrown overboard, shall be salted and securely
   packed in cases or casks, and shall not be landed in
   this colony.
7. The captain of the vessel on which such cattle
   or sheep are, and their attendant, shall, during the
   voyage, make a daily entry in books to be kept by
   them for that purpose, of the state of the health of
   such cattle or sheep and of those put on board for
   the ship's use, and shall deliver over the same to the
   officer of Customs first boarding such vessel on her
   arrival at the port in this colony at which it is
   intended to land such cattle or sheep, together with
   the certificates and all other documents relating to
   such cattle or sheep hereinbefore mentioned.
8. On the arrival of a vessel from any of the said
   countries at a port in this colony with cattle, sheep,
   or other animals on board, the captain shall give the
   Inspector of Stock for such port immediate notice of
   their arrival.
9. All such cattle, sheep, or other animals shall
   forthwith be examined by a veterinary surgeon duly
   appointed in that behalf, and by the Inspector of
   Stock, and they shall determine whether or not such
   cattle, sheep, or other animals are infected, and grant
   a certificate accordingly; and no such cattle, sheep,
   or other animals shall be landed until such certificate
   be granted.
10. If any cattle, sheep, or other animals be found
    to be infected they shall be forthwith destroyed,
    whether the same were intended to be landed or
    not.
11. All such cattle, sheep, or other animals found
    on inspection to be free from infection sha'l before
    leaving the vessel be washed and disinfected as the
    Chief Inspector shall direct, and shall be conveyed
    by water to the quarantine set apart for imported
    stock.
12. Imported cattle or sheep intended to be landed
    in this colony shall remain in quarantine for a period
    of not less than ninety days, during which they shall
    be kept at their owner's expense, and shall be washed
    and disinfected as the Chief Inspector shall direct;
    and such cattle or sheep shall not leave the quaran-
    tine until they shall have been examined by a veteri-
    nary surgeon and Inspector, and declared by them
    to be free from infection.
13. All cattle, sheep, or other animals put on
    board any such vessel for the use of the passengers
    or crew, and removed to quarantine, shall remain
    there until the vessel is about to leave the port, when
    they may be reshipped, on the order of the Chief
    Inspector of Stock.
14. No fodder put on board any vessel with or for
    the use of such cattle, sheep, or other animals, shall
    be landed in this colony.
15. All fittings used for, with, or about such cattle,
    sheep, or other animals, and all effects belonging to
    their attendants, shall be disinfected as the Chief
    Inspector shall direct.

SCHEDULE A.

Certificate and Declaration by Veterinary Surgeon at
Port of Shipment, of Soundness of Stock.

I, the undersigned duly qualified Veterinary
Surgeon, having made a thorough inquiry respect-
ing, and a careful examination of, the live stock
about to be shipped from the port of
, by the
, of which
is the master, for the
Colony of
, which are more particularly
described in the Schedule below, and having made a
like inquiry in regard to, and examination of, the
stock about to be put on board the said vessel
for the use of the passengers or crew thereof
(particulars of which are also given below), do
hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, none of the said
stock are infected or likely to be infected with
any infectious or contagious disease.

Declared before me, at
this
day of

Veterinary Surgeon.
, 187
, J.P.