1808
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

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 stock, &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 only be landed provided such manures have been subjected for at least two hours to a moist heat of a temperature of not less than 250 degrees Fahrenheit, equal to an indicated steam-pressure of 30 pounds per square inch. All animal manures to be put up in new bags.

(g.) Bones in a raw or green state, whether crushed or uncrushed (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed and taken direct from the ship’s side to manure-works approved of by the Inspector, and there subjected for at least two hours to a moist heat of a temperature of not less than 250 degrees Fahrenheit, equal to an indicated steam-pressure of 30 pounds per square inch.

All raw or green bones to be put up in new bags, such bags to be immediately burned, or thoroughly steamed or boiled before again being used.

(h.) Hides (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be landed and taken direct from the ship’s side to a tannery approved of by the Inspector, and there manufactured into leather, if from cattle slaughtered for human consumption or boiling-down, and not from animals which have died from disease, such hides to be thoroughly salted.

2. No stock, animal manures, bones, or hides shall be landed in New Zealand unless the same are the produce of a “clean” colony as defined by No. 14 of the General Regulations—namely, “Any Australasian Colony shall, as regards any particular kind of stock, be deemed a clean colony if the introduction of that kind of stock, or of stock of a different kind but liable to be infected with the same disease, is not prohibited from such colony in terms of these regulations, or with respect to which there are no grounds for prohibiting the introduction of any such stock; and no stock shall be introduced into this colony but from a clean colony.”

3. Any person intending to introduce animal manures or hides into this colony shall give the Inspector of Stock at port of landing not less than forty-eight hours’ notice of his intention (Form B).

4. All animal manures and hides shall be accompanied by a declaration from the owner, secretary, or manager of the works where treated, and also by a certificate from an Inspector of Stock or veterinary surgeon, in the form or to the effect of Form C in the Schedule hereto.

5. No manures or hides shall be landed without the written permit of an Inspector (Form D).

6. The Inspector may submit samples of any manure to an analyst duly appointed under “The Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880,” for report; and if, in the opinion of the said analyst, such manure has not been treated as prescribed, it shall be treated, dealt with, or disposed of as the Minister shall direct.

7. Any person importing bones or hides under this regulation may be required by an Inspector to thoroughly disinfect any vehicle in which such bones or hides have been conveyed after leaving the ship. The Inspector may also detain for a reasonable time any bones, hides, or manures so imported, pending inquiry, and the report of an analyst if necessary.

8. All expenses of every description incurred in connection with the importation and treatment of manures, hides, &c., shall be paid by the owner to the Inspector within twenty-four hours after demand.

9. Any person committing a breach of these regulations shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds, nor more than five hundred pounds.

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SCHEDULE.

FORM A.

Declaration by Owner, and Certificate of Health by Inspector.

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; that they have not, within the preceding six months, been in direct or indirect contact with stock infected with any such disease; and that they are the produce of
, and have during the whole of the preceding months been in a clean Australasian Colony. And I further declare that the vessel by which the stock are to be shipped is a clean Australian vessel.

Particulars of Stock.