Feb. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 249

NEW SOUTH WALES, } Proclamation by His Excellency the
TO WIT. } Right Hon. Lord Augustus William
Frederick Spencer Loftus, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, a Member of Her
Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy
Council, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief of the Colony of New South
Wales and its Dependencies.

(l.s.)
Augustus Loftus, Governor.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the twenty-eighth day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four,
issued under the provisions of section ten of an Act passed
in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Her present Majesty,
intituled the Imported Stock Act of 1871, and numbered six,
the importation or introduction of any stock, fodder, or
fittings is restricted and absolutely prohibited from any
colony or country other than from the Colonies of Victoria,
South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia,
and New Zealand: Now, therefore, I, Lord Augustus Wil-
liam Frederick Spencer Loftus, the Governor aforesaid, with
the advice of the Executive Council, do hereby revoke the
said Proclamation from the first day of February next, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Given under my hand and seal, at Government House,
Sydney, this fifth day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
five, and in the forty-eighth year of Her Majesty’s
reign.

By His Excellency’s command.
JOSEPH P. ABBOTT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

NEW SOUTH WALES, } Proclamation by His Excellency the
TO WIT. } Right Hon. Lord Augustus William
Frederick Spencer Loftus, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, a Member of Her
Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy
Council, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the Colony of New South
Wales and its Dependencies.

(l.s.)
Augustus Loftus, Governor.

WHEREAS by section three of an Act passed in the forty-
eighth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled
the Imported Stock Act Amendment Act of 1884, it is enacted
that the term “stock” shall, in addition to cattle and sheep,
include goats, swine, dogs, and such other animals as the Go-
vernor may, by Proclamation, published in the Government
Gazette, declare to be subject to the provisions of the said
Act and of the Imported Stock Act of 1871: And whereas by
a Proclamation under the hand of His Excellency the Go-
vernor, and published in the Gazette of this date, deer were
declared to be subject to the provisions of the said Acts: And
whereas by section ten of the Imported Stock Act of 1871
the Governor is empowered, by Proclamation in the Govern-
ment Gazette, to restrict or absolutely prohibit for any specified
time the importation or introduction of any stock, fodder, or
fittings from any other colony or country in which there is
reason to believe any infectious or contagious disease in
stock exists: And whereas there is reason to believe
that both infectious and contagious diseases in stock
at the present time exist throughout Europe, Asia, Africa,
and America, and all other parts of the world except the
Australian Colonies: Now, therefore, I, Lord Augustus
William Frederick Spencer Loftus, the Governor aforesaid,
with the advice of the Executive Council, do, by this my
Proclamation, prohibit the importation or introduction of
any cattle, sheep, goats, swine, or deer from Europe, Asia,
Africa, or America, or any place not being within the Aus-
tralian Colonies, as defined by the said last-mentioned Act,
for the period of twelve months, from the first day of Febru-
ary, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Given under my hand and seal, at Government House,
Sydney, this fifth day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
five, and in the forty-eighth year of Her Majesty’s
reign.

By His Excellency’s command.
JOSEPH P. ABBOTT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Imported Stock Act of 1871 and the Imported Stock Act
Amendment Act of 1884.

Department of Mines, Stock Branch,
Sydney, 5th January, 1885.

The following regulations, made by His Excellency the Go-
vernor, with the advice of the Executive Council, for carry-
ing into effect the above-named Acts, are hereby published
for general information.

JOSEPH P. ABBOTT.

1. ALL previous regulations under the above-named Acts
   are hereby rescinded.

2. In accordance with the provisions of the above-named
   Acts, and by virtue of Proclamations of this date, under the
   hand of His Excellency the Governor, the diseases known
   as cattle-plague, foot-and-mouth disease, sheep-pox, scab,
   catarrh, rabies, and pleuro-pneumonia shall, for all purposes
   of these regulations, be deemed to be infectious or conta-
   gious diseases; and the term “stock” shall include cattle,
   sheep, goats, swine, dogs, and deer.

I.—SEABORNE STOCK.

3. If any stock are brought by sea to a port or place in this
   colony, the owner thereof shall, within twelve hours of their
   arrival, give the Inspector at or near such port or place notice
   to the effect of Form 1 hereto.

II.—SEABORNE STOCK FROM ANY AUSTRALIAN COLONY
OTHER THAN SHEEP.

4. If an owner intends to introduce stock other than sheep
   by sea from any of the Australian Colonies into this colony,
   he shall produce to the Inspector examining the same a
   declaration, duly certified by the Inspector of the port or
   place from which such stock were shipped, to the effect of
   Form 2 hereto.

5. If any stock, except sheep, brought by sea from any of
   the Australian Colonies to any port or place in this colony
   shall be found on examination by the Inspector to be free
   from infection, he may grant permission for the same to be
   landed, and shall thereupon issue to the owner or his agent
   a permit for such stock in the terms of Form 3 hereto, with-
   out which such stock shall not be landed.

6. If on examination of such stock the Inspector has any
   reason to doubt their entire freedom from infection, he may
   either temporarily detain the same on board the vessel by
   which they were brought, or temporarily isolate them on
   some other vessel or in some safe and convenient place;
   and the owners of the stock shall bear the expense of such
   detention or isolation.

7. If any imported stock other than sheep are found on
   arrival, or within one month thereafter, to be infected, such
   stock shall be either destroyed by the owner, without com-
   pensation, or otherwise disposed of as the Minister shall
   direct.

IV.—STOCK FROM ANY AUSTRALIAN COLONY FOR
TRANSHIPMENT.

15. Stock arriving at any port or place in this colony from
    any of the other Australian Colonies for transhipment may,
    if accompanied by the prescribed declaration and certificate,
    and found to be free from infection, be landed and kept in
    any place approved by the Chief Inspector for a period not
    exceeding fourteen days without being subject to quarantine
    and dipping.

VI.—TRANSPORT AND QUARANTINE.

17. All charges and expenses connected with the veterinary
    inspection or treatment, and the landing, conveying, detain-
    ing, feeding, dressing, disinfecting, and reconveying, of any
    stock, or with the destruction or other dealing with any
    stock under the said Acts or any regulations thereunder,
    shall be borne by the owner of such stock, and such charges
    and expenses shall be at the rates stated respectively in
    Form 12 hereto, in so far as therein specified.

18. All loss sustained with respect to such stock whilst being
    conveyed to or from or whilst in such quarantine, whether
    by accident, or by sickness arising from natural causes, or
    contracted from other animals, or by the destruction of such
    stock, to prevent the spread of disease, shall be borne by the
    owner of such stock, and he shall have no claim whatever
    for compensation for any such loss; and a bond and guaran-
    tee to the effect of Form 10 hereto shall, on the arrival of
    such stock, be completed and delivered to the Inspector by
    the owner on demand, and to the effect also that all duly-
    authorized expenses and charges connected with such stock
    shall be paid by their owner on demand.

VII.—MISCELLANEOUS.

20. No fodder or fittings which shall have been put on
    board any vessel for the use of any stock other than stock
    from any Australian Colony, and with which such first-men-
    tioned stock or their attendants shall have come into direct
    or indirect contact, shall be landed in this colony.

21. Any stock from an Australian colony coming into direct
    or indirect contact with stock other than stock from any
    Australian Colony, or with infected stock, shall be held and
    deemed to be infected stock; and all stock other than stock
    from any Australian Colony, or infected stock, as the case may
    be, which have not passed through quarantine, and been
    released in accordance with the above-named Acts and regu-
    lations thereunder, shall also be held and deemed to be
    infected stock.