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to be luoved any cattle within such aiea, or into, out of, or tli rough 

 any such area without a permit, and any cattle moved therefrom are 

 liable to being branded. As in other cases, owners must immediately 

 report any case of illness or of death in their cattle; while guass, etc., 

 may not be moved from or within the area without a permit. The 

 magistrate of any district within the area may take a census of the 

 cattle therein, and every owner is required to facilitate this work as 

 far as possible, nor must cattle in such a census area be slaughtered 

 without permission. The same precautions as shown in respect of 

 infected areas must also be exercised to prevent the straying of cattle. 



In Natal and the Transkei no cattle may be moved from one place 

 to another unless they have been regularly dipped or sprayed, and 

 are freed from ticks, and proper arrangements have been made for 

 their regular cleansing. 



A permit granted for the movement of any stock must be shown 

 on demand, and its conditions must be complied with, and all state- 

 ments made in obtaining such permit must be true. All cattle may 

 be seized where they are being moved without the provision of the 

 required permit. 



The keeping of cattle in towns or on town lands within an 

 infected area is subject to special regulations : they must be kept in 

 approved places, the grass or bush of the area must not be used as 

 food or litter; deaths must l)e immediately reported; they are subject 

 to slaughter, dipping, or spraying in the event of the disease appear- 

 ing among them ; and the removal in such event of manui^e, litter, 

 etc., is strictly prohibited. These conditions do not apply in the case 

 of animals grazing on infected town lands which are properly enclosed 

 and provided with a dipping tank. 



The regulations show clearly tlie procedure to be followed in the 

 dipping and disinfection of stock in areas where this is ordered; tlie 

 strengths of the arsenical solutions are detailed, also the various inter- 

 vals of dipping, etc. The latter is carried out under the direction of 

 officials appointed for the purpose, to Avhom the farmer must look for 

 guidance and instrucliou. In native reserves, etc., where dipping 

 tanks are not available and where dipping is ordered, the cost of the 

 operation is met out of a levy. Any official so authorized may inspect 

 any dipj)ing tank and take a sample of the dip being used ; it is 

 punishable to use a dip under the strength defined in the regulations. 



The introduction into the Union of grass and similar material 

 of any nature calculated to spread the disease, whether used as pack- 

 ing for any article or otherwise, from any place or country wheie the 

 disease exists, is prohibited, excepting in such cases where permission 

 is granted. 



The above regulations do not apply to any cattle passing direct 

 by rail through an infected or suspected area, provided they are not 

 detrained in any such area. 



Additional to the above, special regulations and Minister's oiders 

 are issued from time to time as occasion requires, and apply to par- 

 ticularly defined areas ; Minister's orders are served on owners of 

 cattle for the erection of dipping tanks and for the regular dipping 

 at specified periods of the cattle on certain farms. 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease. — This disease does not exist in the 

 Union, but the regulations provide for any outbreak in respect of the 



