1 Dzc., 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. Xv. 
(7.) Animal manures (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited): 
may only be landed provided such manures have been subjected for at least two hours: 
to a moist heat of a temperature of not less than 250 degrees Fahrenheit, equal to an 
indicated steam-pressure of 30 pounds per square inch. All animal manures-to be put 
up in new bags. 
(g.) Bones in a raw or green state, whether crushed or uncrushed (except from Queensland 
and Western Australia, which are prohibited}, may be landed and taken direct from 
the ship’s side to manure-works approved of by the Inspector, and there subjected for 
at least two hours to a moist heat of a temperature of not less than 250 degrees 
Fahrenheit, equal to an indicated steam-pressure of 30 pounds per square inch. ; 
lraw or green bones to be put up in new bags, such bags to be immediately 
burned, or thoroughly steamed or boiled Lefure again being used. 
Hides (except from Queensland and Western Australia, which are prohibited) may be- 
landed and taken direct from the ship’s side to a tannery approved of by the Inspector, 
and there manufactured into leather, if from cattle slaughtered for human consumption 
or boiling-down, and not from animals which have died from disease, such hides to be. 
thoroughly salted. 
2. No stock, animal manures, bones, or hides shall be landed in New Zealand unless the: 
same are the produce of a “clean” colony as defined by No. 14 of the General Regulations— 
namely, ‘Any Australasian Colony shall, as regards any particular kind of stock, be deemed a 
clean colony if the introduction of that kind of stock, or of stock of a different kind but liable to 
be infected with the same disease, is not prohibited from such colony in terms of these regulations, 
or with respect to which there are no grounds for prohibiting the introduction of any such stock 3: 
and no stock shall be introduced into this colony but from a clean colony.” 
3, Any person intending to introduce animal manures or hides into this colony shall give the 
(aabector of Stock at port of landing not less than forty-eight hours’ notice of his intentiom 
form B). 
4, i animal manures and hides shall be accompanied by a declaration from the owner, 
secretary, or manager of the works where treated, and also by a, certiticate from an Inspector of 
Stock or veterinary surgeon, in the form or to the effect of Form © in the Schedule hereto. 
5. No manures or hides shall be landed without the written permit of an Inspector (Form D).. 
6. The Inspector may submit samples of any manure to an analyst duly appointed under 
“The Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880,” for report; and if, in the opinion of the said analyst, 
such manure has not been treated as prescribed, it shall be treated, dealt with, or disposed of as 
the Minister shall direct. 
7. Any person importing bones or hides under this regulation may be required by an Inspector 
to thoroughly disinfect any vehicle in which such hones or hides have been conveyed after leaving: 
the ship. The Inspector may also detain for a reasonable time any bones, hides, or manures so 
imported, pending inquiry, and the report of an analyst if necessary. 
8. All expenses of every description incurred in connection with the importation and 
treatment of manures, hides, &c., shall be paid by the owner to the Inspector within twenty- 
four hours after demand. 
9. Any person committing a breach of these Regula-ions shall, on conviction, be liable to a 
penalty of not less than five pounds nor more than five hundred pounds. \ 
(h. 
SCHEDULE. 
Form A. 
Declaration by Owner and Certificate of Health by Inspector. 
I, [name and address} do solemnly and sincerely declare that the undermentioned stock are, to: 
the best of my knowledge and belief, free from all infections and contagious diseases ; that they 
have not, within the preceding six months, been in direct or indirect contact with stock infected 
with any such disease; and that they are the produce of , and have during the whole 
of the preceding months been in a clean Australasian Colony. And I further declare that; 
the vessel by which the stock are to be shipped is a clean Australian yessel. 
Particulars of Stock. 
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ey Brands an dress of Owner | Vessel,and where’ —_—Con- 
No. Description, Sex. _ Marks. and Person in trom or to. signee.. 
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AndI make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by 
virtue of the provisions of an Act [here state under what Act this declaration is made). 
(Signed.) 
J.P. 
Declared before me, at , this day of , 189 
