Oct. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2497

2. The introduction into the Colony of New Zealand from any country or place other than India and the Commonwealth of Australia of any animal manure is hereby absolutely prohibited.

3. The introduction into the Colony of New Zealand of animal manure either from India or from the Commonwealth of Australia is hereby restricted by prohibiting the same unless the following conditions are faithfully complied with:

(1.) The owner or person in charge of the works at which animal manure in any form is manufactured or prepared for export to New Zealand shall, not less than twenty-one days before commencing operations, apply to the Inspector acting for New Zealand in the country in which the works are situated for a license to manufacture or prepare at the said works such manure for export to New Zealand. The application shall be in the form numbered 1 in the Schedule hereto, or to that effect.

(2.) On receipt of the application the Inspector may visit the works, and may grant such license in the form numbered 2 in the Schedule hereto, upon being satisfied—

(a.) That a separate building and plant suitable for the purpose are set apart solely for the grinding, conveying, screening, storage, &c., of animal manure after sterilisation.

(b.) That the buildings, appliances, and surroundings generally are satisfactory.

(3.) The license shall remain in force until cancelled by the Inspector, and he may cancel the same at any time if satisfied that the requirements of the last preceding clause of these regulations are not properly complied with, or that the owner or person in charge of the works has in any way failed to faithfully comply with these regulations in any respect.

(4.) Before commencing or resuming the manufacture or preparation of animal manure for export to New Zealand seven clear days’ notice must be given to the Inspector by the licensee.

(5.) No consignment of animal manure shall be landed in New Zealand unless the said consignment is accompanied by a declaration in the form numbered 3 in the Schedule hereto, or to that effect, stating (inter alia) that the requirements specified in paragraphs (a) to (i) of this subclause have been faithfully complied with, viz. :

(a.) That any bones contained in the said consignment have been subjected to a temperature of at least 281 degrees Fahrenheit (equal to an indicated steam-pressure of fifty pounds per square inch) for not less than three hours, or crushed, and afterwards subjected to a temperature of at least 267 degrees Fahrenheit (equal to an indicated steam-pressure of forty pounds per square inch) for not less than two hours.

(b.) That all animal ingredients, other than bones, contained in the said consignment have been subjected to a temperature of at least 267 degrees Fahrenheit (equal to an indicated steam-pressure of forty pounds per square inch) for not less than two hours.

(c.) That the licensed building and machinery used in the manufacture and treatment of the said consignment have not, since the issue of the license, been used in the manufacture or treatment of any animal manure that has not been sterilised as aforesaid.

(d.) That the said consignment has not been in contact after sterilisation with any animal manure which has not been sterilised as aforesaid, or with any other substance or matter likely to convey disease.

(e.) That during its manufacture or treatment the said consignment and the works were at all times open to inspection by the Inspector, or any officer authorised in that behalf by the Inspector.

(f.) That the bags in which the said consignment is contained have never previously been used for any purpose whatsoever.

(g.) That each bag is branded with the name of the works where it was filled, and also with the name or description of the manure with which it is filled.

(h.) That all carts, trucks, barges, or other conveyances have been properly cleansed to the satisfaction of the Inspector before the said consignment was loaded therein.

(i.) That no animal manure which has not been sterilised as aforesaid has been conveyed to the port of shipment or to the ship on the same cart, truck, barge, or other conveyance with the said consignment.

(6.) The said declaration shall be signed by the owner or person in charge of the works where the said consignment was manufactured or prepared, and shall be delivered to the Inspector, or some officer authorised in that behalf by the Inspector, in time to allow him to satisfy himself as to its accuracy.

(7.) The Inspector or his officer, upon being satisfied that the foregoing requirements of these regulations have been complied with, and that the hereinafter-mentioned fee has been paid, shall countersign the declaration, and forthwith return it to the owner or person in charge of the works, to be by him forwarded to New Zealand with the consignment to which it relates.

(8.) There shall be payable to the Inspector, on demand, for each ton or part of a ton (by weight) contained in the consignment to which the countersigned declaration relates a fee of two shillings and sixpence if in Australia, or of two rupees if in India.

(9.) The countersigned declaration shall be delivered to an Inspector of Stock at the New Zealand port of importation before the consignment is landed.

(10.) No consignment of animal manure shall be landed in New Zealand unless the said consignment is accompanied by a declaration in the form numbered 4 in the Schedule hereto with respect to each ship by which it was conveyed during any part of the voyage.

(11.) The last-mentioned declaration shall in the case of each ship be signed by the master of the ship, and shall be delivered to an Inspector of Stock at the New Zealand port of importation before the consignment is landed.

4. If any person introduces or attempts to introduce into New Zealand any animal manure contrary to these regulations, then and in such case, and irrespective of any other penalty to which he is thereby liable, any Inspector of Stock shall have and may exercise all such powers of seizure and disposal as are contained in clause 53 of the general regulations hereinafter referred to.

5. Any person sending or causing to be sent any order for any animal manure to be imported into New Zealand from India or Australia shall at the same time forward by post a notice in the form numbered 5 in the Schedule hereto to the Secretary for Agriculture at Wellington, and also cause the Inspector in India or Australia, as the case may be, to be immediately notified of the purport of such order.

6. Any person intending to introduce animal manure into New Zealand shall give the Inspector of Stock at the port of landing not less than forty-eight hours’ notice of his intention. The notice shall be in the form numbered 6 in the Schedule hereto, or to that effect.

7. The Inspector of Stock at the port of landing may submit samples of the manure to any analyst duly appointed under “The Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880,” or “The Fertilisers Act, 1904,” for report, and may detain the manure for a reasonable time pending inquiry or the report of the analyst. If in the opinion of the analyst the manure has not been treated as prescribed by these regulations it shall be treated, dealt with, or disposed of as the Minister directs.

8. All expenses of every description incurred in connection with the analysis, examination, treatment, or disposal of animal manure under the last preceding clause hereof shall be paid by the owner to the Inspector of Stock at the port of landing within twenty-four hours after demand.

9. Any person importing animal manure into New Zealand may be required by any Inspector of Stock to thoroughly disinfect any conveyance or vehicle in which such animal manure has been conveyed after leaving the ship.

10. If such requisition is not complied with to the said Inspector’s satisfaction, he may himself cause the work of disinfection to be done at the expense in all things of the importer.

11. If the person liable to pay to the Inspector of Stock the expenses referred to in either clause 8 or clause 10 hereof does not pay the same, the amount may be recovered by the said Inspector as a debt, but without thereby relieving such person from his liability to penalties for breach of these regulations.

12. Any person committing in New Zealand 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.

13. So much of the general regulations dated the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, made under “The Stock Act, 1893,” and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, as is inconsistent with these regulations is hereby revoked or modified in so far as such inconsistency exists, but not further or otherwise.