Department of Agriculture.

9. The Veterinary Director General may, from time to time, order the slaughter or other disposition of animals which are affected with or have been exposed to anthrax.

10. Every person who violates any provision of these regulations and every person who refuses or neglects to carry out any order of an inspector or other duly authorized person, shall, for every such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 531.

By Order in Council of the 11th of September, 1906, in virtue of the provisions of The San José Scale Act, the Order in Council of the 15th of January, 1903, as amended by the Order in Council of the 30th March, 1904, by which nursery stock is permitted to enter Vancouver, in British Columbia, from the United States, Japan and Australia, from the 15th of October to the 1st of May, was further amended by changing the date 15th of October to the 1st of October. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 581.

By Order in Council of the 21st of September, 1906, in virtue of the provisions of chapter 11 of 3 Edward VII., intituled An Act respecting Infectious or Contagious Diseases affecting Animals, section 66 of the Order in Council of the 30th March, 1904, containing regulations relating to animals quarantine, was cancelled and the following substituted therefor:

Inspectors may, if they deem it advisable for purposes of identification, mark animals inspected by them. A certificate of inspection, stating the name of the owner, the number, sex and class of animals in the consignment, and certifying to their freedom from contagious disease, will be furnished by the inspector, and must be produced to the collector of customs before embarkation. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 798..

By Order in Council of the 14th of January, 1907, in virtue of the provisions of the Act 3 Edward VII., chapter 11, intituled An Act respecting Infectious or Contagious Diseases affecting Animals, the Order in Council of the 30th day of March, 1904, containing regulations relating to animals quarantine and health of animals, was rescinded, and the following regulations substituted therefor:

HEALTH OF ANIMALS BRANCH.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

Interpretation.

Sec. 1.-In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(a) The expression “the Minister" means the Minister of Agriculture;

(b) The expression "inspection" means an inspection made by a duly authorized

Department of Agriculture.

(c) The expression "contagious" means communicable by close contact or inoculation; (d) The expression "infectious" means communicable in any manner;

(e) The expression "infectious or contagious disease" includes, in addition to other diseases generally so designated, glanders, farcy, pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa, foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, anthrax, Texas fever, hog cholera, swine plague, mange, scab, rabies, tuberculosis, actinomycosis and variola ovina.

Sec. 2.—The Veterinary Director General is in charge of the Health of Animals Branch of the Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 3.-The following Customs ports are hereby declared to be animals quarantine Stations and all animals imported into Canada subject to quarantine must be entered through said stations, viz.:-Halifax, N.S., St. John, N.B., Charlottetown, P.E.I., Quebec, Sherbrooke and St. Johns, Que., Bridgeburg, Windsor and Sarnia, Ont., Emerson, Gretna and Bannerman, Man., North Portal, Weed Mountain, and Willow Creek, Sask., Pendant d'Oreille, Coutts, and Twin Lakes, Alta., Gateway, Kingsgate, Rossland, Nelson, Grand Forks, Midway, Molson, Vancouver, and Victoria, B.C.

Sec. 4.—Animals subject to inspection only, but which are not subject to quarantine, may enter through the aforesaid and at the following ports:-Pictou, North Sydney and Yarmouth, N.S., St. Stephens, Woodstock and McAdam Junction, N.B., Comin's Mills, Lake Megantic, Coaticook, Stanstead Junction, Mansonville, Abercorn, St. Armand, Rouse's Point, Athelstan and Dundee, Que., Cornwall, Prescott, Brockville, Cobourg, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur, Rainy River and Fort Frances, Ont., Osoyoos, New Westminster and Douglas, B.C.

Sec. 5.-The Minister of Agriculture is hereby empowered to cancel as quarantine and inspection stations any of the places above named and to select such other sites in exchange for or in addition to the above as he may from time to time deem expedient.

Importations in General.

Sec. 6.-The Minister may prohibit or regulate the importation of animals from any country or any district where he has reason to believe that contagious disease of animals exists.

Sec. 7.-(a) Persons contemplating the importation of animals from any part of the world, except the United States and Newfoundland, must first obtain from the Minister a permit stating the number and kind of animals to be imported, the country of origin and probable date of shipment, the port of embarkation, the port at which said animals are to be landed and the approximate date of their arrival, and such permit shall not be available at any port other than the one mentioned therein.

(b) Application for such permits shall be in writing and the statements in such applications may be required to be verified on oath and the Minister shall decide in every case, whether a permit will be granted.

