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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD JULY, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 265.

The following Circular Despatch and its enclosures are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Offies, Hongkong, 28th June, 1897.

CIRCULAR.

J. II. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary,

571

DOWNING STREET,

17th May, 1897.

SIR-I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Govern- ment, a copy of a letter from the Board of Agriculture enclosing copies of an Order respecting the Importation of dogs into this Country and of a Mémorandum drawing the attention of local authorities, shipowners and the public generally, to the provisions of the Order, which will take effect, from the 15th September next.

I have the honour to be,

The Officer Administering the Government of

Sir.

Your most obedient, humble Servant,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

No. 14168/97.

HONGKONG.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

4, WHITEHALL PLACE, LONDON, S.W.,

8th May, 1897.

SIR,-I am directed by the Board of Agriculture to transmit to you the accompanying copies of the Importation of Dogs Order of 1897 and of a Memorandum drawing the attention of Local Author- ities, Shipowners and the Public generally, to the provisions of that Orler, which will, from and after the 15th September next, regulate the landing in Great Britain of dogs brought from any other Country except Ireland and the Isle of Man.

In order to prevent, so far as possible, the shipment of dogs to this Country from the Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain before the necessary licence for their landing has been obtained, the Board desire me to ask you to be so good as to move Mr. Secretary CHAMBERLAIN to cause the enclosed. copies of the Order and Memorandum to be forwarded to the various Governors, Commissioners and Administrators or other officials in the Colonial Dependencies with a request that the requirements of the Order may be made known as widely as possible.

The Under Secretary of State.

"Colonial Office.

I

am, &c.,

J. T. TENNANT,

Assistunt Secretary,

IMPORTATION OF DOGS ORDER OF 1897.

The Board of Agriculture desire to draw the attention of local authorities, shipowners, and the public generally to the provisions of this Order, which regulates the landing in Great Britain of dogs brought from any other country except Ireland and the Isle of Man.

The Order is made to take effect on the 15th of September 1897, and it will be observed that no dog to which the Order applies will be allowed to be landed in Great Britain without a Licence from the Board of Agricultare obtained previous to the landing.

Special attention is drawn to the following provisions of the Order :---

Applications for Licences.

Any application for a Licence is to be made in writing to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture, 4, Whitehall Place. London, S.W., and is to be accompanied by a statement signed by the owner of the dog to which the application relates or by his agent authorized in writing for this purpose containing the following information (namcly) —

(i) the description of the dog, stating so far as possible for purposes of bluntification, the particulars of its breed,

sex, age, and colour ;

(ii) the country from which it is proposed to be brought;

(iii) the port at which it is proposed to be landed; and

(iv.) the place to which it is proposed after being landed to be moved for the purposes of such detention and isolation as may be required by the Board, and also the route by which it is proposed to be moved to such place of detention.