I909-] Importation and other Regulations. 



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The Chief Inspector may permit of any examination or tests as afore- 

 said being dispensed with in the case of cattle in transit by rail for 

 any place beyond the boundaries of Southern Rhodesia. 



All expenses or losses incident to quarantine, examination, testing, 

 or destruction shall be borne by the owner of the cattle. 



No person shall import cattle in terms of these Regulations except 

 for his own use, provided, however, that permission may be granted 

 to import for others on the applicant disclosing the name of the person 

 or persons for whom he proposes to act. 



A fine of £20 for each arrival is provided in case cattle are imported 

 in contravention to the Regulations, and in default of payment im- 

 prisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding six 

 months. Further, such penaties shall not exempt any cattle from 

 destruction under the Regulations. 



Live Stock Import Regulations, Western Australia. — According to 

 regulations under the Stock Diseases Act, 1895, dated June 25th, 1909, 

 live stock imported into Western Australia from the United Kingdom 

 may be landed at the ports of Fremantle and Albany, subject to inspec- 

 tion and quarantine. They must be shipped at London, Liverpool, 

 Glasgow, Dublin, or Cork. 



Any person intending to introduce foreign stock, including poultry, 

 into Western Australia, must give not less than fourteen days' notice in 

 writing to the Chief Inspector of Stock, Department of Agriculture, 

 Perth, Western Australia. 



The exporter must also make a declaration before a Justice of the 

 Peace, stating how long the animals have been in his possession, that 

 they have been during the preceding six months free from any infec- 

 tious or contagious disease and have not been exposed to infection ; 

 that none of them will be conveyed to the port of shipment in a truck 

 in which other stock have been carried unless such truck has been 

 washed and disinfected ; and that the cattle or horses proposed to be 

 exported have not been tested with tuberculin or mallein respectively 

 during the preceding two months. 



This declaration must be sent in a registered envelope, at least four 

 days before the date of shipment, to the Western Australian Govern- 

 ment Veterinary Inspector at the port of shipment, viz., London, 

 Liverpool, or Glasgow. The exporter must also cause horses to be sub- 

 jected by a properly qualified veterinary surgeon to a mallein test for 

 glanders, and cattle to a tuberculin test for tuberculosis, and obtain a 

 certificate of the freedom of the stock from disease. This certificate 

 must also be posted at least four days before shipment to the Western 

 Australian Government Veterinary Inspector at the port of shipment. 



On arrival in Western Australia, horses, mules, and asses from the 

 United Kingdom must remain in quarantine for 14 days; cattle for 

 40 days ; sheep and goats for 30 days ; swine for 14 days ; and dogs for 

 90 days. Horses will again be subjected to the mallein test, and cattle 

 to the tuberculin test before their release from quarantine. 



The regulations published in this Journal in February, 1906, 

 p. 686, are cancelled. 



Importation of Animals and Plants into Australia.— The Common- 

 wealth Gazette of July 10th last contains regulations under the 



