lo July, 1909.] Government Certification of Stallions. 457 



III. — Certificates. 



(i) Particulars concerning the identity of the horse — name, breeder, 

 pedigree, age, prior ownership, &c. — must be furnished to the Examining 

 Officer at the time of examination. If deemed necessary in any case the 

 owner may be called upon to furnish a statutory declaration as to the cor- 

 rectness of such particulars. 



(2) Certificates will be issued within seven days of the holding of the 

 Parades, and will be forwarded to the Secretaries of the Societies under 

 whose auspices the Parades are held, and who will either forward them 

 to the owner direct, or deliver them to him on application. 



(3) Until the issue of a certificate, or until the publication of the 

 official list of certificated stallions, the result of the Veterinary examina- 

 tion will not be communicated to any person except under circumstances 

 as follow : — The Examining Officer may, on request on proper occasion, 

 communicate to the owner or his agent — duly authorized in writing to 

 inquire — the result of the examination. In case of refusal of the certifi- 

 cate the reasons for refusal will not under any circumstances, save m 

 legal proceedings under the direction of the Court, be communicated to 

 any person except the owner or his agent duly authorized in writing, and 

 to these only on request in writing. Secretaries of Societies, persons in 

 charge of the horse, grooms or relatives of the owner will not be con- 

 sidered authorized agents for that purpose unless they deliver to the officer 

 the owner's signed authority to receive the information. 



(4) The Victorian Government Certificate of Soundness can onlv be 

 issued in respect of horses three vears old and over, that have been 

 examined by a Victorian Government Veterinary Officer, or horses in respect 

 of which any of the following certificates are produced : — 



The Nevy Zealand Government Certificate of Soundness, 

 The Veterinary Certificate of the Royal Shire Horse Society (England), 

 The Veterinary Certificate of Royal Agricultural Society (England), 

 The Veterinary Certificate of Royal Dublin Society's Horse Show 

 (Ireland). 



The Veterinary Certificate of Highland and Agricultural Society (Scot- 

 land), ' t, . V 



The Veterinary Certificate of Glasgow and West of Scotland Agricul- 

 tural Society, 



Any horse which has been' rejected by the Veterinary Examiners at a 

 Show of any of the five last-named Societies is not eligible for examination 

 for the Victorian Government Certificate of Soundness. 



(5) The form of the Victorian Government Certificate of Soundness is 

 as follows: — " E.R. — Department of Agriculture, Victoria, No. 

 Certificate of Soundness and Approval, issued for the season 



(or issued for Life as the case may be), given in respect of the {breed) 

 stallion {name and description of stallion) submitted for Government 

 inspection by the owner {name of owner) at {place of examination) such 

 horse having been found suitable for stud service and free from hereditary 

 unsoundness and defects of conformation predisposing thereto on examina- 

 tion by {signature of Examining Officer) Veterinary Officer on the 

 day of 19 . 



(Signature). 



Chief Veterinary Officer. 

 Issued by direction of the Minister of Agriculture. 



(Signature). 



Secretary for Agriculture." 



