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The Sheep Ordinance 1858

9. The Sheep Ordinance 1858.

Whereas an Ordinance was passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, entituled " The Scab and Catarrh Ordinance, Session III., No. 2," and also an Ordinance entituled " The Scab and Catarrh Amendment Ordinance, Session VIII., No. 5 : "And Whereas it is expedient that the said recited Ordinances should be repealed, and that other provision should be made in lieu thereof:

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of of the said Province, by and with the advice and consent of the Provncial Council thereof as follows:

1. Repealing Clause.

From and after the passing of this Ordinance, the above-recited

Ordinances shall be, and the same are hereby repealed, except in so far as the same extend to repealing any previous Ordinance. All legal proceedings in execution of the said Ordinances taken before the

coming into operation of this Ordinance, shall be as valid to all intents and purposes, and may be continued, executed, and enforced, after this Ordinance shall come into operation, in the same manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed.

2. All sheep to be branded.

All sheep and lambs above the age of three months, within the Province of Canterbury, shall be branded on the wool thereof with the brand of the Owner; which brands shall from time to time be renewed, as occasion may require, so that the same shall always be distinct and legible; and every Owner of any such sheep or lambs not so branded, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds; and if the said sheep, not being so branded, shall exceed four hundred

in number, such Owner shall be liable to a further penalty of not less than Threepence, nor more than Sixpence for every such sheep or lamb not being so branded as aforesaid.

3. Registrar of brands to be appointed.

It shall be lawful for the Superintendent to appoint some fit person to be the Registrar of Brands, and, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to make Rules and Regulations for the management of the office of such Registrar, and to fix a Scale of Fees, which shall be payable to such Registrar; and all such Rules, Regulations, and Tables of Fees, shall be published in the

Government Gazette, and shall thereupon be binding upon all persons whom they may concern, and shall have the force of Law.

4. Sheep brands to be registered.

Every Owner of sheep shall cause his sheep brand to be registered in the office of the Registrar of Brands; and any Owner neglecting so to register such brand as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds: Provided

always, that any brand already registered under the provisions of " The Scab and Catarrh Ordinance, Session III., No. 2," shall be deemed to have been registered under this Ordinance.

5. Using brand of another person.

After any person shall have so registered a brand, it shall not be lawful for any other person, without the authority, in writing, of the person first registering the same, to brand any sheep with the same brand, or one so nearly similar as in the opinion of the Registrar of Brands to be not readily distinguishable therefrom, or without such authority as aforesaid to make, or cause to be made any branding- iron bearing the same or nearly similar brand as aforesaid: And any person offending against the provisions of this Section, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds: and every day during which, after any person shall have been convicted under the provisions of this Section, his sheep shall continue to be branded with the registered brand of another person, shall be deemed a separate offence against the provisions of this Section.

6. Branding sheep without leave of Owner.

If any person shall brand any sheep without the authority of the Owner thereof, or shall deface or efface any brand upon any sheep, without such authority in

writing, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than Five nor exceeding One

Hundred Pounds.

7. Branding prima facie evidence of ownership.

The mark or impression of any registered brand upon any sheep shall be prima facie evidence of the ownership of such sheep by the person in whose name such brand shall have been registered in the office of Registrar of Brands.

8. Inspectors of sheep.

It shall be lawful for the Superintendent, from time to time, to appoint fit persons to be Inspectors of Sheep, and from time to time to remove the same, and to appoint others in their stead, and such Inspectors, so appointed, shall have at all times the powers hereinafter given to certain persons acting under the Warrant of any one or more Justices of the Peace; and it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, with the advice of his Executive Council, to make such Regulations as he may think fit for the guidance of all such Inspectors in the execution of their duty, and for the carrying this Ordinance into effect: Provided always, that no such Regulations shall have any force until after they shall have been published in the Government Gazette.

9. False report or certificate.

If any Inspector of Sheep, or Provisional Inspector to be appointed as hereinafter provided, shall wilfully make any false Report, or deliver any false Certificate as

to the condition of any sheep examined by him, he shall be liable, on conviction thereof before any two Justices of the Peace, to a penalty not less than Twenty Pounds, nor exceeding One Hundred Pounds, or, at the discretion of such Justices, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six calendar months. If any Inspector of Sheep or Provisional Inspector shall, under colour of his office or employment, exact or accept any fee or reward whatsoever, other than his authorized salary or allowance, his office shall, on his conviction of such offence before any two Justices of the Peace, become ipso facto vacant, and he shall be liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds.

