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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MARCH, 1887.

Cattle and sheep to be inspect id on importation. Diseased animls to be segregated.

Segregation of animals to be reported to Sanitary Board,

Keep of ➤egregated animals,

Slaughter of anini suffer- ing from dieuse and disposal of

Carcase.

Slaughtering of animal that has been in contact with diseased

animal.

Carcases

property of the overn- ment.

Importation of d. sensed animals prohibited.

Inspection fees.

Inspection of cattle, sheep and swine depôts,

Places to be declared infected.

Removal of animals or articks from

infected areas prolbited.

Diseased animals to be reported.

Do.

Diggging up of Carnes prohibited.

Disinfection

of infected places.

Inspection of antia is about to be

slaughtered.

Admission of cattle and sheep to slaughter- house.

Slaughtering of swine.

Providing slaughter men and hot water.

3. All cattle and sheep imported into the Colony shall be forthwith inspected and duly marked by an Inspector of Live-stock, and any animal which he finds to be diseased or which he may suspect to be suffering from disease shall be placed in segregation and under observa- tion at the depôts set apart for the purpose at Kennedy Town and Yaumáti.

4. An Inspector of Live-stock shall in every instance, with all practicable speed, report to the Sanitary Board the whole of the ascertainable particulars concerning, the animals he places in segregation.

5. The owner of each animal placed in segregation shall pay five cents per day for the keep of such animal until it is either passed as being free from disease or destroyed.

6. If it appears to the Sanitary, Board that an animal placed in segregation is suffering from a dangerously in- fectious disease, it shall cause such animal to be forthwith slaughtered and the carcase thereof shall be disposed of in such manner as the Board may deem fit.

7. If it appears to the Sanitary Board that any animal has been in contact or in the same herd with animals suffering from disease, it may at discretion cause such animal to be slaughtered and the carcase thereof shall be disposed of in such manner as the Board may deem fit.

8. The carcase of any animal slaughtered under the provisions of rules 6 and 7 shall be the exclusive property of the Government.

9. No person shall knowingly bring into the Colony any animal suffering from disease.

10. Such fee as may be from time to time determined by the Governor in Council will be charged for each head of cattle and for each head of sheep imported into the Colony.

11. An Inspector of Live-stock shall visit, at such times as the Sanitary Board may direct, all places where cattle, sheep and swine are kept and inspect the animals there, and he shall immediately report to the Sanitary Board all cases of disease which he may detect during such inspection.

12. Where it appears to the Sanitary Board that disease exists or has within 56 days existed in any place where cattle, sheep, or swine are kept, the Board may declare such place to be infected and take such steps to prevent the spread of disease as it deems necessary.

13. When a place has been declared to be infected a placard shall be posted there to that effect and the removal therefrom, without the sanction of the Sanitary Board, of any animal, carcase, fodder, litter, utensil or other thing therein is prohibited.

14. Every person having in his premises or under his charge an animal affected with disease shall, with all practicable speed, report the same to the officer in charge of the nearest Police Station.

15. The Police shall forthwith report to the Sanitary Board all cases of animal disease coming under their notice.; 16. The digging up of a carcase of an animal which has been buried is prohibited.

17. The Sanitary Board shall cause all places where a diseased animal has been kept to be cleansed and disin- fected in such manner as it deems fit.

(B.)

Slaughter-Houses.-Bye-laws.

1. An Inspector of Live Stock shall carefully examine every animal about to be slaughtered in any of the slaughter-houses and if he finds the animal healthy and in good condition he shall mark it as being fit for slaughter- ing for human food.

2. No cattle or sheep shall be admitted into the slaughter- houses except those that have been marked within the previous twenty-four hours by an Inspector of Live Stock as being fit for slaughtering for human food.

3. No swine shall be slaughtered in the slaughter-houses except those that have been marked within the previous twenty-four hours by an Inspector of Live-stock as being fit for slaughtering for human food.

4. The lessee of the privilege of slaughtering animals, shall provide all persons necessary for the purpose of slaughtering animals and dressing the carcases thereof, together with a sufficient supply of hot water, and shall have the same in readiness at all times for the service of persons making use of the slaughter-houses.