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Live Stock Import Regulations. [July, 



from Great Britain must be shipped from London, Liverpool, 

 or Glasgow, and landed at Port Adelaide. 



Horses, cattle, and sheep may, with the consent of the Minister 

 for the time being controlling the Stock Department, be 

 imported into the northern territory of the Colony at Port 

 Darwin. 



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

 to the Chief Inspector of Stock at Adelaide, giving particulars of 

 the description and number of the stock to be introduced, the 

 time and place of shipment, and the name of the vessel by 

 which they are expected to be conveyed to South Australia. 



Three declarations with regard to the health of the stock are 

 required, viz. : (i) A declaration signed by the owner or con- 

 signee and by the District Veterinary Surgeon ; (2) A declara- 

 tion by the Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment ; and 

 (3) A declaration made at the end of the voyage by the captain 

 of the vessel. Each of these declarations must be made before 

 a Justice of the Peace, and they must be forwarded to the Chief 

 Inspector at Adelaide within twenty-four hours of the arrival of 

 the stock. 



These declarations are briefly to be as follows : — 



(1) The owner or breeder is to declare that the stock to be 

 imported are and have been free from infectious and contagious 

 disease for the preceding sixty days, and that during the same 

 period they have not been in contact with, or on the same farm 

 as any infected animal. A local Veterinary Surgeon must 

 examine the stock, and verify the above declaration. 



(2) A duly qualified Veterinary Surgeon at the port of ship- 

 ment is to examine the stock and furnish a declaration that they 

 are free from disease. 



(3) The captain or master of the vessel on arrival is to 

 certify that no disease of any kind has shown itself in the stock 

 during the voyage. 



All stock on arrival must be examined on board by the 

 Government Veterinary Surgeon, and may be dressed or dis- 

 infected in such manner as the Chief Inspector shall direct. No 

 stock suffering from any disease may be landed in the Colony 

 from any vessel, and any stock arriving at any port in the 

 Colony suffering from any disease, or affected with any disease 