10. Inspector may require declaration from Owner as to muster of sheep,

&c.

It shall be lawfnl for any Inspector of Sheep, or any Provisional 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 such sheep to make a Declaration in the form or to the effect specified in Schedule A to this Ordinance; and if any such Owner shall refuse or neglect to make such Declaration when so called upon, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds; and if any person shall make any such Declaration, knowing the same to be false, he shall, on conviction thereof before any two Justices of the

Peace, be liable to a penalty of One Hundred Pounds, and to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six calendar months.

11. Possession of scabby sheep.

Every Owner of any sheep infected with scab shall be liable to a fine of not less than one shilling, nor more than five shillings, for every such infected sheep: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Justices before whom any information under this clause shall be heard, to suspend the payment of any penalty, by the conviction made on such information ordered to be paid, for a period of not more than six months from the date of such information; and if at any time within such period of suspension, such sheep shall appear upon the report of any Inspector of Sheep, deposited with the Clerk of the Court in which such conviction shall have been made, to be again free from scab, such penalty shall be altogether remitted; but if it shall not so appear, then payment of such penalty shall be enforced in the usual way: Provided also, that if at or before the expiration of such period, it shall appear to the satisfaction of any two Justices of the Peace, and upon the certificate of an Inspector of Sheep, that pecular and exceptional circumstances, beyond the control of the Owner of such sheep, and such as could not have been met by foresight and exertion on his part, have rendered it impossible effectually to clean such sheep, it shall be lawful for such Justices to extend such period for a further period of four calendar months, but no longer

12. Owners of sheep to give notice of appearance of disease. Whenever the Owner of any sheep shall become aware, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect that the same are infected with either scab or

catarrh, he shall, within forty-eight hours thereafter, give notice thereof, in writing, to the adjoining Sheep-owners, in the manner prescribed for the delivery of notices by section thirty-eight of this Ordinance, and shall also, within ten days thereof, give a like notice to the Inspector of Sheep acting for the district in which such sheep are, either by delivering the same to him personally, or by leaving the same at his office or his usual place of abode; and every person offending

against the provisions of this section shall, for every case in which he shall fail to give such notice, be subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, and to a separate penalty not exceeding ten pounds for every twenty-four hours for which he shall fail to give such notice after such periods forty-eight hours and ten days respectively. . All sheep shall, for the purposes of this ection, be deemed to be infected with scab or catarrh, which shall be known by the Owner thereof to have mixed with other sheep so infected within three months previously.

13. Scabby sheep to be branded S.

Every Owner of any sheep infected with the scab shall cause the same to be distinctly wool-branded on the back thereof with the letter S, such letter not being less than four inches in length; and every such Owner shall be liable to a fine of not less than sixpence nor more than five shillings for every sheep not being so branded as aforesaid.

14. Infected sheep to be kept certain distance from boundary of Run.

If any sheep infected with scab or catarrh shall be found, not being at the time herded by a Shepherd, within half-a-mile of the boundary of the land to which they belong, or upon which they shall be lawfully depastured, such boundary not being a natural barrier, or guarded by a sheep-proof fence, or within half-a-mile of any public highway, the Owner of such sheep shall be subject to a penalty of not less than sixpence, nor more than five shillings for every sheep so found within half-a-mile of such boundary or highway as aforesaid.

15. Justices may order infected sheep to be herded and yarded.

If it shall appear to any two Justices of the Peace, upon the oath of any one or more credible Witnesses, that any sheep are infected with scab or catarrah, and that such sheep may, if suffered to run at large, cause damage to the Owners of neighbouring flocks, it shall be lawful for such Justices, by warrant, under their hands, in the form or to the effect set forth in Schedule B to this Ordinance, to order the Owner of such sheep to cause them to be constantly herded by day, and to be kept by night within a sheep-proof enclosure, until it shall appear, upon the certificate of any Inspector of Sheep, that such sheep are entirely free from the said diseases; and for each day upon which such Owner shall neglect to

have such sheep herded as aforesaid, and likewise for each night upon which he shall neglect to have such sheep enclosed as aforesaid, he shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five pounds.

