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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1215, 13 April 1880, Page 4

Government Notices.

of such authority, may be seized by any Inspector or any person acting under the authority of any, such Inspector, and may be sold or destroyed as the Inspector may direct; and all bedding which has been used by cattle, and their droppings, shall be burned or buried as the Inspector shall direct. 11. The skins of cattle which have died or been slaughtered during the voyage on board any vessel having on board any cattle shipped at any place beyond New Zealand shall be salted and kept on board in a manner which the Inspector may consider safe, and no suoh skins shall be landed in the colony. 12 Every person who commits a breach of any one of the three foregoing sections numbered nine, ten, and eleven of these regulations, or who refuses or objects to obey or carry out any direction of the Inspector given under and in pursuance thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. DESTEUCTiON OF CATTLE. 13. It shall be lawful for the Board to order the owner of any animal known or reasonably suspected to have disease, or the agent of the owner or any person in charge of such animal, by order in writing under the hand of the Chairman of the Board, countersigned by an Inspector, to kill such animal, and thereafter to dispose of the body in huch manner as in such order shall be specified; and any such owner, agent, or person refusing or for twelve hours neglecting to comply with such order, after the service thereof on him, either personally or by leaving the same at his usual place of abode, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds, and to a further penalty not exceeding five pounds for every twenty -four hours such animal is left undestroyed or undisposed of after the said twelve hours. 14. The Inspector may give an order in writing to any person to seize and destroy any animal known or reasonably suspected to have disease, and dispose of the body in such manner as he may therein direct, in the following cases, namely : — If the owner or his agent, or the person in charge of the animal is not known, If the owner or his agent, or the person in charge of the animal, refuses or neglects for twelve hours to obey the order of the Board, given as aforesaid, and in such case- the cost incurred in such destruction and disposal shall be paid by the owner or his agenfc, or the person in charge of the animal, to the Inspector, on demand. Fkes, etc. 15. Under authority from the Colonial $ cretary, or upon authority in writing by the Chairman of the Board, the Inspector shall employ a veterinary surgeon to inspect and examine any animal known or reasonably suspected to have disease, and shall require such veterinaiy surgeon to furnish a certificate stating the condition of any animal for which the certificate is required. 16. Such veterinaiy surgeon, with any assistants he may require, is hereby authorised to enter upon any promises for the purpose of such inspection and^'examiuation, the same as if he was an Inspector appointed under the said Act ; and any persons lef using to admit or obstructing such veterinary'surgeon in such examination or inspection shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten pounds and not moxg-than one hundred pounds. 17. There shall be paid to the Inspector, on demand, by the owner of cattle or his agent, or the person in charge thereof, the folllowing fees : — For every visit and inspec- £ s. d tion by a veterinary surgeon when authorised as aforesaid 0 10 0 for every mile the veterinary surgeon is required to travel beyond five miles, one way 0 0 6 18. There uhall be paid to the Inspector, on demand, by the owner of cattle or his agent or the person in charge thereof, the following fees for the inspection of cattle when they arrive at any port or place in the colony :—: — £ s. d. For one animal, and not exceeding ten animals ... 1 0 0 For every additional animal above ten, each animal ... 0 0 6 Provided that if any of the above-men-tioned kinds of stock are imported into any port or place for butchers' use the charge for inspecting shall be — £ s. d. For each animal 0 0 3 1 9. There shall be paid to the Inspector, on demand, by the owner of cattle or his agent, or the person in charge thereof, the following fees :—: — For sustenance and attendance for each animal that is kept in quarantine, if not provided at the expense of the owner, per day, such sura not exceeding- one shilling if the animal is kept in the open, and not exceeding two shillings if the animal is kept under cover, as the Board may from time to time order. 20. There shall be paid to the Inspector, on demand, by the owner of cattle or his agent, or the person in charge thereof, the following fees ;—; — For every declaration made £ s* d. under section nineteen of " The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871," 0 5 0 For every declaration that a place is infected, made by the Board under section twenty- one of the ."aid Act 010 0 21. Fees and other sums made payable under these regulations may be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the Inspector in any Court of competent jurisdiction. FORSTER GORING-, Clerk of the Executive Council. \ JJJAtea dealers \xfi\ ani > \ \ \^Agrocers, 1 o? <] A'- MS' v r^ A v\ \°\ QUEEX-STSEET\ yA \ \°\ AUCKLAND. \A\