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ORDERS IN COUNCIL. 
REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE LANDING AND INSPEC- 
TION OE FOREIGN ANIMALS ARRIVING AT PORTS IN 
GREAT BRITAIN, FROM AND AFTER THE 31st DAY OF 
MARCH, 1871. 
Privy Council Office, 
Veterinary Department; 
31 st March, 1871. 
Marking. 
Each kind of foreign animal landed at a landing-place for slaugh- 
ter (with the exception of sheep and swine landed within a defined 
part of the Port of London) shall be marked in the following man- 
ner, namely: — 
Cattle . — By clipping the hair off the end of the tail, and by clip- 
ping a broad arrow, about five inches long, on the left quarter. 
Sheep and Goats . — By clipping a broad arrow, about four inches 
long, on the forehead. 
Swine . — By printing a broad arrow, about three inches long, on 
the left side, with the following composition, namely : — Rosin, five 
parts; oil of turpentine, two parts ; and red ochre, one part; melted, 
and used warm. 
Detention. 
All foreign animals landed in Great Britain shall be detained for 
at least twelve hours after landing, except as hereinafter provided, 
in some lair or other proper place adjacent to the landing-place, for 
the purpose of being inspected by the Veterinary Inspector ap- 
pointed by the Privy Council for that purpose ; and every such 
Inspector shall have power to detain, for any longer period, any 
animal or animals which he has reason to suspect is or are affected 
with any contagious or infectious disease. 
No animal, carcase, hide, meat, offal, provender, or manure shall 
be removed from the lairs, except with the permission of the In- 
spector. 
Inspection. 
All foreign animals shall be inspected by the Veterinary Inspector 
appointed for that purpose ; and such inspection shall commence 
as soon as possible after landing. 
The final inspection of each animal shall not take place until the 
end of the twelve hours, except as hereinafter provided, nor except 
during daylight. 
