SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2031

Regulations as to Importation of Live-stock, Wool, Bones, Hair, Hoofs, Horns, &c., into South Australia.—Notice No. 806.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7th September, 1903.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the importation of live-stock, &c., into South Australia is prohibited, excepting in accordance with the following regulations of the South Australian Government.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

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REGULATIONS.

FOR the purposes of these regulations “stock” shall mean the whole or any part of the flesh, wool, bones, hair, horns, hoofs, or any portion of the carcase of any stock; “fodder,” shall have the meaning as defined in “The Stock Diseases Act, 1888”; “the Commissioner” shall mean the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration for the time being; “Inspector” shall mean the Inspector as defined in “The Stock Diseases Act, 1888.”

1. Stock or fodder, except as otherwise provided, may be landed at Port Adelaide; and not less than forty-eight hours’ notice shall be given to the Inspector, in the Form A in the Schedule hereto, of the intention to land such stock or fodder.

2. No stock or fodder shall be landed from any place beyond the State without the written permit of an Inspector in the Form B in the Schedule hereto.

3. All stock or fodder, and all bags and packages which contain or have contained stock or fodder, shall, except as otherwise provided, on being landed, be removed to such place within Port Adelaide as the Inspector shall direct, or such other port or place as the Commissioner shall approve, and shall be 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 30lb. per square inch.

4. In addition to being landed at Port Adelaide, bones or bonedust may, by special permission of the Commissioner, be landed at any port in the State, or in any city or town situated on the border of the State of South Australia and any other State.

5. Bones or bonedust on being landed or imported shall, in the discretion of the Inspector, be subjected to treatment either by a moist heat, as hereinbefore provided, or may be converted into superphosphates under the supervision and direction of such Inspector, and the observance and performance on the part of the owner, agent, or consignee of such bones or bonedust of all directions and instructions which the Inspector may deem necessary for enforcing compliance with any requirement hereunder.

6. All bags or other covering containing bones or bonedust shall, on being landed or imported, be stored and stacked at such place and in such manner as the Inspector may approve and direct, and so as to render contact with and contamination to other articles impracticable or impossible.

7. The bags or other covering containing bones or bonedust shall be destroyed by the Inspector or some person authorised by him, either by fire or by immersion in sulphuric acid having a gravity of not less than 1·843.

8. Where any vehicle, article, object, or other thing shall come into contact with bags or other coverings containing bones or bonedust, or is likely to be affected or infected by such bags or coverings, bones or bonedust, such vehicle, article, object, or thing shall, at the discretion, on the direction, and to the satisfaction of the Inspector, be disinfected by the owner, consignee, or agent thereof with carbolic acid or such other disinfectant as the Inspector shall authorise and direct.

9. In addition to all other requirements, the owner, consignee, agent, or other person desirous of introducing or landing bones or bonedust shall not, except in the presence and with the consent of the Inspector,—
   (1.) Take delivery of or receive bones or bonedust imported into the State;
   (2.) Treat the bones or bonedust in the manner prescribed;
   (3.) Handle, displace, or remove any bag or other covering containing bones or bonedust.

10. The owner, secretary, or manager of the works where stock or fodder are treated after landing shall make a declaration in the Form C hereto that such stock or fodder and all bags and packages used in connection therewith have been treated as required.

11. The Inspector may detain for a reasonable time any stock or fodder pending inquiry and report from an analyst.

12. Any person importing stock or fodder may be required by an Inspector to thoroughly disinfect any vehicle in which such stock or fodder have been conveyed after leaving the ship from which they have been landed.

13. All expenses of every description incurred in connection with the importation and treatment of stock or fodder, or the disinfection of any vehicle, article, object, or other thing, shall be paid by the owner to the Inspector on demand.

14. A fee of 10s. shall be paid to the Inspector for every permit issued under Regulation No. 2, and payment made to the Inspector for every inspection undertaken by him at the rate of 1s. 6d. per hour between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and 3s. per hour for each hour other than between the hours so mentioned.

15. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty of not less than £5 and not more than £100.

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FORM A.

Notice of Intention to land Stock or Fodder.

To the Inspector of Stock.

TAKE notice that it is my intention to land in South Australia, from __, per __ (arriving at __ on the day of __, 19), [or per __, at the __, on the __ day of __, as the case may be] the undermentioned fodder or stock, which shall be treated as required by the regulations relating to the importation of stock or fodder.

PARTICULARS.

____, Owner or Agent.

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FORM B.

Permit to land Stock or Fodder.

To the State Collector of Customs, Port Adelaide [or to the Customs officer at __, as the case may be].

PLEASE allow __, belonging to __, which has [or have] arrived by the __ from __ to be removed to __.

____, Inspector of Stock.

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FORM C.

Declaration of Treatment of Stock or Fodder.

In the matter of a consignment of stock or fodder shipped from __ [country] to __, in the State of South Australia [or trucked or delivered from __, as the case may be].

I, __, of __, do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that the undermentioned stock or fodder, and all bags and packages connected therewith, have been subjected to the treatment prescribed in South Australia with respect to stock or fodder landed in the State.

PARTICULARS.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

(Signature of owner, secretary, or manager of works where treated.)

Declared before me, at __, in the State of South Australia, this __ day of __, 19____. (Signature).

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Notice of Intention to incorporate the Dannevirke Hospital as a Separate Institution.

Charitable Department,
Wellington, 9th September, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it to be notified, in terms of section 43 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” that he has received a petition from not less than fifty subscribers to the Dannevirke Hospital, praying that the said hospital may be incorporated as a separate institution, and that if no counter-petition signed by an equal or greater number of subscribers