Jan. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 45

“ Sheep ” shall include any ram, ewe, wether, or lamb: “ Fittings ” and “ fodder ” respectively shall have the meanings assigned to them by “ The Diseases in Stock Act, 1872: ”

“ Chief Inspector of Stock ” shall include officer acting for the Chief Inspector of Stock in his absence.

4. Stock to which the Act No. 451 is extended.—All the sections of “ The Diseases in Stock Act, 1872, ” shall extend to all stock of the kinds mentioned in the Third Schedule hereto.

5. Prohibition of the Introduction of Stock found to be Diseased.—The introduction of any stock mentioned in the Third Schedule hereto into the colony, either by sea or land, found to be suffering from any of the diseases mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto, is prohibited.

6. These Regulations not to authorize the Introduction of certain Kinds of Stock in certain Cases.—Nothing in these regulations shall be taken to authorize the introduction into Victoria of cattle or sheep, save and except from the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand, or from Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, or the United States of America, or the introduction into or landing in Victoria, for the purpose of transhipment or otherwise, of pigs, save and except from the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand.

PART I., SUBDIVISION (1).—THE INTRODUCTION OF STOCK FROM THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES AND NEW ZEALAND.

10. Inspector’s Authority required for the Introduction of Stock.—No one shall introduce into the colony, either by sea or land, any stock of any kind mentioned in the Third Schedule hereto coming from any of the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand without the authority in writing of an Inspector of Stock, and except in accordance with the conditions of such authority; and no Inspector shall grant any such authority until he is satisfied that all the provisions of every law and of every regulation or order of the Governor in Council for the time being in force with respect to the introduction of such stock have been complied with.

11. Places at which Stock may be introduced.—No one, except under special circumstances, of which the Chief Inspector of Stock shall be the judge, shall introduce any such stock at any place not being one of the places mentioned in the Fourth Schedule hereto.

12. Duties of Inspectors before authorizing the Introduction of Stock.—No Inspector shall authorize any of the said stock, being cattle or sheep, to be introduced or travel until he has inspected such stock and is satisfied that the same are free from any of the diseases mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto, and has counted the same or been otherwise satisfied as to the number of stock to be so introduced, and has received a statutory declaration, made by the owner or person in charge, stating the number and description of stock which he is desirous to introduce, and that such stock are free from disease.

13. Introduction of Saddle, Draught, or Pack Horses, Mules or Asses, or Working Bullocks.—In the case of the introduction of saddle, draught, or pack horses, mules or asses, and working bullocks, used bonâ fide for the purpose of riding, draught, or carrying burdens, having been once inspected, special authority may be granted by an Inspector of Stock, and continue in force until revoked by a notice from such Inspector, to enable such horses, mules, asses, or working bullocks to pass and repass without further inspection between any portions of either of the adjoining colonies and this colony.

14. Certificate on the Introduction of Stock from Neighbouring Colonies that it is the Produce of those Colonies.—No Inspector of Stock shall authorize any cattle or sheep brought by sea from any place in any of the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand, except sheep from King’s Island, in the Colony of Tasmania, to be introduced into Victoria, under the provisions of this part of these regulations, unless the certificate of the Inspector or other officer charged with the execution of the law relating to the prevention of diseases among stock in the place whence the same are brought, that the same are the produce of such colony, or have performed a quarantine of not less than ninety days therein and been found free from disease, be produced to him, together with a certificate of the master of the vessel in which such stock are introduced indorsed thereon that such vessel has not during the preceding six months been in any port outside the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand, or received on board stock from any place outside the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand, or from any vessel which during the six months preceding such reception has been in any port outside the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand.

15. Introduction of Stock from Neighbouring Colonies not the Produce of such Colonies.—If any cattle or sheep brought by sea from any of the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand be not the produce of such colony, and have not been depastured in such colony for a period of ninety days, and have not performed a quarantine of ninety days therein and been pronounced free from disease, such cattle or sheep, for the purpose of these regulations, shall be deemed to have been shipped at the place whence the same were originally brought.

16. Introduction of Stock in Vessels that have been recently in Foreign Ports or had Foreign Stock on Board.—Stock arriving in Victoria in any vessel which during the preceding six months has been in any port outside the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand, or which has during the preceding six months received on board stock from any place outside the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand, or from any vessel which during the preceding six months has been in any such port, shall not be introduced into Victoria unless upon compliance with all the regulations in force as to the introduction of stock shipped at such port, so far as such regulations may be applicable.

17. Sheep introduced from Neighbouring Colonies [made by Order in Council of 6th August, 1883].—Every sheep introduced by sea into the colony from any place in any of the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand, except King’s Island, shall, immediately on being landed, be removed to some quarantine-ground determined by the Governor in Council, or to some store or place in the City of Melbourne, of which the Chief Inspector of Stock may, by writing under his hand, approve for that purpose, and which shall be deemed a quarantine-ground, and shall be detained there until it has been dipped once, or oftener, as the Chief Inspector may direct, in the medicaments provided by the regulations under “ The Scab Act, 1870, ” No. 370, and until the Chief Inspector shall, by writing under his hand, authorize its removal.

18. Removal of Sheep to Store to be in Wagons.—Every order of the Chief Inspector of Stock approving of any store or place as a quarantine-ground shall determine the boundaries thereof, and when any sheep is removed as aforesaid to any such store or place the same shall be so removed in some wagon or cart, and not otherwise.

20. Expenses to be borne by Owners.—All expenses connected with the landing, detaining in quarantine, and dipping any such sheep, from the time of the arrival of such sheep until the time the same may be destroyed or released from quarantine, including the expenses of the destruction of any such sheep as may be destroyed, and of the removal and disposition of the carcases of any such sheep as may be destroyed or die, shall be borne and paid by the owners thereof; and no Inspector of Stock shall authorize the introduction by sea of any such sheep into the colony until some owner thereof, or some person on his behalf, has executed to the satisfaction of such Inspector a bond to the Chief Inspector of Stock, with one surety, conditioned for the due payment of all such expenses; and every such bond shall be in such penalty as such Inspector may require, and every such bond may be in the form in the Sixth Schedule hereto.

First Schedule.

Regulations of the 7th day of July, 1879.

Second Schedule.

Catarrh, Cumberland disease, foot-and-mouth disease, glanders, small-pox in sheep, scab, pleuro-pneumonia, rinderpest, murrain, typhoid fever in pigs.

Third Schedule.

Bull, cow, ox, calf, bison, buffalo, mare, gelding, foal, stallion, ass, mule, ram, ewe, wether, lamb, pig.

Fourth Schedule.

By land: Albury, Apsley, Delegate, Echuca, Euston, Howlong, Moama, Penola, Swan Hill, Tintaldra, Tocumwal, Wahgunyah, Willis, Yarrawonga.

By sea: The Port of Melbourne.

Sixth Schedule.

Know all men by these presents that we, of , and , of , are held and firmly bound to , his executors, administrators, and assigns, in the sum of of lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to the said , his executors, administrators, and assigns, for the due payment whereof we hereby bind ourselves, and each of us, our heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our seals.

Dated this day of , in the year of our Lord .

The condition of this obligation is such that, if the said from time to time duly pay on demand the cost of inspection, disinfection, dressings for scab (if made use of), housing, disinfecting the vessel or conveyance in which the transhipment or conveyance to or from the quarantine-ground takes place of certain stock, that is to say, which arrived in the Colony of Victoria by the , on or