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Inspection of Foreign Animals. 



4. No foreign animal shall be landed or water borne for the purpose 

 of being landed until such animal shall have been inspected by an 

 Examiner of Animals. 



Return by Master of Vessel. 



5. The master of every vessel in which any animal shaU be imported 

 into this Colony shall deliver to the Examiner of Animals a return 

 according to the Form A in the Sch(;dule to these regulations, to be 

 signed by such master, stating the name of the vessel, and her owner, 

 the port of shipment, the number and description of Animals shipped 

 on board of such vessel at such a port, tlie number and description of 

 animals to be landed, the consignee or importer of such animals,, 

 the day of departure of vessel from such port of shipment, the 

 port or ports, if any, at which such vessel may have entered or 

 called during her voyage, the number and description of animals, 

 if any, landed at every such port, the number of animals which 

 may have died or been destroyed during the voyage, the day of 

 the same being so lost or destroyed, and the cause of such loss or 

 destruction of every such animal ; and the Examiner of Animals shall 

 keep all such Returns. 



Certificate of Non-Infection. 



6. If the Examiner shall on such inspection be satisfied that all the 

 animals on board of such vessel are not infected with or labouring under 

 disease he shall grant to the Master a certificate to that effect according 

 to the Form B in the Schedule to these Regulations, and thereupon it 

 shall be lawful to land the animals mentioned at the place mentioned 

 in the Certificate. 



Infected Animals and Incontacts. 



7. — (1.) If the Examiner of Animals shall be of opinion that any 

 foreign animal is labouring under or infected by disease he shall, if he 

 shall see fit, make an order according to the Form C in tlie Schedule to 

 these regulations, to be delivered to the master of such vessel, that suck 

 animal shall be destroyed. 



(2.) It shall be lawful for the Examiner in any case if lie shall see 

 fit, to make an order according to the Form D in the schedule to these 

 regulations, to be delivered to the master, that all animals on board of 

 such vessel except such as the Examiner m-ay have ordered or may 

 order to be destroyed, shall be detained until the Examiner shall make 

 order for their discharge, and such animals shall be detained on board 

 of such vessel or may at the option of the master be landed at such 

 wharf or quay and be detained at such place, as shall be al'owed by 

 such Examiner, to be named in such order. 



Foreign Animals, during Detention. 

 8.— (1.) All animals so ordered to be detained shall during tlic time 

 of their detention be subject to the inspection of the Examiner of 

 Animals, and the Examiner may from time to time make order in writing 

 according to Form C in the Schedule to these regulations to be delivered 

 to the consignee that any animal so dcta-red be destroyed. 