16. Landing sheep without Certificate.

If any person shall himself, or by means of any Agent or Servant, land, or cause to be landed from any ship, boat, or other vessel, any sheep, unless they shall, within seven days previous to such landing have been inspected by an Inspector of Sheep or a Provisional Inspector, and unless such person shall have received from such Inspector of Sheep or Provisional Inspector a Certificate, in the form or to the effect specified in Schedule a to this Ordinance, that such sheep are entirely free from either scab or catarrh, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five shillings nor more than five pounds for every sheep so landed: Provided that if such sheep, so landed, shall not amount to twenty in number, he shall nevertheless be liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds; and for every day during which such sheep, so landed, without such certificate, shall be driven, depastured, or suffered to stray within the Province of Canterbury, the Owner thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundre pounds; and the before-mentioned certificate shall, at any time within six months after the date thereof, be produced by the Owner of such sheep to any person demanding the same, under a penalty of five pounds.

17. Declaration of Owner before landing sheep.

It shall not be lawful for any Inspector of Sheep or Provisional Inspector to grant the certificate mentioned in the preceding section until the Owner of the sheep for which such certificate is required shall have made before such Inspector a declaration, in the form or to the effect specified in Schedule D to this Ordinance; and if any person shall make any such declaration, knowing the same to be

false, he shall, on conviction thereof before any two Justices of the Peace, be liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds, and to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six calendar months.

18. Penalty on Master of vessel allowing sheep to be landed without

Certificate.

Any Master, Owner, or Supercargo of any ship, boat or other vessel, who shall permit any sheep to be landed therefrom before they shall have been inspected by an Inspector of Sheep, or a Provisional Inspector, and before the certificate mentioned in section twenty-six of this Ordinance shall have been given, shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding one hundred pounds.

19. Introducing sheep by land without Certificate.

If any person shall himself, or by means of any Agent or Servant, introduce, or cause to be introduced into the Province of Canterbury, by land, any sheep, unless they shall, within fourteen days previous to such introduction, have been inspected by an Inspector of Sheep, and unless such person shall have received from such Inspector a certificate, in the form or to the effect specified in Schedule C to this Ordinance, that such sheep are entirely free from scab or catarrh, he shall be liable for every sheep so introduced to a penalty of not less than one shilling, nor more than one pound: Provided that if the number of sheep so

introduced be less than one hundred, he shall nevertheless be liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds; and for every day during which such sheep, so introduced, without such certifcate shall be driven, depastured, or suffered to stray within the Province of Canterbury, the Owner thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds, and the beforementioned certifiate shall, at any time within six months after the date thereof, be produced by the Owner of such sheep to any person demanding the same, under a penalty of five pounds.

20. Declaration of Owner before introducing sheep by land.

It shall be lawful for any Inspector of Sheep to grant the certificate mentioned in the preceding clause until the Owner of the sheep, for which such certificate is required, shall have made, before such Inspector, a declaration in the form or to the effect specified in Schedule D to this Ordinance; and if any person shall make any such declaration, knowing the same to be false, he shall, on conviction thereof before any two Justicres of the Peace, be liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds and to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six calendar months.

21. Sheep introduced by land to be dipped.

When any sheep shall have been introduced by land into the Province of Canterbury, it shall not be lawful for such sheep to be driven, depastured, or suffered to stray to, or at a greater distance within the said Province than three miles from that part of the boundary at which such sheep shall have been introduced, until such sheep shall have been effectually dressed, to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Sheep, with some reputed effective scab- destroying preparation, and until the Owner of such sheep shall have received from such Inspector a certificate to that effect; and for every day during which any sheep shall be driven, depastured, or suffered to stray, in contravention of the provisions of this section, the Owner of such sheep shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds; and the beforementioned certificate shall, at any time within six months after the date thereof, be produced by the Owner of such sheep, to any person demanding the same, under a penalty of five pounds.

22. Driving, &c., infected sheep.

If any person shall by himself, his Agent, or servant, drive, depasture, or suffer to stray, any sheep infected with scab or catarrh, or which shall, within three months previously, have been mixed with any sheep so infected, or have undergone any dressing for the cure of the scab, across or upon any land not being the property of, nor being rented by such person, and not being land of which he shall have

the right of pasturage, or upon or along any public highway, he shall, for every day during which such sheep shall be so driven, depastured, or suffered to stray, be subject to a penalty of not less than twenty-five pounds, nor more than one hundred pounds: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent

the Occupier of any land or run upon which shall be found trespassing any sheep

infected as aforesaid, and owned by the Occupier of adjoining land or an adjoining run, from driving such sheep to the residence of such Owner on such adjoining land or run.

