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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

to that effect on such part of the said premises, and in such
manner as the Inspector directs; and such person shall affix
and keep such notices affixed accordingly, and in default
thereof shall be liable to the penalties by the said Act
provided in such case.

QUARANTINE.

3. Cattle arriving from any place beyond the seas, and
   placed in quarantine, shall remain therein for such time not
   exceeding ninety days as the Board shall in each case
   specially direct or require: Provided always that cattle
   arriving from any place beyond the seas, save and except
   from the Australasian Colonies, shall, immediately upon
   arrival, be placed in quarantine, and remain therein for not
   less than thirty days.

4. 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 quaran-
   tine-ground or infected place without such authority, shall
   be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. No fodder or fittings used for or in connection with any
   imported cattle shall be thrown overboard from any ships
   in any river, port, or harbour in New Zealand, or elsewhere
   in New Zealand waters; and all such fittings, and all effects
   belonging to attendants upon any imported cattle, shall be
   disinfected, as the Inspector shall direct.

8. No Inspector shall authorise the introduction into New
   Zealand of any such fittings as aforesaid, nor of any fodder,
   other than oilcake, bran, barley, oats, beans, or peas, 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, until they have been properly dis-
   infected to the satisfaction of the Inspector; 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.

9. 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.

10. Every person who commits a breach of any one of the
    foregoing regulations numbered seven, eight, and nine, 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.

11. It shall be lawful for the Board to order the owner
    of any cattle which shall be found to be diseased, or
    the agent of the owner or any person in charge of such
    cattle, by order in writing under the hand of the Chairman
    of the Board, countersigned by an Inspector, to kill such
    cattle, and thereafter to dispose of the bodies 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 such order or a true copy
    thereof at his usual place of abode, shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding one hundred pounds, and to a further pen-
    alty not exceeding five pounds for every twenty-four hours
    such cattle are left undestroyed or undisposed of after the
    said twelve hours, but so that such penalties shall not in the
    aggregate be more than five hundred pounds.

12. The Inspector may give an order in writing to any
    person to seize and destroy any cattle which shall be found
    to be diseased, and dispose of the carcases 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
    cattle, is not known:
    If the owner or his agent, or the person in charge of the
    cattle, 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
    cattle, to the Inspector, on demand.

INSPECTION FEES, ETC.

13. 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 cattle known or reasonably suspected to have
    disease, and shall require such veterinary surgeon to furnish
    a certificate stating the condition of any cattle.

14. Such veterinary surgeon, with any assistants he may
    require, is hereby authorised to enter upon any premises
    for the purpose of such inspection and examination, as
    if he were an Inspector appointed under the said Act; and
    any person 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.

15. 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:—

£ s. d.
For inspection of one head of cattle (excepting
sheep), and not exceeding ten head .. 1 0 0
For every additional head above ten .. 0 0 6
For every visit and inspection by a veterinary
surgeon when authorised as aforesaid, in ad-
dition to the ordinary charge for inspection 0 10 0

Provided that if any cattle (except sheep) are imported
into any port or place for butchers’ use the charge for in-
specting shall be—

£ s. d.
For each animal .. .. .. .. 0 0 3
For sustenance and attendance, if not provided
at the expense of the owner, for each animal
kept in quarantine, such sum, not exceeding
one shilling per day if the animal is kept in
the open, and not exceeding two shillings per
day if the animal is kept under cover, as
the Board may from time to time order.

For every declaration made under section
twenty-four of “The Diseased Cattle Act,
1881” .. .. .. .. .. 0 5 0
For every declaration made by the Board under
section twenty-six of the said Act.. .. 0 10 0

Dogs.

The following regulations shall apply to dogs:—

16. In the subsequent regulations, numbered seventeen to
    thirty-five, both inclusive, the following words and phrases
    shall, unless the context requires a different construction,
    have the several meanings hereby respectively assigned to
    them, viz.,—
    “Dog” means any dog or slut arriving from any place
    or country other than any of the Australasian
    Colonies:
    “Disease” means “rabies canina:”
    “Diseased” means suffering from rabies canina.

17. All dogs affected with disease, and all dogs arriving
    from any place other than the Australasian Colonies, shall,
    until such last-mentioned dogs have passed through and
    been released from quarantine, as hereinafter provided, be
    treated as diseased.

18. The introduction of any dog into the colony found to
    be suffering from disease is prohibited.

19. No dog from any place other than one of the Austra-
    lasian Colonies shall be landed in New Zealand except within
    one of the under-named ports, viz., Auckland, Napier, Port
    Nicholson, Nelson, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, the Bluff
    Harbour.

20. When any vessel arrives at any port or place in New
    Zealand from any place other than any of the Australasian
    Colonies having on board any dog, the master of the vessel,
    and every owner or person in charge of any dog on board any
    such vessel, shall cause every such dog to be securely chained
    up or otherwise confined so soon as the vessel enters New
    Zealand waters, and to be kept so securely chained up or
    otherwise confined as to be unable to bite any person or
    dog coming on board, until an Inspector, by writing under
    his hand, shall otherwise order.

21. The master of every such vessel shall, with the least
    possible delay, furnish the Inspector stationed at or near the
    port of arrival with a descriptive list in writing of each dog
    on board of his vessel, stating where the same was shipped,
    the name of the owner or person in charge thereof (if any)
    appearing to claim the same on board the vessel, or the
    name of the consignee (if any) of every such dog.

22. All dogs on board any such vessel shall be forthwith
    examined by a duly-qualified veterinary surgeon appointed
    by the Inspector; and, if such dogs are certified by the
    veterinary surgeon to be free from disease, the Inspector
    may grant a permit for the removal of such dogs by the
    owner or consignee to such quarantine-ground as the In-
    spector may direct; and no dogs shall be removed from such
    vessel without permission in writing from an Inspector be
    first had and obtained by the owner or consignee.

23. All dogs imported into New Zealand showing symptoms
    of disease on arrival, or during the term of quarantine, shall
    be destroyed; or, if any dog be not removed to a quarantine