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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 44

Importation of Horses from Fiji.—Notice No. Ag. 2391.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of June, 1924.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Stock Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations permitting the introduction into New Zealand of horses from Fiji; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall be read together with and form part of the regulations made by Order in Council dated the fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and gazetted on the seventh day of October then instant (hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”), and shall come into force on the date of publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. Subject to the provisions of the principal regulations and to the following conditions, the introduction into New Zealand of horses from Fiji is permitted, provided that they have been—

(a.) In Fiji from birth;

(b.) Imported into Fiji from New Zealand; or

(c.) Imported into Fiji from countries from which the introduction of horses into New Zealand is not prohibited.

2. The owner of horses to be imported shall forward with such horses,—

(1.) A statutory declaration in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto, setting forth the kind, number, sex, and brands or marks of such horses, and declaring—

(a.) That the animals have been free from disease during the six months next preceding the date of shipment;

(b.) That the animals have not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding date of shipment;

(c.) That the animals have been in Fiji from birth; or

(i.) If imported into Fiji from New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, or Tasmania; that they have been continuously either in that place and Fiji or in Fiji for not less than six months next preceding date of shipment; and

(ii.) If imported into Fiji from the United Kingdom, Canada, or the United States of America, that they have been continuously either in that country and Fiji or in Fiji for not less than twelve months next preceding date of shipment; and

(d.) That the animals are free from external parasites:

(2.) A certificate in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto, signed by a Government Veterinarian, certifying—

(a.) That the animals are free from disease and external parasites; and

,(b.) That he has applied the Mallein test with negative results.

3. The declaration and the certificate provided for in the last preceding regulation must be delivered to the Inspector of Stock at port of disembarkation in New Zealand.

4. Upon arrival in New Zealand the animals shall undergo at a quarantine-ground a period of twenty-eight days' quarantine.

SCHEDULE.

[Form No. 1.

DECLARATION.

I, [Full name, address, and occupation of owner], do solemnly and sincerely declare that the undermentioned horses are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, free from all infectious and contagious diseases; that they have been so during the six months immediately preceding the date hereof, and have not within the six months immediately preceding the date hereof been in direct or indirect contact with stock infected with any such disease; and that they have been continuously in Fiji from birth [or Fiji and for at least

months immediately preceding the date hereof]; and that they are free from external parasites.

Description of Horses.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of [Insert statutory provisions under which the declaration is made].

Signed—

Declared at , this day of , 19 before me—[Signed].

N.B.—Declaration to be made before a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or other person authorized to take it.

[Form No. 2.

VETERINARIAN'S CERTIFICATE TO ACCOMPANY HORSES FROM FIJI TO NEW ZEALAND.

I, [Insert name and qualification], a veterinarian in the employ of the Fijian Government, hereby certify (a) that on the day of , 19 , I applied the Mallein test to the animals referred to in the foregoing declaration, with negative results; and (b) that I have this day examined the said animals and found them free from all infectious and contagious diseases and external parasites.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

Signed—

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Eastern Side of Portion of Richmond Street, in the Borough of Petone, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of June, 1924.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Petone Borough Council on the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, viz:—

“ That the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, and its amendments, shall not apply to all that portion of the eastern side of Richmond Street upon which the following land at present owned by the Public Trustee abuts, namely: one rood six decimal two perches (l r. 6·2 p.), being Lots 23, 24, and 25 on the plan of the subdivision of Section 5, Hutt District, deposited No. 356; and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 48, folio 199, Wellington Registry”;

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the eastern side of the portion of Richmond Street (described in the Schedule hereto), within a distance of 33 ft. from the centre-line of the said portion of street.

SCHEDULE.

THE eastern side of all that portion of street, situated in the Wellington Land District, Borough of Petone, known as Richmond Street, fronting Lots 23, 24, and 25, D.P. 356, part Section 5, Hutt District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 59577, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.