1905.] Live Stock Import Regulations. 681 



will be at once destroyed and their carcases disposed of in the 

 manner prescribed. The remainder of the shipment will be 

 allowed to be landed only on condition that they are removed 

 to a quarantine station approved of by the Government, and 

 there subjected to the mallein test by a duly qualified officer, 

 under the direction of a Government veterinary surgeon. In 

 the event of the test indicating the existence of glanders, 

 all animals so shown to be affected will be destroyed. All 

 expenses are to be borne by the owner of the animals. 



In the case of cattle, Proclamation No. 75 of 1900 provides 

 that no cattle are to be allowed to enter the Colony by sea 

 unless accompanied by a certificate, signed by a duly qualified 

 veterinary surgeon of the country of origin, to the effect that 

 the animals have before embarkation been submitted to the 

 tuberculin test, and have not given any reaction indicative of 

 the presence of tuberculosis. If on examination the Govern- 

 ment officer shall have reason to believe that the animals are 

 free from any contagious or infectious disease he shall give a 

 permit for their landing at any port or place in the Colony. In the 

 absence of a satisfactory certificate the cattle will be quarantined 

 and subjected to the tuberculin test. In the event of the test 

 indicating the existence of tuberculosis, the animals will be 

 slaughtered. These regulations do not apply to cattle imported 

 solely for purposes of slaughter. 



Pigs intended for importation into the Cape must comply 

 (Proclamation 214 of 1903; with the following conditions: — 

 They must be accompanied by a certificate, signed by a duly 

 qualified veterinary surgeon, stating that at the time of shipment 

 the pigs were apparently free from the appearance of any 

 contagious or infectious disease, and by a declaration on oath, 

 signed by the consignor before a competent legal authority 

 in the country of export, to the effect that the pigs have been 

 on the premises from which they are removed, prior to being 

 moved for shipment, for at least fourteen days, and that during 

 such period no other pig has been introduced or received into 

 such premises, that the pigs are not affected with swine-fever, that 

 they are not moved out of a swine-fever infected place or area, 

 and, further, that the movement is not prohibited by any provision 

 of law then in force in the country from which such movement 



