1906.] Live Stock Import Regulations. 367 



By Section 11 of the Regulations of June 28th, 1905, issued 



iunder Ordinance No. 10 of 1898, it is provided that when cattle 



are imported into Ceylon a certificate must 



Live Stock be obtained by the importer for each animal 



Import Regula- j^-^^ certificate will be issued by an officer 

 tions. — Ceylon. 



appointed by the Government Agent of 

 the Province. All cattle imported are required to be examined 

 by the Government Veterinary Surgeon, and the importation of 

 diseased and infected cattle is prohibited by the Customs 

 Ordinance. 



The regulations as to the examination and quarantine 

 of cattle imported into Cape Colony, contained in Pro- 

 clamation No. 75 of 1900,* have been 

 Live Stock repealed, and replaced by regulations 

 ^^fon^S^— Cap^^^^ (Proclamation No. 156 of 1906) bearing 

 Colony.* ^^^^ 5^1^ May, 1906. Under the new re- 

 gulations all cattle, save those hereafter 

 •excepted, shall, upon arrival at any port in the Colony from 

 .any country oversea, be liable to be subjected by a Government 

 ■veterinary surgeon to the tuberculin test before being allowed 

 ito land. It will, however, be within the discretion of the 

 ^veterinary surgeon to accept the certificate of any duly qualified 

 •veterinary surgeon of the country from which such animals 

 have been brought, supported by a record of temperature 

 reactions, to the effect that such cattle were subjected to the 

 tuberculin test immediately before being embarked, and had 

 given no indication of the presence of tuberculosis. 



In the absence of a satisfactory certificate, the cattle shall be 

 -quarantined, and shall be subjected by a Government veterinary 

 surgeon to the tuberculin test. In the event of the test in- 

 ■dicating the presence of tuberculosis, the animals shall be 

 destroyed, but the flesh may be used for human consumption if 

 the said officer gives a certificate to that effect. 



These regulations do not apply to cattle imported solely for 

 purposes of slaughter. 



All expenses of inspection, quarantine, testing, destruction 

 ,and otherwise shall be borne by the owner of such cattle. 



* Jow'tial, February, 1905, p. 681, 



