1 Ave., 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. Vil. 
Department of Agriculture, 
Brisbane, 26th January, 1899. 
| pee following Proclamation by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales is 
published for general information. 
J. V. CHATAWAY., 
New Sovru Wats, PROCLAMATION. ae 
to wit. By His Excellency The Right Honourable Hunry Ropert, Viscount 
(L.8.) HAmppEN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of 
HAMPDEN, New South Wales and its Dependencies. 
Governor. : 
Wuerzas the Governor is empowered by Section 9 of the “Vegetation Diseases Act, 1897 »’ from 
time to time, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to declare any fungus or vegetable parasite what- 
eyer to be a fungus within the meaning of the said Act: Now, therefore, I, Henry Roperz, 
Viscount HamppeEn, the Governor aforesaid, with the advice of the Executive Council, do, 
by this my Proclamation, declare Black Spot (Husicladium) to be a fungus within the meaning 
of the said Act. 
Giyen under my Hand and Seal, at Government House, Sydney, this twenty-second day of 
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and 
in the sixty-second year of Her Majesty’s reign. 
By His Excellency’s Command, 
— 
JOSEPH COOK. 
Gop Save tue QurEn! 
Department of Agriculture, 
Brisbane, 25th May, 1899. 
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has, in 
pursuance of the provisions of “ The Slaughtering Act of 1898,” been pleased to mice 
the following Regulations. 
ae J. V. CHATAWAY. 
REGULATIONS UNDER “THE SLAUGHTERING ACT OF 1898.” 
Definitions. 
1. Save as herein otherwise provided, in these Regulations the terms used have 
the meanings respectively assigned to them by “ The Slaughtering Act of 1898.” 
The term ‘‘ Stock”’ means and includes cattle, sheep, and swine; 
The term ‘Licensing Court’? means a Police Magistrate or if he is absent or 
there is no Police Magistrate, then any two justices sitting in a Court of Petty 
Sessions having jurisdiction in the district within which a slaugl.ter-house is or is 
proposed to be established ; 
' ‘The term “ Inspector’ means the inspector (if any) to whom a district is assigned, 
or if he is absent, or there is no such inspector then any inspector appointed under the 
provisions of “ The Slaughtering Act of 1898” ; ; 
The term “ Owner of stock’’ means the owner whether jointly or severally of the 
stock, or the authorised agent or superintendent of the owner, or the drover or person 
in charge of the stock. 
Unlicensed slaughter-house. 
2. Any person who establishes or keeps an unlicensed slaughter-house is guilty 
of an offence against these Regulations. 
Illegal slaughter. 
3. No person shallslaughter at any place other than at a licensed slaughter-house 
any stock the flesh of which is intended to be used for meat. 
Licensing Court. 
4. Subject to these Regulations, the Licensing Court may license slaughter-houses 
established or proposed to be established within a district. 
Application. 
5. Every person who desires to obtain a license or the renewal of a license for a 
slaughter-house shall make an application therefor in writing in the form in the First 
Schedule hereto or to the like effect. 
Time for applying. 
6. Every application shall be addressed to the Licensing Court of the district 
within which the slaughter-house is or is proposed to be established, shall be lodged 
with the proper Clerk of Petty Sessions, and shall be accompanied by the license fee 
