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11. Any article subject to examination under these regulations which is introduced into the colony by post may be intercepted and examined by an Inspector, and if found infected with any injurious insect or plant-disease shall be destroyed or cleansed at the discretion of the Inspector. All expenses of treatment shall be paid by the addressee.

12. On the Inspector being satisfied, with respect to a consignment, that all the regulations and conditions herein set forth have been duly complied with, he shall issue a certificate to that effect to the consignee, and before the issue of such certificate the consignment shall be under the Inspector’s control for the purpose of these regulations.

13. The Government does not hold itself responsible for any loss or damage that may result from the destruction of articles under the provisions of these regulations, or from any process or detention that may be considered necessary to cleanse or disinfect the articles or to discover the existence or otherwise of any injurious insect or plant-disease.

Regulations relating to the Introduction of Poultry and Pigeons into South Australia.—Notice No. 1115.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th April, 1907.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the State of South Australia has declared that the provisions of “The Stock Diseases Act, 1888,” shall apply to poultry, including cocks, hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, geese, and pigeons, and has made the following regulations restricting their importation into that State.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE INTRODUCTION OF POULTRY AND PIGEONS.

Definitions.

1. In these regulations,—

“Poultry” shall mean and include cocks, hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, geese, and pigeons.

“Disease” shall mean and include poultry tick-fever (or argads), fowl or chicken cholera, gapes, scabies, favus, roup, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and chicken-pox.

“Authorised person” shall mean any person appointed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or the Chief Inspector of Stock to carry out the provisions of any Stock Diseases Act and any of these regulations, and shall include every Inspector.

Method of Introduction.

2. Pure-bred poultry and pigeons intended for breeding or exhibition at agricultural or poultry shows and pigeons intended for homing or shooting purposes may be introduced into South Australia when consigned to Adelaide and Mount Gambier by rail, or to Port Adelaide by sea.

Notice of Introduction.

3. Any person wishing to introduce into South Australia pure-bred poultry or pigeons shall give not less than forty-eight hours’ notice in writing to the Chief Inspector of Stock, at Adelaide, and, if by rail, to the Inspectors of Stock at Serviceton or Cockburn, and, if consigned to Mount Gambier, to the Inspector of Stock at Mount Gambier also, with particulars of the poultry or pigeons he desires to introduce and the date and time of arrival of the train at Adelaide or Mount Gambier, or vessel at Port Adelaide, by which they are to be conveyed.

Declaration.

4. No poultry or pigeons shall be introduced into South Australia unless accompanied by a declaration by the owner that they are free from poultry tick-fever and any other disease, and that the premises from which they come are free from fowl-tick, and a certificate signed by a Government Inspector of the State, colony, or country from whence they come; nor unless the crates or other receptacles in which they are caged are new and free from poultry-tick.

Removal without Permission prohibited.

5. Upon arrival in Adelaide, Mount Gambier, or Port Adelaide of any poultry or pigeons the subject of these regulations, the person concerned shall not remove the same from off the railway premises or the vessel in which they arrive until written permission has been given by an Inspector of Stock or authorised person of the Stock Department of South Australia to remove the said poultry or pigeons, crates or receptacles.

Power to destroy.

6. In the event of any poultry or pigeons, or the crates or other receptacles in which they have been conveyed, being found to have been infected with poultry tick-fever, or infected with any disease, the Inspector of Stock or authorised person may forthwith destroy the poultry, pigeons, crates, or other receptacles, or otherwise deal with them as the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall direct; and the owner thereof shall have no claim to compensation or other payment in respect thereof.

Penalties.

7. Any person who shall commit, or attempt to commit, or be concerned in committing or attempting to commit, a breach or violation of, or shall neglect to comply with, any of the foregoing regulations shall for every such offence, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds nor more than one hundred pounds.

“Conscience Money” received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th January, 1907.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge the receipt of £20, in two ten-pound bank-notes, which was forwarded to him without advice.

ROBERT J. COLLINS,
Receiver-General.

Surveyors licensed.

The Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 27th March, 1907.

IT is hereby notified for general information that licenses under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” have been issued to the following surveyors by the Surveyors’ Board:—

Surveyor. Address.
CAMPION, EDWIN JAMES .. .. .. Karori.
MCKENZIE, PETER .. .. .. Dunedin.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Land Surveyors’ Examination, Australasia and New Zealand, March, 1907.

The Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th March, 1907.

NEW ZEALAND CANDIDATES.

AT the examination of surveyors held in March, 1907, seventeen candidates presented themselves. Of these, the following six passed the examination, and received certificates of competency from the Surveyors’ Board:—

Candidate. Address.
YOUNG BOOKER .. .. .. Thames.
OWEN NEIL CAMPBELL .. .. .. Auckland.
NORMAN CHARLES KENSINGTON .. .. .. Hamilton.
CHARLES ALEXANDER GORDON .. .. .. Wellington.
PETER STANLEY SHERRATT .. .. .. Auckland.
GEOFFREY HAROLD DAVIS .. .. .. Wellington.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the deceased persons whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Isabella Sarah Davies, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 12th day of March, 1907.

Sophia Carpenter, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, spinster. Filed on the 12th day of March, 1907.