1907.] 



Live Stock Import Regulations. 



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Norway. — The regulations, dated June 20, 1904, which are 

 now in force relating to the importation of domestic animals 



into Norway, provide that horses may be 

 Live Stock Import imported from countries other than 

 Regulations.* Sweden (for which special rules exist) 



on condition {a) that every animal is 

 accompanied by a certificate of health endorsed either by the 

 police of the country from which the animal is sent, or by a 

 Norwegian consul, certifying that the animal is healthy and 

 cannot be supposed to carry infection ; (b) that every animal, 

 on its arrival at the Norwegian customs, is examined by an 

 authorised Norwegian veterinary surgeon and is by him declared 

 to be healthy. The importation of ruminants and swine is 

 prohibited from all countries, except Sweden as regards 

 ruminants. Dogs may be imported from Denmark and Sweden 

 •only on certain conditions. It is forbidden to import from 

 any country raw portions of ruminants and swine ; unprepared 

 hides and skins (unless dried and salted) ; hair and bristles which 

 have not been manufactured, prepared, or cleaned ; and snouts 

 or hoofs. Stable utensils which have been used are similarly 

 forbidden, unless it is proved that they have been properly 

 disinfected. Unsalted or unprepared meat or pork and un- 

 melted fat may not be imported from Austria, Italy, Greece, 

 Turkey, Russia, or any extra-European country. Grass, hay, 

 and straw for fodder may only be imported from Sweden and 

 Denmark. 



Sweden. — The Swedish Government has recently notified that 

 the importation of live stock by sea is sanctioned at the ports 

 of Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Hernosand, Landskrona, Lulea, 

 Malmo, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Soderham, and Umea. The 

 importation of ruminants and swine is prohibited from any 



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

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

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

 Germany, May, 1905 ; New Zealand, June, 1 905 ; South Australia, July, 1905 ; 

 France, Aug., 1905; Belgium, Sept., 1905; Uruguay, Oct., 1905; Victoria, Nov., 

 1 9°5 J Spain, Dec, 1905 ; Queensland, Jan., 1906 ; Western Australia, Feb., 1906; 

 Tasmania, March, 1906 ; Transvaal, June, 1906; Ceylon, Cape Colony, Sept., 1906; 

 Holland, Malta, Oct., 1906; Natal, Austria-Hungary, Nov., 1906; Russia, Hungary, 

 Dec, 1906 ; Iceland, Italy, India, Feb., 1907 ; Isle of Man (sheep), Ireland, March, 

 1907 ; Canada, Isle of Man (swine), Jamaica, April, 1907. 



