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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

PROCLAMATION by His Excellency Sir SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WILLIAM CLEAVER FRANCIS ROBINSON, TO WIT. Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander- (L.S.) WILLIAM C. F. in-Chief in and over the Province of ROBINSON. South Australia and the Dependencies thereof, &c.

By virtue of the powers vested in me by “The Customs Act, 1864,” and of all other powers me enabling, I, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby revoke, annul, and make void my Proclamation, dated the seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and published in the Government Gazette on the eighth day of May, in the said year, prohibiting the introduction or importation into the province of horned cattle and sheep, and in lieu thereof, in order to prevent the introduction of any infectious or contagious distemper or disease, I do hereby absolutely prohibit the introduction or importation into the Province of South Australia of pigs shipped in Great Britain or Ireland, or at any other place or places beyond the limits of the Australasian Colonies, and all deer and goats, except deer and goats introduced or imported by the South Australian Zoological and Acclimatisation Society (Incorporated), for their gardens at Adelaide; and I further order and direct that this Proclamation shall take effect from the date hereof, and shall continue in full force and effect until the same is revoked by Proclamation in the aforesaid Gazette.

Given under my hand and the public seal of the said province, at Adelaide, this twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and in the fifty-first year of Her Majesty’s reign.

By command.
J. G. RAMSAY,
Chief Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ORDERS AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT RESPECTING THE INTRODUCTION OF ANIMALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND OTHER PLACES BEYOND THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES.

At the Executive Council Office, Adelaide, the twenty-fourth day of August, 1887.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor,
The Hon. the Treasurer, the Hon. the Chief Secretary, the Hon. the Attorney-General, the Hon. the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Hon. the Commissioner of Public Works, the Hon. the Minister of Education.

By virtue of the provisions of the Public Health Act it is ordered by the Governor in Council that the orders and regulations hereinafter set forth for regulating the introduction into this province from Great Britain and Ireland, and other places beyond the Australasian Colonies, of cattle and sheep, and such other animals as the Governor shall, by notice in the Government Gazette, declare these regulations, or any of them, to apply to, shall be forthwith published in the Government Gazette, and from the date of such publication shall have the force and effect of law within this province.

Orders and Regulations respecting the Introduction of Animals from Great Britain and Ireland, and other Places beyond the Australasian Colonies.

1. In the interpretation of these regulations the following words in inverted commas shall have the following meanings:—
   “Animal” shall mean cattle and sheep of every age and sex, and such other animals as the Governor shall from time to time, by notice in the Government Gazette, declare these orders and regulations, or any of them, to apply to:
   “Destroy” shall mean kill and burn so that the carcase be consumed, or kill and bury at least 12in. under the surface of the ground, or throw overboard and sink at sea:
   “Inspector” shall mean any Inspector of Sheep appointed under Act No. 19 of 1859, and any person authorised in writing by the Honourable the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration to act as an Inspector under these orders and regulations:
   “Land” shall include farms, pasturage, paddocks, enclosures, yards, stables, and buildings:
   “Disease” shall mean any of the diseases known as rinder-pest, pleuro-pneumonia, scab, sheep-pox, foot-and-mouth disease, catarrh, and any other disease in any animal which the Governor may hereafter, by notice in the Government Gazette, declare to be infectious or contagious:
   “Owner” or “consignee” shall include any person having the custody or right to dispose of any animal, fodder, or fittings, whether for his own benefit or for that of any other person:
   “Fittings” shall mean any sheep-pens, cattle-boxes, any materials used for penning, yarding, or confining animals, halters, brushes, clothes, buckets, and other articles whatever which may have been brought into contact with any animal, and also any wool or hair taken from any animal:
   “Fodder” shall mean any food or bedding used, or which shall have been brought into contact with any animal.

2. All animals intended to be imported into the Province of South Australia must be shipped at the port of London, in England, and all such animals intended to be shipped from any place beyond Great Britain must be landed and kept within the limits of the United Kingdom for at least fourteen days before being shipped for Adelaide.

3. No animal shall be landed in the Province of South Australia at any place other than within the port of Port Adelaide.

4. Every owner, consignee, or person desiring to introduce any animal into the province shall, before landing the same, give not less than six weeks’ previous notice, in writing, of such desire to the Chief Inspector of Sheep, at Adelaide, and shall, in such notice, give particulars of the description, number, and brands (if any) of the animals intended to be introduced; the place whence, and the time when, the same were shipped; and the name of the vessel by which the same are expected to be conveyed to the province.

5. No animal shall be introduced into the province except the state of health of such animal shall be authenticated by the following declarations, which declarations shall be forwarded by the consignee or owner of the animals therein mentioned to the Chief Inspector of Sheep, at Adelaide, within twenty-four hours from their arrival at Port Adelaide, and before any such animals shall be landed, that is to say,—
   (a.) A declaration by the breeder or owner of the animal at the time of shipment that the animal was, at the time of shipment, and had been for the preceding sixty days, free from infection, and had not during such sixty days been in contact with or feeding on the same land with any animal infected with disease, and that such animal was not conveyed to the port of shipment in any truck, cart, or other vehicle; or, if such animal was so conveyed, that such truck, cart, or other vehicle had, for the purpose of and before conveying such animal, been washed and disinfected. Such declaration shall be in the form of Schedule A hereto, or as near thereto as circumstances will permit, and shall be declared before a Justice of the Peace not more than three days before the declaration of the veterinary surgeon next hereafter required:
   (b.) A declaration by a veterinary surgeon, who shall be a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, that he has examined the animals shipped, and all other animals shipped on the same vessel, as well for export as for the use of passengers and crew, and that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, none of such animals were then, or were likely to be, infected with any infectious or contagious disease. Such declaration to be made before a Justice of the Peace at the port of embarkation, and shall be in the form of Schedule B hereto, or as near thereto as circumstances will permit:
   (c.) A declaration by the captain or master of a vessel conveying the animals to the province that no disease of any kind had shown itself on any animal on such vessel during the voyage, and that no animal on board is affected; or, if any disease should have shown itself during the voyage, a declaration stating the nature of such disease, its effect on the animal or animals affected, and the time during which any such animal was affected. Such declaration shall be made before a Justice of the Peace in the province, and shall be in the form of Schedule C hereto, or as near thereto as circumstances will permit.

6. The captain or master of any vessel with any animal or animals on board shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival at Port Adelaide, give notice in writing to the Chief Inspector of Sheep, at Adelaide, of the arrival of such animals, and stating their description and number.

7. All animals on board any such vessel shall forthwith be examined by an Inspector, and also by a duly-qualified veterinary surgeon to be appointed by the Inspector, who shall report to the Chief Inspector if such animals are diseased or not, and if not infected the said animals shall be washed or disinfected in such manner as the Chief Inspector shall direct; and the Inspector shall, if he is satisfied that such animals are free from disease, grant a permit that such animals, or such of them as he may in such permit specify, be landed; and no animal of any description shall be landed until such permit shall have been granted, and a sum for expenses, as hereinafter provided, shall have been deposited with such Inspector.

8. All animals permitted to be landed by an Inspector shall