676 SOUTH AUSTRALIA.-REPORT Or SHEEP INSPECTOR. 
from Victoria, 36,640 sheep, 4100 cattle, and 1714 horses; 
from Queensland, 4365 cattle, and 141 horses, were brought 
to the markets, and 10,000 sheep and 1000 cattle introduced 
for the purpose of stocking a portion of the northern 
country. 
The importations by sea have been from England—4 
thoroughbred horses; from Victoria—8 merino, 7 Lincoln, 
and 5 down stud sheep, 28 shorthorn bulls, 19 heifers, and 
919 horses; also 42 stud sheep from Tasmania. 
The exports by sea have been 63 stud sheep to Victoria ; 
178 stud sheep to New Zealand ; 106 to New South Wales; 
and 12 to Natal, all merinos; and 1800 fat sheep to Tas¬ 
mania. 
The importation of horses into the province, although 
there is now a cessation in the supplies forwarded, amounted 
to the large number of 3401 during the year, and these have 
apparently been all absorbed at fair prices. 
In consequence of the action taken in other colonies in 
removing the prohibition against stock from places beyond 
the Australian colonies, I have prepared stock regulations for 
the admission of cattle, sheep, and swine, from Great Britain 
and Ireland, the dominion of Canada, and the United States 
of America. 
Preparations are being taken to have quarantine yards 
erected on the south part of Torrens Ireland, where imported 
animals may be quarantined for a term of ninety days. Until 
such yards k are near completion it would be premature to 
remove the prohibition. By strict adherence to the quarantine 
regulations I hope the risk of introducing disease may be 
reduced to a minimum. The necessity for great care will 
cause a heavy expense on the department in the erection and 
maintenance of the yards. The expense of quarantine will 
likewise be heavy to the importer. 
I have not yet received the latest reports of stock in the 
Australian colonies, but as no public notice of fresh out¬ 
breaks of any kind have been received, it may be presumed 
that the stock continue healthy. 
In Great Britain foot-and-mouth disease continues to 
prevail in about the same number of counties, fresh outbreaks 
taking the place of those in which the disease has either been 
eradicated or died out. By the last returns received it was 
prevalent in fourteen counties. 
According to the latest intelligence cattle plague is still 
largely prevalent in Russia and Austria, and is still existing 
in Turkey. 
Orders in Council have been issued in Great Britain, under 
