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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held by the
under-mentioned officer:—

M Battery of Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Boyne. Date of resignation, 12th Sep-
tember, 1883.

JOHN BRYCE.

Importation of Dogs into South Australia.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1883.

THE following Order in Council respecting the importa-
tion of dogs into South Australia is published for
general information.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

(South Australian Government Gazette, of 6th September,
1883.)

REGULATIONS UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.

At the Executive Council Office, in Adelaide, the fifth day of
September, 1883.

Present: His Excellency the Governor, the Hon. the
Chief Secretary, the Hon. the Treasurer, the Hon. the
Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Hon. the Minister of
Education,

Relating to the Introduction of Dogs from Great Britain and
Ireland, Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and all Places
beyond the Limits of the Australasian Colonies and New
Zealand.

WHEREAS by the Public Health Act the Governor in Council
is empowered to make such orders as may seem necessary for
the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the introduction into
this province from any country or colony (in which re-
spectively any disease in sheep, cattle, swine, or other animals
of the same or any other kind or kinds whatsoever is known
to exist) of all sheep, cattle, swine, or other animals of the
same or any other kind or kinds whatsoever: And whereas
disease in dogs is known to exist in Great Britain and Ireland,
Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and all places beyond the
limits of the Australasian Colonies and New Zealand: And
whereas it is desirable to regulate the introduction into the
province from those countries and places of all dogs of any
kind whatsoever: Now, it is hereby ordered by the Governor
in Council, in pursuance of the provisions of the above-
mentioned Act, that the regulations hereinafter set forth for
regulating the introduction into the province from Great
Britain and Ireland, Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and
all places beyond the limits of the Australasian Colonies and
New Zealand, of all dogs of any kind whatsoever, shall be
forthwith published in the Government Gazette, and from the
date of such publication shall have the force and effect of
law within the province.

ORDER 1.-In the interpretation of these orders the words
in inverted commas shall have the meanings, in addition to
the ordinary meanings attached to them, respectively :—

"Inspector" shall mean the Chief Inspector or any Inspec-
tor of Sheep appointed under Act No. 19 of 1859, and any
person authorised in writing by the Honourable the Com-
missioner of Crown Lands and Immigration to act as an
Inspector under these regulations.

"Dog" shall mean any dog of any age or sex whatever.

"Owner" or "consignee" shall include any person having
the custody or right to dispose of any dog, or who shall dis-
pose or remove or authorise the removal of any dog, whether
for his own benefit or for that of any other person.

"Quarantine ground" shall mean any land now or here-
after to be defined by the Governor, by Proclamation in the
Government Gazette, as a quarantine ground for the reception
and keeping of animals, and also any land to which any In-
spector shall direct the removal of any dogs under these
orders.

And in every case where the singular number is used the
plural number shall be included, and vice versa.

ORDER 2.-No dog shall be landed in the Province of South
Australia at any place other than within the port of Port
Adelaide.

ORDER 3.-The master of any vessel with any dogs on
board shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival at Port
Adelaide, gave notice in writing to the Chief Inspector of
Sheep, at Adelaide, of the arrival of such dogs, and stating
their description and number.

ORDER 4.-All dogs on board any such vessel shall be forth-
with examined by the Government Veterinary Surgeon, or a
duly-qualified veterinary surgeon appointed by the Chief
Inspector; and, if such dogs are certified by the Veterinary
Surgeon to be free from rabies, the Inspector may grant a
permit for the removal of such dogs by the owner or con-
signee to such quarantine ground as the Inspector may direct,
and no dogs shall be removed from such vessel without per-
mission in writing from an Inspector be first had and obtained
by the owner or consignee.

ORDER 5.-All dogs imported into the port of Port Adelaide,
or any other port in the Province of South Australia, showing
symptoms of rabies on arrival, or during the term of quaran-
tine, shall be destroyed; or if any dog be not removed to a
quarantine as directed by an Inspector such dog shall be
destroyed.

ORDER 6.-All dogs imported into the province shall re-
main in quarantine for a term of not less than six months
from the date of landing.

ORDER 7.-All dogs imported into the province shall be
under the supervision of the Chief Inspector of Sheep, and
shall not be removed from quarantine unless a permit for
the removal of such dog or dogs shall have been first had
and obtained by the owner or consignee from an Inspector.

ORDER 8.--All expenses of examination by veterinary
surgeon, landing, removing to, maintaining, and keeping in
quarantine of any dog, and removing from quarantine, and
all expenses in connection therewith, shall be borne by the
owner or consignee of such dog; and the owner or consignee
shall on demand deposit the estimated amount of such costs
and expenses with the Chief Inspector previous to any dog
being landed.

ORDER 9.-Every master of any vessel who shall neglect
to forward notice of the arrival, as required by Order 3, or
who shall land or attempt to land, or permit or suffer to be
landed, any dog without a permit for such landing or re-
moval from an Inspector first had and obtained, or who shall
remove or attempt to remove, or permit or suffer to be re-
moved, any dog from his ship or vessel to or from any other
ship or vessel, whilst either of such ships or vessels shall be
within the boundaries of any port in the province, without
permission from an Inspector, shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than £10 nor more than
£50.

ORDER 10.-Every owner or consignee or person who
shall land or attempt to land, or assist or be in any way
concerned in landing or attempting to land, any dog from
any vessel before a permit shall have been had and obtained
from an Inspector for that purpose, or who shall refuse or
neglect to remove any dog from any vessel to a quarantine
ground; or who shall remove or attempt to remove, or assist
or be in any way concerned in removing, any dog from a
quarantine ground, without a permit from an Inspector
authorising such removal first had and obtained; or who
shall refuse or neglect to remove any dog from quarantine
within twenty-four hours after an Inspector shall have
granted a permit for such removal; or who shall refuse or
neglect forthwith to obey any requisition, order, or direction
under these regulations or any of them; or who shall obstruct
or hinder any Inspector in the execution of any of his duties
or powers under these regulations, shall forfeit and pay for
every such offence a penalty of not less than £10 nor more
than £50.

ORDER 11.-Every person being thereunto liable who shall
neglect or refuse to pay on demand by an Inspector the cost,
as required by Order 8, of all expenses under these regulations,
shall, for every day during which such neglect or refusal
shall continue, forfeit and pay a penalty of £25.

ORDER 12.-No dog will be allowed on the quarantine
ground except for the purpose of quarantine, and any dog
found trespassing on the quarantine ground will be imme-
diately destroyed.

ORDER 13.-No compensation or claim shall be allowed or
payable to any person whatever for any dog sold or destroyed
under these regulations.

And the Hon. the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Im-
migration is to give the necessary directions herein accord-
ingly.

E. W. HOWARD,
Clerk of the Council.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act,
1880," in favour of the under-mentioned person:—

THOMAS DICK.