(c) Animals from countries other than those above mentioned arriving at any port in Canada without such permit shall not be admitted to Canada unless and until ordered by the Minister.

Sec. 8.-The importation into Canada of animals from all countries, other than the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico, is prohibited except at the ports of Victoria, Vancouver, Quebec, Halifax, St. John, N.B., Charlottetown, P.E.I., and such other ports as may hereafter be indicated by the Minister.

Sec. 9.-Persons in charge of vessels conveying animals to Canada must, immediately on arrival in port, notify the superintendent of the animals quarantine station of the arrival of such vessel and the number and kind of animals on board thereof.

Sec. 10.-All importers must certify under oath, making customs entry, the place of

Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 11.-All animals arriving in Canada through any of the above mentioned ports on the Canadian seaboard shall be subject to inspection on arrival by inspectors who may, from time to time, be appointed for that

purpose.

Sec. 12. All inspections of imported animals must be made in daylight.

Sec. 13.-Inspectors shall have free access to any wharf, vessel, car, or to any place where animals may be found, and, under authority from the Minister, shall deal with animals, vehicles and other articles in the manner contemplated by The Animal Contagious Diseases Act, 1903.

Sec. 14.-Inspectors shall visit the vessels or cars conveying animals into the said ports and after inspecting such animals and finding them free from disease, shall superintend their landing or unloading, order them to be placed and disposed of according to the requirements of the case, and see that those to be quarantined are conveyed to the proper quarantine station. Inspectors shall also superintend the landing, unloading and disposal of fodder, litter, blankets, troughs and other articles which may have been used by or for the said animals.

Sec. 15.-Importers of animals will be required to certify under oath that the certificates hereinafter referred to apply to the animals which they purport to describe and to no other, and that the district named is the actual one from which the said animals came.

Sec. 16. Any unauthorized interference with animals after inspection, whether by substitution or otherwise, or any other evasion, or misrepresentation, will be deemed a breach of this regulation, and in addition will render the shipment liable to seizure and detention pending the orders of the Minister as to its disposal.

Sec. 17.-Inspectors may, if they deem necessary, order the cleansing and purifying of any vessel, place, vehicle, building or article, and direct such precautionary measure to be taken as they may consider advisable, pending the decision of the Minister as to the ultimate disposal of such vessel, place, vehicle, building or article.

Sec. 18. Any animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, which is imported or introduced, or attempted to be imported or introduced into Canada, shall be forfeited and may be forthwith destroyed or disposed of as the Minister may direct. And every person who imports or introduces, or attempts to import or introduce into Canada any animal affected with any contagious, or infectious disease, shall be deemed guilty of a breach of these regulations in regard to each and every animal so imported and introduced, or attempted to be imported or introduced by him.

Sec. 19.-The importation of head ropes which have been used for tying up cattle is prohibited, and all vessels carrying or having on board such head ropes in contravention of this regulation shall be liable to be declared to be infected under The Animal Contagious Diseases Act, 1903.

Sec. 20. The importation of the manure of swine is prohibited.

Sec. 21.—Any veterinary inspector may declare any railway car, or other land or water conveyance bringing animal manures into Canada, an infected place within the meaning of the provisions of The Animal Contagious Diseases Act, whenever he shall have reason to believe or to have well founded suspicion that such may be a source of danger as respects the introduction of disease; and the unloading of such car or other land or water conveyance shall, in consequence, be prohibited until otherwise ordered in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

HORSES, MULES AND ASSES.

Sec. 22.--Horses, mules and asses imported from countries other than the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico must be accompanied by the certificate of a qualified veterinarian and of the local authority of the district whence they came that no glanders, "maladie du coït" or other serious infectious or contagious disease affecting horses has existed in said district for a period of six months prior to their shipment.

Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 23.-Horses, mules and asses imported from countries other than the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico, consigned to Montreal, may be, if the Minister so directs, inspected at the port of Quebec during summer navigation: in absence of special direction of the Minister they must be inspected at the port of Montreal. Such animals landing at any of the other ports named shall be inspected at such ports.

CATTLE.

Sec. 24. Cattle imported from countries other than the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico must be accompanied by the certificate of a qualified veterinarian and of the local authority of the district whence they came that no pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa, rinderpest or foot and mouth disease has existed in said district for a period of six months prior to their shipment.

