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PUBLIC NOTICES "THE SHEKP ACT, 1578." (Secretary's Office, \V.rii:it_ton, 12th December, IS7B. rfpHK fwiloAJiig Sections of "The Sheep X Act. I.VTS?' which will come into oiKritian on tho Ist Janunry, JST'J, are herelv pohliaiied for general information. " G S. WHITMOEE, Colonial Secretary. IssfEcroES off Sheep. Section 15. It shall be lawful for any Inspector, when it shall appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of enabling him to decide satisfactorily upon the condition of any sheep, to call upon the owner of rach sheep to make a declaration in the form or to the etfect specified in Schedule Bto this Act; and if any such owner shall refuse or neglect to moke such declaration when so called upon, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten pounds nor exceeding fifty pounds; and if any person shall make any such declaration knowing the same to be fatac. he shall be liable to a j»enalty of one hundred pounds, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six calendar months. SCHEDULE B. DECLARATIOS TO BE JUfcE AS TO SITEEP Examined by Inspector. j_ .of , do hereby solemnly declare that {1 have made to the best of my belief a complete muster of all the sheep in my charge, and tli.it" J my sheep marked being in number, now being at , have not within the meaning of "The Sheep Act, IS7S," nof '.rithin three months been mixed with any infected sheep, nor depastured on anv run, nor placed m any yard, enclosure, carriage, or truck in which there were nnv infected sheep : and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, A.B. Declared before me, at , this day of . IS . C.D., Inspector of Sheep [or J.P.] * May be omitted when not required by the Inspector. Katk rros Siieki-. Section 21. Every owner of sheep shall, tie twee n the first and thirtieth day of June in every year, deliver or cause to be dctivered to* the Chief Inspector a written return, in the Form provided in Schedule A, of the ntimber of sheep and lambs of each aes exceeding three months old owned by him on the thirty-first day of May preceding tu such return the car-marks and Lratids tipon such sheep. Every person rct'lucng or neglecting to deliver or cause to be delivered Midi return as aforesaid shall be to a penalty not exceeding twenty fitviftd* The Chief In [icetor sdinll. in the month of .lulv in every year, transmit to the Colonial Treasurer a "statement, compiled from the returns furnished in pursuance of this section. of the whole number of sheep and tatnba within his district. SCHEDULE A. XocF.r.K of Sheep Dki-astcrinm on Si" \'vit »', Res, ok K\u>i, on 21st May, IS -

Merino ... Long-wool t'ross-brcd I hereby certify the above to be a true and correct return. A.B. Pate or Tntdteii Sheet. Section 3.1. If upon the complaint of an Inspector or any shcepowiic ■ in the district it shall be established to the satisfaction of a Resident Masn'strate having jurisdiction in the district that any shecpowner, whose sheep or any of them are infected. has failed to clean such sheep within reasonable time, r.r is not taking flue means to insure their being cleaned." then it shall be lawful for suets Magistrate to authorise the Inspector to enter "into possesion of such sheep, and to take such steps as may be necessary to clean the sarin:: And any expenses thereby incurred by the Inspector may lie recovered from tiie owner of such sheep in any Court of competent jurisdiction. For the purpose of the exercise of the jiowers conferred by this section, such Inspector may enter upon the run and premises on which such Bheep are kept, with such assistance as he may require, and any owner or occupier who shall obstruct any Insjwctor in the discharge of. or neglect to afford all reasonable facilities for the discharge of, such duty shall, for every day during which he shall so offend, he Irjcbbr to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. Such Inspector shall not be liable fnr any loss or damage occasioned to such »>wner by any act of such Inspector, unless such damage shall be occasioned by his wilful neglect or default. Rp.movai. op Siif.kp from one District to A noth Enaction 40. It shall not be lawful for any person to introduce by land any sheep from a clean district into any other district, or from an infected district into an infected district. unless he shall hold a clean certificate for such sheep. and unless he shall have civ-en to the Inspector of the district into which they are to be introduced at least seven days' previous notice of his intention so to introduce them, stating in such notice tlit; number of such sheep, and the point at which and the day on which it is intended thev shall cross the boundary of the district. Every person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten pounds nor exceeding one hundred pounds. MISCELLANEOr.-f. Section 57- Every occupier of any run exceeding five hundred acres in extent, and not smWtantially fenced, who shall muster his Hock or flocks for either of the purposes of dipping or dressing, or cutting and tailing, or ear-marking, or shearing, or removal from the run, shall, twenty-four hours at least before yarding the same, give personal notice to the occupiers of all the adjoining runa of his intention so to yard his sheep. Section 63. If any Inspector shall be satistied that any sheep in a district are infected with lice lie shall take such steps in the matter as to him shall seem best for the cleansing of such sheep, for which purpose he shall, and may. if the sheepowner neglects to cleanse his sheep, exercise all the powera granted to liim by this Act, as if the said ahecp were infected with scab, and shall have power to declare them infected sheep ; I and all sheepowners and other persons shall, if the Inspector shall have declared the sheep to be infected sheep, be liable, in respect of sheep infected with lice, in the same manner as if such sheep were infected with scab. 1 nan

\ f.L ACCOUNTS against the Caledonian Snciefy mn-t be rendered at once, and thuse holding Members Tickets are reqcestcd to send them in at once. VT. AITKF.X, 043 Secretary. OAMAKU PUBLIC BATHS COMPANY (LIMIT!- D). THE BATHS are now OPEN to the PUBLIC. Hours : Gentlemen, snnrise to 2 p.m., and 4.30 p.m. to snnsct. Lacliea, 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Single Bath, fid ; Children, 3d] W SMITH, 114 Secretary.