23. Separate Informations for every Run crossed.

Nothing herein contained shall prevent separate informations being laid by every Occupier of land upon which such infected sheep as aforesaid shall have been driven, depastured, or suffered to stray; or by every Occupier of land through or adjacent to which any public highway shall lie, upon or along which public highway any such infected sheep shall have been driven, depastured, or suffered to stray. Every Inspector of Sheep shall have the same power of laying separate informations which is hereby given to every Occupier.

24. Scabby Sheep trespassing and not removed may be destroyed.

If any sheep infected with scab or catarrh shall be found on any land or run not in the lawful occupation of the Owner of such sheep, and such Owner shall not remove the same within forty-eight hours after he shall have been served in the manner prescribed for the service of notices by section thirty-eight of this Ordinance, with written notice that they are so trespassing; or if such Owner cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be discovered, it shall be lawful for the Occupier of such land or run forthwith to destroy such sheep: Provided always, that the nature of such reasonable inquiry, together with the number and brands of the sheep so found and destroyed, shall by the Occupier aforesaid, be certified, in writing to the Inspector of the district within eight days of the destruction of such sheep: And every person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds nor more than twenty-five pounds.

25. Notices when sheep driven through Run.

Any person about to drive any sheep across any lawfully occupied land or run in the Province of Canterbury, shall give to the Occupier thereof at least twenty-four hours' previous notice, in writing, of the day upon which he intends to drive such sheep across such land or run, by leaving such notice with some adult inmate of the principal house or station thereon; or if no such inmate can be found, by leaving the same affixed to some conspicuous part of such house or station, and such notice shall be renewed unless the sheep shall be so driven within three days after the time specified therein; and every person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than sixpence, nor more than one shilling for every sheep so driven.

26. Occupier may, without Warrant, examine sheep on his land or Run. Every Occupier of land, or of a Run, may, without warrant or other authority, inspect, or cause to be inspected any sheep which shall be found upon such land or run, or upon any land or run immediately adjoining thereto, or upon any part of a highway passing through or lying adjacent to the land or run in his occupation.

27. Justice may order inspection of sheep.

Any Justice of the Peace having reasonable grounds, from information, stated on oath before him, to suspect any sheep within the Province of Canterbury, or on board any ship, boat, or vessel in any harbour of the said Province, to be infected with scab or catarrh, or being satisfied by such information that it is expedient such sheep should be inspected, may, by a warrant, in the form or to the effect specified in Schedule E to this Ordinance, order the inspection of such sheep, by any one or more competent person or persons named in such warrant, who shall, for the purposes of such inspection, be called Provisional Inspectors; and such Provisional Inspectors shall, immediately after such inspection, report the result thereof, in writing, to the Justice issuing the said warrant, and shall declare to the truth of the said report, upon oath, before him; and it shall be lawful for such Justice thereupon to order each of such Provisional Inspectors to be

remunerated at the rate of not more than twenty shillings,by the day, during the time in which he or they shall have been reasonably employed in such

inspection; and in case such sheep shall prove to be infected, such remuneration shall be paid by the Owner of the same; but if they shall prove to be uninfected, the remuneration as aforesaid shall be paid by the Informant. Provided always, that such Provisional Inspectors shall have, for the purposes of such inspection, the like powers as are conferred upon Inspectors of Sheep by the fifteenth

section of this Ordinance.

28. Penalties for resisting, &c., inspection.

Every Owner of any sheep who shall refuse to allow such inspection to be made by any Provisional Inspector under such warrant as aforesaid, or by such Occupier as aforesaid, or by any Inspector of Sheep, or shall obstruct, or shall refuse or neglect to muster his sheep for the purpose of such inspection with all convenient speed, or to afford all reasonable facilities for making such inspection to such Provisional Inspectors, Occupiers, or Inspectors of Sheep, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

29. Sheep dying of catarrh not to be thrown into streams, &c.

If any person, by himself, his Servant, or Agent, shall cast or cause to be cast, the carcase of any sheep infected with catarrh at the time of its death into any stream or pond, or other water, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds, nor more than twenty pounds.

