Live Stock for the Transvaal. 



[JUNE, 



to that effect to the master of the vessel, together with the 

 declaration and certificate already mentioned. If any stock 

 arrive unaccompanied by the required declaration and certificate, 

 the owner shall pay a fine of 20s. per head, and the term of 

 quarantine shall be extended for such further period as the 

 Minister may direct. 



On arrival in the Colony, stock shall be examined by a 

 veterinary surgeon and an Inspector, and if found to be infected 

 with any disease they shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed 

 of as the Minister or Chief Inspector of Stock shall direct. 



All foreign stock found on inspection to be free from infection 

 shall be conveyed (in conformity with certain directions) by water 

 at the owner's risk and expense to the quarantine-ground, and 

 shall remain in quarantine as follows : — Horses, fourteen days ; 

 cattle, sheep, goats, &c, sixty days ; pigs, sixty days ; and dogs, 

 six months. All charges and expenses connected with inspection 

 and quarantine from the time of arrival must be paid by the 

 owner of the stock. 



The Director of Agriculture for the Transvaal states* that 



well-bred animals of all kinds are greatly needed in that country, 



but that until diseases are got more under 



Live Stock control and local conditions better under- 

 fop 



the Transvaal sto °d their importation will always be 

 attended with considerable risk, and should 

 only be undertaken on a limited scale and under circumstances 

 which ensure the animals being suitably accommodated and 

 attended to on arrival. A great interest is taken in live stock, 

 and only shortness of money and the risks attendant upon 

 acclimatisation prevent the farmers from importing largely. 

 Later on, when these difficulties are removed, a good trade 

 may be expected for pedigree stock of all descriptions. 



A summary of the Transvaal regulations as to importation 

 of live stock appeared in this Journal, March, 1903 (Vol. IX., 

 No. 4, p. 532). 



* Transvaal Department of Agriculture Report, 1903-4. 



