1906.] Live Stock Import Regulations — Natal. 489 



According to Acts No. 13 of 1866, and No. 38 of 1894 any 



animal arriving by sea is to be inspected by the district 



veterinary surgeon at the port of Durban. 



Live Stock Im- s^ch restrictions and quarantine are im- 

 port Regrula- ^ 1 . , 

 tions— Natal.* posed as may be deemed necessary, and 



should any animal or animals be found 



suffering from a contagious or infectious disease they are 



destroyed. 



By Act 27, of 1899, the veterinary surgeon is to give per- 

 mission for cattle to be landed and despatched to their destina- 

 tion if a certificate is produced, signed by a duly-qualified 

 veterinary surgeon of the country from which the cattle have 

 been despatched to Natal, showing that they have, before being 

 embarked, been submitted to the tuberculin test, and have 

 thereby been proved free from the disease of tuberculosis, and 

 if upon inspection he shall have reason to believe they are free 

 from any disease which might render them unfit to be introduced 

 into Natal. In the absence of a satisfactory certificate as afore- 

 said, the cattle will be placed in quarantine and submitted to 

 the tuberculin test. If found free from tuberculosis they will 

 be allowed entry. All expenses of inspection, quarantine, 

 &c., shall be borne by the owner of the cattle. The foregoing 

 regulation does not apply to cattle imported solely for purposes 

 of slaughter. 



Proclamation No. 81 of 1904 states that healthy swine from 

 the United Kingdom may be allowed to land in Natal, provided 

 that they are certified by a veterinary inspector or surgeon to 

 have come from a district guaranteed to have been free from 

 swine fever for a period of six months prior to the issue of such 

 certificate, and from a farm guaranteed to have been free from 

 swine fever for a period of two years from the same date, and to 

 be free from disease at the time of embarkation. Such pigs 

 must also be passed by an officer of the Natal Veterinary 

 Department. 



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

 ing countries : — United States, June, 1903, and Sept., 1906; Argentina, Jan., 1905, 

 April, 1905, Oct., 1905, and June, 1906; Canada, March, 1905; New South Wales, 

 April, 1905 ; Germany, May, 1905; New Zealand, June, 1905 ; South Australia, July, 

 1905 ; P>ance, August, 1905 ; Belgium, Sept., 1905 ; Uruguay, Oct., 1905 ; Victoria, 

 Nov., 1905; Spain, Dec, 1905 ; Queensland, Jan. , 1906; Western Australia, P'eb., 

 7906; Tasmania, March, 1906 ; Transvaal, June, 1906; Ceylon and Cape Colony, 

 Sept. 1906 ; Holland and Malta, Oct. 1906. 



