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Importation of Dogs. 



purpose, and should be sent to The Secretary, Board of Agri- 

 culture, 4, Whitehall Place, Lo7tdo7t, S. IV., in sufficient time to 

 enable the Board to make full inquiries into the circum- 

 stances of the application, and the suitability of the proposed 

 premises for the isolation of the dog, and to communicate to 

 the owner their decision before the embarkation of the dog 

 is to take place. 



5. In order that the Board may have it on record that the 

 conditions on which alone a licence can be issued are fully 

 known by the owner of the dog (or the person, if other than 

 the owner, in whose charge it is to be detained), the signature 

 of the owner or of the proposed custodian of the dog is to be 

 subscribed to the undertaking printed on the back of the 

 form of a,ppiication. The signature of an agent cannot, in 

 any case, be accepted as sufficient, unless he is prepared 

 personally to undertake the charge of the dog during the 

 whole period of detention. 



6. In very exceptional cases the Board are prepared to 

 entertain applications made by telegram, on the following- 

 conditions : — 



[a) The telegram must set forth the description of the 

 dog. Slating as far as possible for purposes of identi- 

 fication the particulars of its breed, sex, age, and 

 colour, and the place where it is proposed that the 

 animal should be detained. 



ib) The place of detention must be the residence of a 

 householder, or other responsible resident of long 

 standing, in Great Britain, who is prepared to 

 detain the dog on the premises for not less than 

 ninety days in accordance with the conaitions of the 

 licence ; and the full name and address of the 

 person must be given, so as to enable the Board, 

 before the licence is issued, to place themselves in 

 communication with him to ascertain whether he is 

 in a position to fulfill the requisite conditions. 



{c) An address must also be named in the telegram to 

 which the Board can send the licence if issued, or 

 otherwise communicate their decision to the appli- 

 cant. This should be some place in the country of 



