1906.] Live Stock Import Regulations. 751 



In the case of horses and cattle the certificate must also state 

 that before being shipped they had been respectively tested with 

 mallein or with tuberculin. This declaration is to be made 

 before a Justice of the Peace not more than three days before 

 the date of the declaration (b) of the veterinary surgeon. 



(J?) A declaration by a veterinary surgeon, who must be a 

 Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, stating : (1) 

 that he has examined the animals shipped, and all other animals 

 shipped on the same vessel, either for export or for the use of 

 passengers and crew ; (2) that the horses and cattle before being 

 shipped had been respectively tested with mallein or with 

 tuberculin ; and (3) that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, 

 none of them were then, or were likely to be, infected with 

 any infectious or contagious disease. Such declaration shall be 

 made before a Justice of the Peace at the port of embarkation. 



(c) A declaration in a prescribed form by the captain or master 

 of the vessel conveying the animals. 



On arrival, all animals on board shall be examined by an 

 inspector, and also by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon. 



Quarantine. — All animals permitted to be landed by an 

 inspector shall be removed by the owner to a quarantine ground 

 and detained there for the following periods : horses for not less 

 than fourteen days ; cattle for not less than sixty days ; sheep 

 for not less than thirty days ; and swine for not less than sixty 

 days. All sheep shall be washed, dipped, or disinfected in such 

 manner as the Chief Inspector of Sheep shall direct. 



Animals before being removed from a quarantine ground shall 

 be examined by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon and an 

 inspector, and certified by them to be free from disease. 



All animals found to be infected with any disease are to be 

 destroyed, and no compensation or claim will be allowed for any 

 animal, fodder, &c, sold or destroyed under these Orders and 

 Regulations. 



All expenses in connection with the quarantine, destruction 

 or disinfection of animals shall be paid by the owner. 



All fodder required for any animals while in quarantine shall be 

 provided by the owner, who shall, for any horses, cattle, sheep, or 

 swine placed in quarantine,be liable to pay to the Government the 

 sum of ^3 3s. per head in the case of horses and cattle, and £2 2s. 

 per head in the case of sheep and swine, towards the expense 

 incurred. 



