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be utilised ; and particularly whether any change of the autho- 

 rities who have control over the roads or of their powers is 

 required. 



The Board have received information through the Foreign 



Office that the operation of Section 25 of the Act of July 24, 



1897, prohibiting the importation of neat 



United States cattle from any foreign country into the 

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Regulations United States, has been suspended, so far 



as regards importations from Norway, 

 Sweden, Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the 

 countries of North, Central, and South America, including 

 Mexico. The importation of such cattle from these countries 

 will be allowed under sanitary regulations promulgated by the 

 Treasury Department. 



These regulations in the case of animals from the United 

 Kingdom are to the following effect : — Horses are required to 

 pass a veterinary inspection at the port of entry, and if any are 

 found to be infected with any contagious disease, they will be 

 isolated, and may not be allowed to land. Cattle, sheep, and 

 other ruminants must be accompanied with a certificate from 

 the local authority of the district in which the animals have 

 been for one year prior to the date of shipment, stating that no 

 contagious pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, 

 rinderpest, or any other disease contagious to cattle, has existed 

 in the district during the year. Swine must be accompanied 

 with a similar certificate relating to the existence of foot-and- 

 mouth disease, hog cholera, swine plague, and erysipelas. 

 Imported animals must also be accompanied with an affidavit by 

 the owner, stating that the animals have been in the district 

 where purchased for one year next preceding the date of sale, 

 and that no contagious disease affecting the species has existed 

 among them, nor among any animals of the kind with which 

 they have come in contact, for one year last past, and that no 

 inoculation has been practised among the animals for the past 



