Numb. 90.

1937

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1896.

Revoking certain Regulations under "The Stock Act, 1893," and prescribing Others.—Notice No. 467.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of November, 1896.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Stock Act, 1893" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke Regulation Number 17, Part B, of the regulations made by Order in Council issued on the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and the Orders in Council, Notice Number 439 and Notice Number 447, made under the said Act, and respectively dated the twenty-sixth day of April and twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, prescribing certain ports at which Australasian stock may be landed, and prohibiting the introduction of cattle, &c., from Queensland and other Australasian Colonies, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations, namely,—

1. The introduction into the Colony of New Zealand from the Colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia of all horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, deer, and other ruminants, and dogs, and also of fresh meat (with the exception of frozen meat), bones, horns, hoofs, hair, hides, skins, offal, or other part of any such animals, and of all fittings which have been used in the transport of any such animals, is hereby absolutely prohibited, except under the following conditions:—

(a.) Horses and dogs (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed on production of a declaration and certificate in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto if found, on inspection by a Customs officer or Inspector of Stock, to be free from disease; but, if the declaration and certificate be not produced, such horses or dogs shall not be landed until the master or agent of the vessel and the owner of such horses or dogs shall have made a declaration as aforesaid, and shall have paid the Inspector examining them a fee of 5s. per head:

Provided, however, that all dogs arriving from any Australasian Colony in which foreign dogs are quarantined at any other than a Government quarantine-ground shall be deemed and dealt with as foreign dogs, or as the Minister may direct.

(b.) Cattle (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed on production of a declaration by the owner and a certificate by a veterinary surgeon in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto, subject to quarantine for a period of ninety days:

Provided, however, that vessels en route to a foreign port with Australasian horses, cattle, or sheep on board may call at the Port of Wellington for coal, and while there remain at a distance of not less than half a mile from the shore, subject to the like conditions as are prescribed by Regulation No. 31 of the General Regulations under "The Stock Act, 1893," dated the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, with respect to foreign stock.

(c.) Sheep (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed on production of a declaration by the owner and a certificate by an Inspector of Stock in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto, subject to quarantine for a period of thirty days.

(d.) Swine (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed on production of a declaration by the owner and a certificate by a veterinary surgeon in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto.

(e.) Goats, deer, and other ruminants (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed if for a zoological or acclimatisation society on production of a declaration by the owner and a certificate by a veterinary surgeon in the form or to the effect contained in Form A in the Schedule hereto, subject to a quarantine of sixty days.

Should the declaration and certificate required be not produced, such cattle, sheep, swine, goats, deer, or other ruminants shall not be landed until the master or agent of the vessel and the owner of such cattle, &c., shall have made a declaration as aforesaid, and shall have paid the Inspector examining them in the case of cattle, swine, goats, &c., a fee of 10s. per head, and in the case of sheep a fee of 2s. 6d. per head, in addition to veterinary surgeon's inspection fee.

(f.) Animal manures (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed, but those containing blood or bones, or bones digested but uncrushed, must be accompanied by a declaration from the owner, secretary, or manager of the works where such blood or bones were treated that they have been subjected for at least two hours to a heat of at least thirty pounds indicated steam-