1905.] Live Stock Import Regulations. 



six nights with three acetylene lamps and caught not a single 

 noxious insect. Dr. Remer, in conclusion, states that these traps 

 are practically useless, as any advantage they may possess is 

 more than counterbalanced by the disadvantages. 



Under the provisions of the New Zealand Stock Act, 1893, 



horses, cattle, sheep, and swine may be imported into New 



Zealand from the United Kingdom subject 



Live Stock Import to regulations of which a summary is given 

 Regulations :— , . 

 New Zealand. * below - 



The introduction into New Zealand of 



any stock infected or likely to be infected with any disease is 



prohibited. All cattle, sheep, and swine intended to be imported 



into the Colony must be shipped at the ports of London or 



Glasgow, and be landed at the ports of Auckland, Wellington, 



or Lyttleton. 



Not less than fourteen days' notice in writing shall be given 

 to the Inspector of Stock stating the number, sex, breed, and 

 colour of the animals, the vessel and port of shipment, and the 

 date of expected arrival. The exporter of the stock shall also 

 make a declaration before a Justice of the Peace, solicitor, or 

 public notary, to the effect that they are free from all infectious 

 and contagious diseases, and have not within six months 

 been in direct or indirect contact with infected stock, and 

 this declaration shall be endorsed by a veterinary surgeon in 

 the district in which such stock are, stating that he has examined 

 the stock referred to and has no reason to doubt the correctness 

 of the declaration in any particular. This declaration must be 

 delivered to the veterinary surgeon inspecting such stock at the 

 port of shipment, and all stock, prior to their being put on board 

 any vessel to be shipped for the Colony, shall be carefully 

 inspected at the owner's expense by the authorised veterinary 

 surgeon. If the veterinary surgeon aforesaid shall be satisfied 

 that the whole of the stock put on board or to be put on board 

 such vessel are free from infection, he shall deliver a declaration 



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

 ing countries .-—United States, June, 1903, and Oct., 1904 ; Argentina, Jan., 1905 ; 

 Cape Colony, Feb., 1905 ; Canada, March, 1905 ; New South Wales, April, 1905 ; 

 and Germany, May, 1905 



