Xe, ; QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Dec., 1899. 
Department of Agriculture, 
Brisbane, 26th January, 1899. 
4 fe following Proclamation by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales is 
published for general information. : 
J. V. CHATAWAY. 
New Sour Wazzs, PROCLAMATION. aly. 
to wit. By His Excellency The Right Honourable Henry Ropert, Viscount 
(z.8.) Hamppen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of 
HAMPDEN, New South Wales and its Dependencies. 
Governor. 
Wuereas 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- 
ever to be a fungus within the meaning of the said Act: Now, therefore, I, Henry Rosert, 
Viscount HamppeEn, the Governor aforesaid, with the advice of the Executive Council, do, 
by this my Proclamation, declare Black Spot (Fusicladium) to be a fungus within the meaning, 
of the said Act. 
Given 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 THE QuezEN! co 
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 ‘‘ Zie Slaughtering Act of 1898,” been pleased to make 
the following Regulations. 
= 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 slaughter-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. é 
Itlegat slaughter. ‘ i 
3. No Pereae 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 Olerk of Petty Sessions, and shall-be accompanied by the license fee- 
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