UNITED STATES CATTLE IMPORT REGULATIONS. 513 

quantity of mohair obtained from these flocks, enquiries were 
addressed to mills using this product, and it was ascertained 
that the quantity of home produce consumed in 1899 was 
1,077,000 lbs., while the imported produce amounted to 
1,119,000 lbs, Assuming that practically the entire native 
yield goes to the mills for manufacture, it is believed that 
this figure may be taken to represent the tctal product of the 
United States for 1899. The duty om imported mohair is 6d. 
per lb. 

All dogs intended to be introduced into the Colony of New 
South Wales must be examined at the 
Importation of jwner’s or shipper’s expense, prior to 
Dogs into New : ; 
South Wales. shipment, by a veterinary inspector 
| appointed bythe NewSouth Wales Govern- 
ment. The ports in connection with which such inspectors 
have been appointed, in the United Kingdom, are, London, 
Liverpool, and Glasgow. Further particulars can be obtained 
from the Agent-General for New South Wales, 9, Victoria 
Street, London, S.W. 

The Board of Agriculture have received a copy of regu- 
lations, issued by the United States 
Meee ite cocica Department of Agriculture, providing 
to the that all cattle over six months old 
United States. imported into the United States must be 
tested with tuberculin, either by an inspector of the United 
States Department stationed in Great Britain, or after the 
arrival of the animals at the quarantine station in the 
United States. The application of the tuberculin test does 
not, however, relieve the animals from the necessity of 
undergoing quarantine on arrival at their port of destination. 
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