Aug. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 957

of the vessel by which such stock are brought make and deliver to the Customs officer first boarding his vessel a declaration to the effect of Form 4 or 9 hereto, according as such stock are either foreign or Australian stock.

PART C.—AUSTRALIAN IMPORTED STOCK AND THINGS.
VI.—General, as regards Australian Imported Stock and Things.

Declaration and certificate to be produced to Inspector examining stock.

13. If an owner intends to introduce any Australian imported stock other than sheep into this colony, he shall produce to the Inspector examining the same a declaration duly certified by the Inspector or veterinary surgeon of the port or place from which such stock were shipped to the effect of Form 3 hereto.

Master’s declaration that vessel is a clean vessel.

14. On the arrival of an Australian vessel the master shall make and deliver to the Customs officer first boarding his vessel a declaration to the effect of Form 9 hereto.

VII.—Special as regards Australian Horses and Dogs.

Imported Australian horses and dogs to be admitted by Customs officer on declaration and certificate from Inspector.

15. All Australian horses or dogs imported from any of the Australian colonies, if they are apparently free from disease and are accompanied by a declaration, duly certified by the Inspector or veterinary surgeon of the port from which such horses or dogs were shipped, to the effect of Form 3 hereto, may be landed on the permit of the officer of Customs in charge of the vessel by which such horses or dogs are so imported.

Horses and dogs not accompanied by certificate, how admitted.

16. If any Australian horses or dogs imported from any of the Australian colonies are not accompanied by a declaration and certificate, as provided by the next preceding regulation, such horses or dogs shall not be landed until the owner thereof shall have made a declaration to the effect of Form 3 hereto, and paid to the Inspector a fee of five shillings for inspecting such horses, and two shillings and sixpence for inspecting such dogs.

VIII.—Australian Sheep.

What is to be deemed a clean vessel.

17. No sheep shall be imported except by a clean vessel; and no vessel shall be deemed a clean vessel which shall, within the next preceding six months, have traded to a place not in a clean Australian colony, nor any vessel which shall within the period hereinbefore mentioned have had any sheep or sheepskins on board from any place not in a clean Australian colony.

Quarantine and dressing of Australian imported sheep.

18. Sheep from any clean Australian colony which are accompanied by a declaration and certificate, to the effect of Form 3 hereto, and a declaration by the master of the vessel by which such sheep are imported, to the effect of Form 9 hereto, may, if found on inspection to be not infected, be landed, and, if other than those arriving from Tasmania by special steamers and in the charge of their owners or their servants, shall be taken by a conveyance to the quarantine station for such sheep, where they shall be quarantined and dipped under the supervision and direction of the Inspector; and the length of such quarantine, the medicaments to be used in dipping, the temperature and duration of the bath, the dipping, and the fees to be charged for the keeping and dipping of the sheep, shall be as follows, viz.:

Quarantine.

(1.) The sheep shall remain in quarantine until they shall have been dipped as herein prescribed.

Medicaments.

(2.) The medicaments to be used in dipping shall be good sound tobacco, or tobacco-leaves and flowers of sulphur, at the rate of 1lb. of each to every 5 gallons of water, the tobacco to be put into boiling water and infused for five hours at least, and the sulphur to be added to the infusion in the dip.

Temperature.

(3.) The temperature shall not be less than 100 nor more than 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bath and duration.

(4.) The sheep shall swim and be completely immersed while in the bath, and the bath shall last from one to two minutes, according to its temperature, and as the case may require.

Number of dippings.

(5.) The sheep shall receive one dipping.

Charges.

(6.) The rates to be charged for the keeping and dressing of sheep in quarantine shall be as set forth in Form 8 hereto.

How Australian imported sheep which have not complied with all the regulations are to be admitted.

21. Should any Australian sheep be imported into this colony by a vessel other than a clean vessel, and such vessel is an Australian vessel, or should any such sheep not have been examined in the colony from which they were exported, as prescribed by these regulations, then such sheep may, with the sanction of the Minister, be admitted and shall remain in quarantine for twenty-one days, and shall in every such case receive three dippings at intervals of not less than ten days.

22. If any person fail to comply with or offend against any of the foregoing regulations, for which a penalty is not already specially provided, he shall, on conviction for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

Form 3.

IMPORTED STOCK ACT OF 1871, AND THE IMPORTED STOCK ACT AMENDMENT ACT OF 1884.

Declaration and Certificate of Health.

I [name and address], do solemnly and sincerely declare that the under-mentioned stock are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, free from all infectious and contagious diseases, and have not within the next preceding six months been in direct or indirect contact with stock infected with any such diseases, and are the produce of [Particulars of numbers, sexes, kinds, and brands of the stock].

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and in virtue of the provisions of an Act made and passed in the ninth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled “An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the Government of New South Wales, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the Suppression of Voluntary and Extra-Judicial Oaths and Affidavits.”

(Signed.)

Made and signed before me, at
this day of , 189 .
J.P.

I have examined the stock referred to in the above declaration, and have no reason to doubt its correctness in any particular.

V.S., or Inspector of Stock.

Date:
Address:

Form 8.

IMPORTED STOCK ACT OF 1871, AND THE IMPORTED STOCK ACT AMENDMENT ACT OF 1884.

Scale of Transport and Quarantine Charges and Expenses.
Keep of Australian Sheep in Quarantine. s. d.
Sustenance and attendance per sheep per night .. 0 6

Dipping Foreign and Australian Sheep—each dressing.
1 sheep .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 0
2 sheep, and not more than 5 sheep, per sheep .. 5 0
6 sheep, and not more than 10 sheep, per sheep .. 3 0
11 sheep, and not more than 20 sheep, per sheep .. 2 0
21 sheep, and not more than 40 sheep, per sheep .. 1 6
41 sheep, and not more than 100 sheep, per sheep .. 1 0
101 sheep, and not more than 200 sheep, per sheep .. 0 9
201 sheep and over, per sheep .. .. .. .. 0 6

N.B.—Besides the charges and expenses specified above for inspection, transport, sustenance, and dipping, the cost and expense of disinfecting stock, or the vessel by which they arrive, or the fittings thereof, or the effects of their attendants, as well as all other charges and expenses of every description incurred through the importation of foreign or Australian stock, shall be paid by their owner to the Inspector.

Form 9.

IMPORTED STOCK ACT OF 1871, AND THE IMPORTED STOCK ACT AMENDMENT ACT OF 1884.

Form of Declaration by Master of Australian Vessel.