Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State
Mr. White to Mr. Foster.
London, November 7, 1892.
Sir: Referring to my dispatch, No. 826, of 5tli instant, I have the honor to inclose herewith three copies of the order of the board of agriculture of Great Britain, mentioned in my dispatch, restricting the importation of Canadian cattle under certain conditions.
I have, etc.,
The animals (amendment) order of 1892, No. 9.—By the board of agriculture.
The board of agriculture, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in them vested under the board of agriculture act, 1889, and the contagious diseases (animals) acts, 1878 to 1892, and of every other power enabling them in this behalf, do order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
revocation.
1. The order described in the schedule to this order is hereby, from and after the commencement of this order, revoked; provided that such revocation shall not revive the part of the order revoked by or otherwise affect the past operation of the order hereby revoked, or invalidate or make unlawful anything done under the said order hereby revoked, before the commencement of this order, or interfere with the institution or prosecution of any proceeding in respect of any offense committed against, or any penalty incurred under, the said order hereby revoked, before the commencement of this order.
[Page 345]cattle from canada.
2. Notwithstanding anything in the animals order of 1886, unless and until the board of agriculture otherwise order, chapter 32 (foreign animals not subject to slaughter or quarantine) of the said order shall not apply to cattle brought from Her Majesty’s Possessions in North America, and such cattle shall be subject to the provisions of part 1 (slaughter at port of landing) of the fifth schedule to the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878, and to the provisions of chapter 30 (foreign animals subject to slaughter) of the said animals order of 1886.
amendment of article 151 of the animals order of 1886.
3. The following provisions of this article shall be read in the place of article 151 of the animals order of 1886, and shall be deemed to be article 151 of that order (namely):
conditions of landing.
151. (1) The landing of foreign animals at a landing place for foreign animals under the provisions of this charter is subject to the following conditions:
- First. That the vessel in which they are imported has not within twenty-eight days before taking them on board had on board any animal exported or carried coastwise, from a port or place in any country other than Her Majesty’s Possessions in North America (provision as to which country is made by the second condition of this article), or Iceland, or New Zealand, or the Channel Islands, or the United States of America (provision as to which country is made by the third condition of this article), or the Isle of Man.
- Second. That, in the case of the landing of cattle, the vessel in which they are imported has not within twenty-eight days before taking them on board had on board any cattle exported or carried coastwise from a port or place in Her Majesty’s Possessions in North America.
- Third. That, in the case of the landing of cattle or swine, the vessel in which they are imported has not within twenty-one days before taking them on board had on board any cattle or swine exported or carried coastwise from a port or place in the United States of America.
- Fourth. That the vessel in which they are imported has not, within twenty-one days before taking them on board or at any time since taking on board the animals imported, entered any port or place in any country other than Her Majesty’s Possessions in North America, or Iceland, or New Zealand, or the Channel Islands, or the United States of America, or the Isle of Man.
- Fifth. That the animals imported have not, while on board the vessel, been in contact with any animal exported or carried coastwise from any port or place in any country other than Her Majesty’s Possessions in North America (provision as to which country is made by the sixth condition of this article), or Iceland, or New Zealand, or the Channel Islands, or the United States of America (provision as to which country is made by the seventh condition of this article), or the Isle of Man.
- Sixth. That none of the cattle imported have, while on board the vessel, been in contact with any cattle exported or carried coastwise from any port or place in Her Majesty’s Possessions in North America.
- Seventh. That none of the cattle or swine imported have, while on board the vessel, been in contact with any cattle or swine exported or carried coastwise from any port or place in the United States of America.
(2) And the animals imported shall not be landed at a landing place for foreign animals unless and until—
- (a)
- The owner or charterer of the vessel in which they are imported, or his agent in England or Wales or Scotland, has entered into a bond to Her Majesty the Queen in a sum not exceeding one thousand pounds, with or without a surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the commissioners of customs, conditioned for the observance of the foregoing conditions; and
- (b)
- The master of the vessel has on each occasion of importation of foreign animals therein satisfied the commissioners of customs, or their proper officer, by declaration made and signed or otherwise, that all the animals then imported therein are properly imported according to the provisions of this article.
interpretation.
4 In this order terms have the same meaning as in the animals order of 1886.
short title.
5. This order may be cited as the animals (amendment) order of 1892, No. 9.
[Page 346]commencement.
6. This order shall commence and take effect from and immediately after the twenty-first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
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Secretary.
schedule.
(Order revoked.)
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| 5017 | 1892. September 14. | The animals (amendment) order of 1892, No. 8. |