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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

6. No cattle shall be removed from any quarantine
   ground, or from an infected place, without the written
   authority of an Inspector; and any person removing,
   or causing to be removed, or assisting to remove, any
   cattle from any quarantine ground or infected place
   without such authority, shall be liable to a penalty
   not exceeding five hundred pounds.

7. If any cattle are removed from quarantine or
   from an infected place in contravention of the said
   Act or of these regulations, any Inspector may cause
   them to be forthwith taken back at the expense of
   the owner, who shall be liable to pay to him the cost
   thereof on demand.

8. All losses in respect of any cattle whilst being
   conveyed to or from or whilst in quarantine, from
   whatever cause, shall be borne by the owner thereof,
   and he shall have no claim whatever for compensation
   for any such loss.

9. No fodder or fittings shall be thrown overboard
   from any ships in any river, port, or harbour in
   New Zealand, or elsewhere in New Zealand waters,
   and all fittings used for, with, or about any imported
   cattle, and all effects belonging to their attendants
   which may be deemed necessary, shall be disinfected,
   as the Inspector shall direct.

10. No Inspector shall authorize the introduction
    into New Zealand of any fittings until they have
    been properly disinfected to the satisfaction of the
    Inspector, nor of any fodder, other than oilcake, bran,
    barley, oats, beans, or pease, brought to the colony
    from any place beyond New Zealand, except for the
    purpose of burning such fodder in such place as the
    Inspector shall appoint; and any fodder or fittings
    landed without the authority of an Inspector, or
    otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of
    such authority, may be seized by any Inspector or
    any person acting under the authority of any such
    Inspector, and may be sold or destroyed as the
    Inspector may direct; and all bedding which has been
    used by cattle, and their droppings, shall be burned or
    buried as the Inspector shall direct.

11. The skins of cattle which have died or been
    slaughtered during the voyage on board any vessel
    having on board any cattle shipped at any place
    beyond New Zealand shall be salted and kept on
    board in a manner which the Inspector may consider
    safe, and no such skins shall be landed in the colony.

12. Every person who commits a breach of any one
    of the three foregoing sections numbered nine, ten,
    and eleven of these regulations, or who refuses or
    objects to obey or carry out any direction of the
    Inspector given under and in pursuance thereof, shall
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred
    pounds.

DESTRUCTION OF CATTLE.

13. It shall be lawful for the Board to order the
    owner of any animal known or reasonably sus-
    pected to have disease, or the agent of the owner or
    any person in charge of such animal, by order in
    writing under the hand of the Chairman of the Board,
    countersigned by an Inspector, to kill such animal,
    and thereafter to dispose of the body in such manner
    as in such order shall be specified; and any such
    owner, agent, or person refusing or for twelve hours
    neglecting to comply with such order, after the
    service thereof on him, either personally or by leaving
    the same at his usual place of abode, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds, and
    to a further penalty not exceeding five pounds for
    every twenty-four hours such animal is left unde-
    stroyed or undisposed of after the said twelve hours.

14. The Inspector may give an order in writing to
    any person to seize and destroy any animal known or
    reasonably suspected to have disease, and dispose of
    the body in such manner as he may therein direct, in
    the following cases, namely:---

If the owner or his agent, or the person in charge
of the animal, is not known:
If the owner or his agent, or the person in charge
of the animal, refuses or neglects for twelve hours to
obey the order of the Board given as aforesaid, and
in such case the cost incurred in such destruction
and disposal shall be paid by the owner or his agent,
or the person in charge of the animal, to the Inspector,
on demand.

FEES, ETC.

15. Under authority from the Colonial Secretary,
    or upon authority in writing by the Chairman of the
    Board, the Inspector shall employ a veterinary
    surgeon to inspect and examine any animal known or
    reasonably suspected to have disease, and shall
    require such veterinary surgeon to furnish a certifi-
    cate stating the condition of any animal for which
    the certificate is required.

16. Such veterinary surgeon, with any assistants
    he may require, is hereby authorized to enter upon
    any premises for the purpose of such inspection and
    examination, the same as if he were an Inspector
    appointed under the said Act; and any persons
    refusing to admit or obstructing such veterinary
    surgeon in such examination and inspection shall be
    liable to a penalty of not less than ten pounds and
    not more than one hundred pounds.

17. There shall be paid to the Inspector, on
    demand, by the owner of cattle or his agent, or the
    person in charge thereof, the following fees:--
    For every visit and inspection by a £ s. d.
    veterinary surgeon when authorized
    as aforesaid ... ... ... 0 10 0
    For every mile the veterinary surgeon
    is required to travel beyond five miles,
    one way ... ... ... 0 0 6

18. There shall be paid to the Inspector, on demand,
    by the owner of cattle or his agent, or the person in
    charge thereof, the following fees for the inspection
    of cattle when they arrive at any port or place in
    the colony:--
    For one animal, and not exceeding ten
    animals... ... ... £ s. d.
    1 0 0
    For every additional animal above ten,
    each animal ... ... ... 0 0 6
    Provided that if any of the above-mentioned kinds
    of stock are imported into any port or place for
    butchers' use the charge for inspecting shall be--
    For each animal ... ... £ s. d.
    0 0 3

19. There shall be paid to the Inspector, on
    demand, by the owner of cattle or his agent, or the
    person in charge thereof, the following fees:--
    For sustenance and attendance for each animal that
    is kept in quarantine, if not provided at the expense
    of the owner, per day, such sum not exceeding one
    shilling if the animal is kept in the open, and not
    exceeding two shillings if the animal is kept under
    cover, as the Board may from time to time order.

20. There shall be paid to the Inspector, on demand,
    by the owner of cattle or his agent, or the person in
    charge thereof, the following fees:--
    For every declaration made under section £ s. d.
    nineteen of "The Diseased Cattle
    Act, 1871" ... ... ... 0 5 0
    For every declaration that a place is in-
    fected, made by the Board under section
    twenty-one of the said Act ... 0 10 0

21. Fees and other sums made payable under
    these regulations may be sued for and recovered by
    and in the name of the Inspector in any Court of
    competent jurisdiction.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council,