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Live Stock Import Regulations. [feb., 



monia, and of any animals from places infected with anthrax in 

 an epidemic form, is prohibited. Horses, asses, and mules are 

 to be kept in quarantine until the Government Veterinary 

 Surgeon is satisfied that they are not infected with disease. 

 The Government Veterinary Surgeon may subject any animal 

 on arrival to any test at the expense of the owner or importer 

 to ascertain whether such animal is infected with disease. 



Dogs are to be kept under observation in the quarantine 

 station or other approved place for not more than six months 

 at the owner's cost. This provision may be dispensed with 

 in the case of performing dogs and dogs intended to be re- 

 exported within forty-eight hours. 



Mozambique. — According to the General Stock Regula- 

 tions approved by Government Order, No. 113 of 1908, the 

 importation of live stock is prohibited without previous in- 

 spection and authorisation by the Veterinary Department. 

 Persons wishing to import domestic animals must apply to 

 the Veterinary Section of the Government for authority, 

 stating the number and species of the animals, place of origin, 

 destination, and purpose for which they are imported. 

 Animals mav be detained in quarantine at the charge and 

 risk of the importer for such time as the Veterinary Service 

 considers necessary. Cattle are to be tested with tuberculin 

 and horses with mallein, and animals reacting positively are 

 to be slaughtered without compensation. Animals which 

 react suspiciously are to be detained in quarantine pending 

 further investigation. 



The Government Order referred to above states that experi- 

 ence has demonstrated that the Province of Mozambique is 

 eminently adapted to the breeding of cattle and other domestic 

 animals. The vast herds which twelve years since covered 

 the plains in part of the province have been largely destroyed 

 by disease, and with a view to restocking the Southern dis- 

 tricts a Veterinary Service has been established for the 

 purpose of eradicating and controlling animal diseases. An 

 experimental station is to be established in the district of 

 Lourenco Marques for the study of the conditions of acclima- 

 tisation and improvement of various species, and animals not 

 required by the station are to be sold annually by public 

 auction. 



