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preceding three months. Such return shall be signed by the licensee and accompanied by either a remittance (including exchange, if any) for the amount of the inspection fees, or a duplicate bank receipt showing that the amount has been paid into the Bank of New Zealand to the credit of the Public Account.

21. Forms of the return shall be obtainable free of charge from any Inspector of Stock.

SANITARY PROVISIONS.

22. No calf weighing less than sixty pounds, dressed weight (including the skin), shall be killed and dressed for human consumption.

23. In every slaughtering-place the killing, dressing, and hanging places shall be floored with concrete or other material approved by the Inspector, and thoroughly ventilated.

24. If the walls of the killing or dressing place are of wood they shall be lined on the inside to a height of not less than 6 ft. from the floor with galvanised iron, and any wooden partitions or posts in those places shall in like manner be cased with galvanised iron.

25. The floor and lower portions of the walls, partitions, and posts of the killing and dressing places shall be thoroughly washed down immediately after slaughtering for the day is finished, or oftener if directed by the Inspector.

26. (1.) Every part of the interior of the killing, dressing, and hanging places (except such part as is lined or cased with galvanised iron) shall be thoroughly lime-washed at intervals of not less than three months, or oftener if directed by the Inspector.

(2.) Where any part is constructed of such materials as would, in the opinion of the Inspector, render lime-washing unnecessary, he may, by writing under his hand, waive the fulfilment of the requirements of this clause as to such part.

27. All knives, saws, cleavers, hooks, hanging-rails, and other instruments, and all trolleys or other conveyances used in or about the slaughtering-place, shall be kept thoroughly clean.

28. The race leading to the killing-place shall be paved to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

29. The yards and all other premises attached to a slaughtering-place shall at all times be kept clean, and supplied with a sufficient supply of pure water for the watering of the stock yarded therein.

30. No hide, skins, fat, or other portion of any carcase likely to become a nuisance shall be stored in any killing, dressing, or hanging place.

31. Every conveyance used for removing meat from any slaughtering-place shall be kept clean, and provided with a clean cover both under and over the meat conveyed therein.

32. In connection with every slaughtering-place, proper and sufficient urinal and closet accommodation shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Inspector, such accommodation to be contained in a separate structure apart from the main building.

OFFENCES.

33. Every manager or licensee in respect of a slaughtering-place is liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds who—
    (1.) Removes or allows or causes to be removed any carcase or portion of a carcase from the slaughtering-place before the brand, label, or tag required to be stamped or affixed thereto is so stamped or affixed; or
    (2.) Defaces, removes, or tampers with any brand, label, or tag affixed to any carcase or portion of a carcase pursuant to these regulations; or
    (3.) Places upon any carcase or portion of a carcase any brand, label, or tag except in accordance with these regulations; or
    (4.) Commits any breach of any of these regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.

1. The Auckland District, comprising the Provincial District of Auckland except the Counties of Cook and Waiapu, and the parts of the Counties of Wairoa and Hawke’s Bay included in the Auckland Provincial District.

2. The Hawke’s Bay District, comprising the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, together with the Counties of Cook and Waiapu, and the parts of the Counties of Wairoa and Hawke’s Bay included in the Auckland Provincial District.

3. The Wellington District, comprising the Provincial District of Wellington.

4. The Taranaki District, comprising the Provincial District of Taranaki.

5. The Nelson District, comprising the Provincial District of Nelson.

6. The Marlborough District, comprising the Provincial District of Marlborough.

7. The Westland District, comprising the Provincial District of Westland.

8. The Canterbury District, comprising the Provincial District of Canterbury.

9. The Otago District, comprising the Provincial District of Otago.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
(Form 1, Reg. 2.)

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF ABATTOIR.

To the Secretary for Agriculture, Wellington.

I, __, of __, Town Clerk of the Borough of __ [or as the case may be], by direction of the Council of the said borough [or as the case may be], hereby apply to register, under “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” the under-mentioned premises as an abattoir for the use of the said borough [or, and of the Borough of __, in common, as the case may be], and of the said Council as the controlling authority thereof.

Duplicate plans of the building and scales of charges which it is proposed to make for the use of the abattoir [In the case of a common abattoir, and a copy of an agreement with the Councils of the said Boroughs of __ as to the use of the abattoir in common] accompany this application.

The particulars of the premises are as follows:—

Situation:

Dimensions of building:

Materials of walls:

Materials of roof:

Materials of floors:

Water-supply—
(a.) How obtained:
(b.) Estimated quantity available daily:

Drainage—
(a.) How constructed:
(b.) Where discharged:

Offal, how disposed of:

State whether digester on premises:

Dated this __ day of __, 19__.

__, Town Clerk.

(Form 2, Reg 5.)

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, __, 19__.

THE abattoir situate at __, for the Borough of __, is this day registered under “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” the controlling authority being the Council of the said borough.

The official number of the abattoir is __.

__, Secretary for Agriculture.

(Form 3, Reg. 9.)

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE IN RESPECT OF MEAT-EXPORT SLAUGHTERHOUSE.

To the [local authority].

I, __, of __, hereby apply for a license, under “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” in respect of the undermentioned [meat-export] slaughterhouse.

The particulars of the premises are as follows:

[As in Form 1.]

A ground plan of the buildings, and a copy of each newspaper in which the advertisement required by section 21, (2), of the Act is published, accompany this application.

Dated this __ day of __, 19__.

[Signature of applicant.]

(Form 4, Reg. 11.)

LICENSE.

PURSUANT to the application of A. B., of __, dated the __ day of __, 19__, and numbered __, THIS LICENSE is, with the approval of the Minister for Agriculture, hereby granted and issued to the said A. B. by the [local authority] in respect of the [meat-export] slaughterhouse described in the said application, and situated at __.

This license is issued subject to the provisions of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” and is in force to the 30th day of June next, unless previously cancelled.

The official number assigned by the Secretary for Agriculture to this [meat-export] slaughterhouse is __.

Dated at __, this __ day of __, 19__.

__, Clerk to the [local authority].

License approved.

__, Minister for Agriculture.