30. Sheep dying of catarrh to be burnt or buried.

The Owner of any sheep infected with the disease called catarrh at the time of its death, who shall fail to consume the carcase by fire, or to bury it at least three

feet under the ground within twelve hours after death, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten shillings nor more than five pounds for each carcase not so buried or destroyed.

31. Slaughtering infected sheep.

If any person shall slaughter, or have in his possession for the purpose of slaughtering, any sheep infected with scab or catarrh, or shall expose for sale the carcase, or any part thereof, of any sheep so infected, he shall be liable, for each such offence, to a fine of not less than twenty shillings, nor more than five

pounds; one-half of such fine to be paid to the informer; and such infected carcase, or parts thereof, shall be thereupon destroyed in such manner as any Justice of the Peace may direct.

32. Recovering of straying sheep.

Any Justice of the Peace may, upon the application of any Owner of sheep who has reason to believe that any of his sheep have strayed to and upon a run occupied by any other person, by writing, under his hand, direct such Occupier to muster his sheep in a pen at some time within two months after the receipt of such direction, in writing, for the purpose of delivering over such stray sheep to the Owner thereof; at least seven days' previous notice shall be given by such Occupier to the Owner of such stray sheep of the time at which such muster shall be made; and every such Occupier who shall refuse or neglect to comply with

any such direction, in writing, or to give such notice, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five, nor more than twenty pounds: Provided always, that such Occupier shall be entitled to recover from such Owner any reasonable expense of mustering or delivering such sheep: Provided also, that a certificate, under the hand of an Inspector of Sheep, that the flock with which such stra sheep have mixed is not in a condition to be moved within such period of two months, shall

be a valid excuse for postponing the delivery of any such stray sheep.

33. Unauthorised removal of sheep.

Every person who shall, except as hereinbefore provided, drive or remove any sheep from any land or run not in his own occupation, without the consent of the Owner of such land or run, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.

34. Wilfully communicating Scab.

If any person shall wilfully communicate, or cause to be communicated to any sheep the diseases called scab or catarrh, he shall, on conviction thereof before any two or more Justices of the Peace, be imprisoned for a term of six calendar months. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully set at large or abandon any sheep infected with scab or catarrh, he shall be liable, on conviction thereof before any two Justices of the Peace, to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, or to be imprisoned for a term not exeeeding two calendar months.

35. Maximum Penalty.

No penalty to be imposed on any one conviction under the provisions of this

Ordinance, shall exceed the sum of one hundred pounds.

36. Saving other remedies at Law to persons suffering Damage. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to limit or deprive any person suffering loss or damage from the driving, depasturing, or suffering to stray of any sheep infected with scab or catarrh of any remedy which he might have had at Law or otherwise for recovering the same, provided this Ordinance had not been passed.

37. Expenses of prosecution to be paid out of penalties.

In all cases in which any fine or penalty shall be paid under the provisions of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Justices before whom any such conviction shall take place, to award to the Prosecutor such portion of such fine or penalty as shall appear to such Justices a reasonable compensation for expenses incurred by him in the course of such prosecution.

38. Penalties recoverable summarily.

All fines and penalties imposed under the authority of this Ordinance shall be recoverable in a summary way.

39. Interpretation.

In the interpretation of this Ordinance, the words "Owner of any sheep " shall be taken to mean the person having the charge, control, or management of such sheep; and the word "sheep" shall, unless otherwise specially provided, be taken to mean all sheep of any age and either sex; the term " Inspector of Sheep " shall mean an Inspector appointed by the Superintendent, under the provisions of section eight of this Ordinance; the term "Provisional Inspector " shall mean an Inspector appointed by a Justice of the Peace under section forty of this Ordinance; the term "highway" shall mean any land laid down as a public road on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury; the term " herded " shall mean constantly followed and kept within sight. All sheep shall be deemed to have been "dressed for the cure of scab," to which there shall have been applied any reputed scab-destroying preparation, unless such sheep shall, within fourteen days previous to such application, have been certified by an Insector of Sheep or a Provisional Inspector to be entirely free from scab; and every sheep belonging to any flock, or on board any ship, boat, or other vessel in which there shall be one sheep which shall, within any given period, have undergone any dressing for the cure of the scab, shall be deemed to have been dressed within such period. Every sheep belonging to any flock, or on board any ship, boat, or other vessel, or which may have been placed in any yard or enclosure in which there shall have been, at any time within two months previously, one sheep infected with the scab or catarrh, respectively, shall be deemed to be infected

with scab or catarrh within the meaning of this Ordinance.

40. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as " The Sheep Ordinance, Session X., No. 9."

Schedule A.

Declaration to be made before Inspector as to Sheep examined by him.

I, of do hereby solemnly declare that [I have made a complete muster of all the sheep in my charge, and that *] my sheep branded being in number, now being at have not within months [been subjected to any dressing for the cure of the scab] had applied to any

of them any reputed scab-destroying, preparation, nor within months been mixed with any sheep infected with the scab or catarrh, and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

A . B . Declared before me at this day of 18 .

C . D .

Inspector of Sheep.



(Provisional Inspector.)

* May be omitted when not required by the Inspector.


Schedule B.


Warrant for Herding or Yarding Sheep.

Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, ) To and all others

To wit. ) whom it may concern.

Whereas it appears to us and two of her Majesty's

Justices of the Peace for the said Province, by information, upon oath, of

of in the said Province that certain sheep are depastured upon land situated at being in the occupation of

of in the said Province and that such sheep are infected with the disease called and that there is danger lest such sheep, being suffered to run at large, should cause damage to the Owners of sheep in the neighbourhood thereof. These are therefore, in the name of our Lady the Queen, and in pursuance of the provisions of an Ordinance passed by the

Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said Province, in the Twenty- seventh year of the reign of her Majesty, entituled " The Sheep Ordinance,

1863," to require you that you do cause the said sheep to be constantly herded by day, and to be kept by night within a sheep-proof enclosure; and we do

hereby require all persons having or being concerned in the charge, control, or management of such sheep, to aid and assist you in causing the same to be constantly herded and enclosed according to the provisions of the above recited Ordinance in that behalf made.

Given under our hands and seals at in the said Province, this

day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

.

A. . B , J.P.

C. . D , J.P.


Schedule C.


Certificate of Inspector.

I, A. B., Inspector of Sheep [Provisional Inspector] hereby certify that I have carefully examined sheep, branded the property of C.D., now being depastured at [on board the at ] and that I find such sheep to be entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand at this day of 18 .

A B Inspector of Sheep, (Provisional Inspector.)


Schedule D.

Declaration as to Imported Sheep.

I, of do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep in number, marked now being depastured by me at [on board of the vessel commander, now lylng at in the said Province] have not within three months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab destroying preparation, nor been mixed

with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh, and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

I.J. Declared before me, at this day of 18 .

A. B. . Inspector of Sheep.


Schedule E.

Warrant for Inspecting Sheep.


Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, ) To and all others

To wit. ) whom it may concern.

Whereas it appears to me one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Province, by information, upon oath, of of in the

said Province that certain sheep are depastured upon land situated at

being in the occupation of of in the said Province [ on board of the vessel commander, now lying in

in the said Province], and that [ there is reasonable ground to suspect that the said sheep, or some of them, are infected with the disease called ] it is desirable such shhep should be inspected with a view of ascertaining whether they are infected with the disease called . These are therefore, in the name of our Lady the Queen, and in pursuance of the provisions of an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said Province, in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Her Majesty, entituled "The Sheep Ordinance, 1863," to authorize and require you to enter upon the said land (vessel) and carefully to inspect the said sheep, and that you do immediately upon such inspection, report, in writing to me, whether the said sheep or any of them are infected with the said disease, and also whether there be any danger lest lest such sheep, being suffered to run at large, should cause damage to the Owners of sheep in the neighbourhood thereof; andI do hereby require all persons having or being concerned in the charge, control or management of the said sheep, to aid and assist you in making such inspection, according to the provisions of such recited Ordinance in that behalf made.

Given under our hands and seals at in the said Province, this

day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and .

A. . B , J.P.


Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on 1st

December 1858, and assented to by the Superintendent on 3rd December.

It was amended by “The Sheep Ordinance Amenment Ordinance 1859” [Session XI., No. 11.], and “The Sheep Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1861” [Session XVII., No. 6, 1861.]. It was to be repealed by the Sheep Ordinance 1863, but this Ordinance was disallowed by the Governor. However, this purpose was effected by The Sheep Ordinance 1864


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