1906.] Breeding Stock in the Transvaal. 



605 



Quarantine. — All stock subject to quarantine, shall be removed 

 to and remain in quarantine at the risk and expense of the 

 owner, and while in quarantine shall be disinfected, cleansed, 

 inoculated, dipped, dressed, or treated under the supervision 

 of an inspector, as prescribed by the regulations, or as the 

 Chief Inspector directs. 



Horses imported into Queensland from Great Britain may, 

 after their arrival and before they are released from quarantine, 

 be subjected to the mallein test for glanders, if in the opinion 

 of the "Chief Inspector of Stock such test is necessary, notwith- 

 standing that they may have been tested immediately before 

 leaving the place of shipment. The term of quarantine is 

 fourteen days, but in the case of such horses as are found by 

 the mallein test to be free from glanders and farcy this is to 

 be dispensed with. 



Cattle may, after their arrival and before they are released 

 from quarantine, be subjected to the tuberculin test for tuber- 

 culosis if in the opinion of the Chief Inspector of Stock such 

 test is necessary, notwithstanding that they may have been 

 tested immediately before leaving the place of shipment. The 

 term of quarantine is forty days. 



Sheep shall, while in quarantine, be dressed or dipped, the 

 period of quarantine being thirty days. 



Swine must undergo a quarantine of forty days. 



The period of quarantine shall date from the day of landing, 

 and stock will only be released from quarantine upon the order 

 of the Minister. 



Notice has been issued by the Director of Agriculture for the 

 Transvaal* that, with the object of encouraging the importa- 

 tion of breeding stock into the Transvaal 

 Breeding^Stock Colony, the Government is prepared to 

 Transvaal. £* ve ass ^ stance to bond-fide farmers by 

 grants not exceeding £20 to any individual. 

 Such grants will be applied towards defraying half the cost of 

 transport by rail from any station in South Africa to any station 

 in the Transvaal on sheep and Angora goats imported solely 



* Transvaal Agricultural Journal, Oct., 1905, p. 268. 