Sec. 25. (a) A quarantine of sixty days shall be enforced upon cattle imported from the United Kingdom. A quarantine of ninety days shall be enforced upon cattle imported from all other countries except the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico.

(b) The period of quarantine enforced upon cattle shall be counted from the date of clearance of the vessel carrying the same.

OTHER RUMINANTS.

Sec. 26. Sheep and goats imported from countries other than the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico, must be accompanied by the certificate of a qualified veterinarian and of the local authority of the district whence they came that no foot and mouth disease has existed in said district for a period of six months prior to their shipment.

Sec. 27. A quarantine of thirty days shall be enforced upon all sheep and goats imported from countries other than the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico, to be counted from the date of clearance of the vessel carrying the same from the port at which they were embarked.

SWINE.

Sec. 28. Swine imported from countries other than the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico, must be accompanied by the certificate of a qualified veterinarian and of the local authority of the district whence they came that no hog cholera, swine plague or foot and mouth disease has existed in said district for a period of six months prior to their shipment.

Sec. 29. A quarantine of thirty days shall be enforced upon all swine imported from countries other than the United States, Newfoundland and Mexico, to be counted from the date of clearance of the vessel carrying the same from the port at which they were embarked.

IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND
NEWFOUNDLAND.

Sec. 30.-All animals imported in the Dominion of Canada from the United States and Newfoundland must be accompanied by a statutory declaration or affidavit made by the owner or importer stating clearly the purpose for which said animals are imported, viz.:whether for breeding purposes, for milk production, for work, for grazing, feeding or slaughter, or whether they form part of settlers' effects, or whether they are entered for temporary stay, as provided by these regulations.

Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 31. Said declaration or affidavit must be presented to the collector of customs at the port of entry, who will decide whether the animals are entitled to entry under these regulations, and who will notify the veterinary inspector of the Department of Agriculture in all cases where the regulations require an inspection to be made.

HORSES, MULES AND ASSES.

Sec. 32. On and after the 1st March, 1907, the importation of branded or range western horses, mules and asses, other than those which are gentle and broken to harness or saddle, is prohibited.

Sec. 33.-Horses, mules or asses, other than those comprising part of settlers' effects, shall be inspected and must be accompanied by

(a) A satisfactory certificate of mallein test dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of entry, and signed by an inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry;

or,

(b) A similar certificate from a reputable veterinarian, provided such certificate is endorsed by an inspector of the said Bureau of Animal Industry; or,

(c) A similar certificate from an inspector of the Canadian Department of Agriculture. Sec. 34. When not so accompanied such horses, mules or asses must be submitted to the mallein test either at the quarantine station where entry is made, or, under certain restrictions, at point of destination.

Sec. 35. When tested at the port of entry, if any reactors are found they shall be slaughtered without compensation or definitely marked and returned to the United States, and must not again be presented for entry. All horses, mules or asses in the same consignment shall be returned to the United States, but the non-reactors may be again presented for entry and further test after the lapse of a period of not less than fifteen days from the date of the first test, provided that satisfactory evidence is produced to the effect that they have not, during the said period, been in contact with affected animals. When tested at destination points all animals reacting to the test will be slaughtered without compensation, while those comprising the rest of the shipment will be detained in quarantine until it is shown to the satisfaction of the Veterinary Director General that they are free from disease. Sec. 36.-Horses, mules or asses forming part of settlers' effects shall be inspected and should be accompanied by

(a) A satisfactory certificate of mallein test dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of entry, and signed by an inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry; or, (b) A similar certificate from a reputable veterinarian provided such certificate is endorsed by an inspector of the said Bureau of Animal Industry; or,

(c) A similar certificate from an inspector of the Canadian Department of Agriculture. Sec. 37.-If not so accompanied such horses, mules or asses may be submitted to the mallein test by an inspector of the Canadian Department of Agriculture at any time after their arrival in Canada. If found to react within a period of six months of date of entry they will be destroyed without compensation.

Sec. 38.-If on inspection at the boundary glanders or other disease is found in any consignment all animals comprising it shall be returned to the United States, but the nonreactors may be again presented for entry and further test after the lapse of a period of not less than fifteen days from the date of the first test, provided that satisfactory evidence is produced to the effect that they have not, during the said period, been in contact with affected animals.

Sec. 39.-Horses, mules and asses found to be, or suspected of being affected with any contagious disease may be returned to the United States or otherwise dealt with as the Veterinary Director General may order.