ORDER OF COUNCIL. 
783 
The Lords and others of Her Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy 
Council, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in them vested 
under The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869 (in this Order 
referred to as the Act of 1869), and of every other power enabling 
them in this behalf, do order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows : 
1. This Order shall take effect from and immediately after the 
twenty-third day of September, One thousand eight hundred and 
seventy, and words in this Order have the same meaning as in the 
Act of 1869. 
2. Subject to the provisions contained in the Orders of Council 
relating to the ports of Granton, Leith, and Southampton, dated the 
tenth day of August, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, 
all the regulations in the Fourth Schedule to the Act of 1869 shall 
apply to sheep and goats brought to Great Britain from any port of 
the States of the North German Confederation or France, and landed 
in Great Britain, and all such sheep and goats shall be slaughtered 
within ten days after the landing thereof, exclusive of the day of 
landing. 
3. With respect to cattle, sheep, and goats brought from any port 
of the States of the North German Confederation or France, and 
landed within the Port of London, the following regulation shall 
have effect, in addition to those contained in the Fourth Schedule to 
the Act of 1869 : 
“ No such cattle, sheep, or goats shall be landed except at] places 
approved by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Customs, and set 
apart for such purpose, and, notwithstanding any Order of Council 
to the contrary, no animal shall be moved alive out of any place so 
approved and set apart. 
Arthur Helps. 
