Stock Quarantine and Charges




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

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.

Admission of Australian sheep without dipping, in certain cases.
19. Sheep from a clean colony arriving by special steamers in the charge of their owners or their servants, which are accompanied by a declaration by their owner and certificate by an Inspector in that colony to the effect of Form 3 hereto, and with respect to which the master of such vessel shall have made a declaration to the effect of Form 9 of the regulations of the 31st July last, 1890, may be introduced into this colony, if found on inspection to be free from infection, without being subject to quarantine or dressing.

How imported Australian sheep are to be admitted overland from other colonies.
20. Sheep imported from any clean Australian Colony into any other clean colony, and intended to be introduced overland into this colony, may be admitted if their owner produce to the Inspector for this colony, at the border, a certificate under the hand of an Inspector for the colony from which they are intended to be introduced to the effect that when such sheep were introduced into that colony they were certified to be free from infection by an Inspector of the colony from which they were imported, and that such sheep have been once dipped as required by No. 18 of these regulations, unless they shall have been brought from a clean colony by special steamer, and thereby exempt from dipping; but all such sheep, unless they have been imported, and, where prescribed, quarantined and dressed as herein provided, shall, on crossing the border, be placed in quarantine, and kept and dipped in the same manner in every respect as prescribed with regard to Australian imported sheep required to be dipped at Sydney.

FORMS.
Form 7.

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

LENGTH OF QUARANTINE OF STOCK.

Stock. Quarantine.
Horses Fourteen days.
Camels Ninety days.
Cattle Sixty days.
Sheep Ninety days.
Pigs* Ninety days.
Goats Sixty days.
Antelopes Sixty days.
Deer Sixty days.
Llamas Sixty days.
Buffaloes Sixty days.
Any other ruminants Sixty days.
Dogs Six months.
  • Pigs are at present prohibited.

Form 8.

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

SCALE OF TRANSPORT AND QUARANTINE CHARGES AND EXPENSES.

Veterinary Surgeon's Fees for Inspection.
Foreign Horses and Cattle.

For one or two head, a fee of .. .. .. £1 1 0
Three or four head, each .. .. .. 0 10 0
For every additional head over four head, an additional fee of .. .. .. 0 5 0

Foreign Sheep, Goats, Pigs, or Dogs, and Australian Sheep.

For 1 and not exceeding 4 head .. .. £1 1 0
Any number from 5 to 10 head .. .. 1 11 0
Any number from 11 to 25 head .. .. 2 1 0
Any number from 26 to 50 head .. .. 2 11 0
Any number from 27 to 100 head .. .. 3 1 0

If over 100, the charge instead of per number to be by the day or half-day, as the case may be, at the rate of £3 3s. per day.

Charges for Transport of Stock to and from Quarantine.—Payable each way.

Foreign Horses or Cattle.

For one head .. .. .. .. .. .. £1 0 0
For every additional head arriving on board the same vessel .. .. .. .. 0 5 0

Foreign Sheep, Goats, Pigs, or Dogs.

When conveyed with cattle or horses, every sheep, goat, dog, or pig .. .. .. .. £0 1 0
When conveyed without cattle or horses, any number from 1 to 20 .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
When conveyed without cattle or horses, any number from 21 to 50 .. .. .. .. 1 15 0

When conveyed without cattle or horses, any number from 51 to 100 .. .. .. .. £2 10 0
When conveyed without cattle or horses, any number from 101 and upwards .. .. 3 0 0
For every trip to either quarantine with forage or other loading .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
For unnecessary detention over 1 hour, per hour.. 0 10 0

Charges for Sustenance in Quarantine of Foreign Animals, per Night.

Horses .. .. .. .. .. .. £0 4 0
Cattle, per head .. .. .. .. 0 3 0
Pigs, each .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 1 0
Young pigs under two months old .. .. 0 0 3
Sheep, per head .. .. .. .. 0 0 6
Dogs, per head .. .. .. .. 0 0 6
Pups, up to three months old .. .. 0 0 3

Keep of Australian Sheep in Quarantine.
Sustenance and attendance per sheep per night .. £0 0 6

Dipping Foreign and Australian Sheep, each Dressing.

1 sheep .. .. .. .. .. .. £0 10 0
2 sheep, and not more than 5 sheep, per sheep .. 0 5 0
6 sheep, and not more than 10 sheep, per sheep .. 0 3 0
11 sheep, and not more than 20 sheep, per sheep.. 0 2 0
21 sheep, and not more than 40 sheep, per sheep.. 0 1 6
41 sheep, and not more than 100 sheep, per sheep 0 1 0
101 sheep, and not more than 200 sheep, per sheep 0 0 9
201 sheep, and over, per sheep .. .. .. 0 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.

No. of Stock shipped. Description. Sex Breed, Colour, Brands, and Marks. Where from. Name and Address of Owner or Agent. State of Health of Stock, i.e., infected or not infected.

I, , master, do hereby solemnly declare that the above statement is true with regard to the stock shipped on board the , which is now lying at , and for which are agents; and further solemnly declare that such vessel has not within the next preceding six months traded with or been at any port or place not in a clean Australian Colony, and that such ship has not during that time had any foreign stock, nor any sheep or sheep-skins or wool, on board from any port or place not in a clean Australian Colony.

Dated this day of , 189 .
(Signed) , Master.

Notice to Mariners, No. 9 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th March, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that, from surveys made by the New Zealand Survey Department, it has been ascertained that part of the coast-line of the west coast of the South Island, as shown on the Admiralty Charts, Sheets VII. and XIV., published prior to October, 1890, is not correct. Those charts, however, with corrections to October, 1890, show the coast-line as fixed by the Survey Department. Specimen copies of the corrected charts may be seen at the Customhouses at Westport and Greymouth, and copies can be purchased at the Customhouses at Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

Native Assessor elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th March, 1891.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that the undermentioned person has been elected to be Native Assessor for the Native licensing district set opposite his name:—

TAME WAHANGA, Raglan.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Under-Secretary.



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🌾 Regulations for Imported Stock (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
13 March 1891
Stock, Quarantine, Charges, Regulations, Sheep, Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Goats, Dogs

🚂 Notice to Mariners

🚂 Transport & Communications
13 March 1891
Marine, Coastline, Charts, Corrections, West Coast, South Island
  • W. P. Reeves, For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department

🪶 Native Assessor Election

🪶 Māori Affairs
18 March 1891
Native Assessor, Election, Licensing District, Raglan
  • Tame Wahanga, Elected Native Assessor

  • C. J. A. Haselden, Under-Secretary