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Live Stock Import Regulations, [march, 



cessfully introduced English bulls into the country, Guernsey 

 cattle are said to do best. 



Horse and mule breeding might also be successfully under- 

 taken by men who have capital. There are now several 

 hundred settlers in the country, many of whom would be glad 

 to buy riding animals, if not too expensive. The Rift Valley is 

 said to be an ideal area for sheep farming. Both the Adminstra- 

 tion and a few of the settlers have successfully crossed English 

 rams with native ewes, and Welsh sheep do well. 



\_Report on East Africa Protectorate. Cd. 2331. Price 5^rZ.] 



According to a Canadian Order in Council of March 30th, 1904, 



the following are the regulations relating to the importation of 



live stock into Canada from countries other 



t Live x Stock than Mexico and the United States. Persons 

 Import Regula- , . ; : , 



tions. Canada.* contemplating the importation of animals 



must first obtain from the Canadian Minister 

 of Agriculture a permit stating the number and kind of animals 

 to be imported, the country of origin and probable date of ship- 

 'ment, the port at which the animals are to be landed, and the 

 approximate date of their arrival. This permit will not be 

 available at. any port other than the one for which it is issued. 

 Animals arriving at any port in Canada without such permit 

 will not be -.admitted into Canada unless ordered by the Minister. 

 The importation of animals is prohibited except at the ports of 

 Victoria, Vancouver, Quebec, Halifax, St. John, N.B., Charlotte- 

 town, P.E.I., and such other ports as may hereafter be indicated. 



All importers must certify under oath, before making Customs 

 entry, the place of origin of the animals imported by them, and 

 the animals must be inspected on arrival by inspectors, appointed 

 for the purpose. 



A quarantine of sixty days will be enforced on all cattle 

 imported from Great Britain, Ireland, or the Channel Islands, 

 and of ninety days in the case of cattle from other countries, 

 to be counted from the date of clearance of the vessel. All 

 importers, or ,their agents, before embarking animals, other than 



* Live stock import regulations have been published in this Journal for the 

 following countries : — United States, Vol. X., No. I, June, 1903, and Vol. XL, 

 No. 7, Oct., 1904 ; Argentira, Vol. XL, No. 10, Jan.. 1905 ; _and Cape Colony, 

 Vol. XI. , No. ir, Feb., 1905. 



