Mr. Lincoln to Mr.
Foster.
Legation of the United States,
London, September 17,
1892.
No. 775.]
Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 751, of the
23d ultimo, in which I transmitted copies of the animals (amendment)
order of 1892, No. 7, providing for the admission into Great Britain of
sheep from the United States without being subject to slaughter, under
certain conditions expressed in the order, I now have the honor to
inclose a copy of a note from the Earl of Rosebery informing me of the
amendment of the above-mentioned order by the animals (amendment) order
of 1892, No. 8, dated the 14th instant, copies of which I inclose
herewith.
It will be observed that the board of agriculture has, by this amendment,
canceled paragraphs Nos. 2 and 5 of the “Conditions of landing” of the
previous order, which prevented the sheep from being carried on a vessel
which has, or has had within twenty-one days, on board any animal (other
than a sheep) exported or carried coastwise from a port or place in the
United States of America.
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure 1 to No.
775.]
Lord Rosebery
to Mr. Lincoln.
Foreign Office, September 16, 1892.
Sir: With reference to my note of the 22d
of August, in which I forwarded a copy of the animals (amendment)
order of 1892, No. 7, permitting sheep brought from the United
States to be landed in Great Britain without being subject to
slaughter, I have now the honor to inclose copy of a further order
passed by the board of agriculture on the 14th instant, which amends
the condition of landing prescribed by article 3 of the
first-mentioned order.
I have, etc.,
T. H. Sanderson.
(For the
Earl of Rosebery.)
[Inclosure 2 to No.
775.]
The animals (amendment) order of 1892, No. 8.—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. Article 3 of the animals (amendment) order of 1892, No. 7, is
hereby, from and after the commencement of this order, revoked;
provided that such revocation shall not interfere with the
institution or prosecution of any proceeding in respect of any
offence committed against, or any penalty incurred under, the said
article hereby revoked before the commencement of this order.
amendment of article 151 of the
animals order of 1886.
2. 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 chapter 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, or Iceland, or New Zealand, or the Channel
Islands, or the United States of America, or the Isle of
Man.
- Second. 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.
- Third. 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, or
Iceland, or New Zealand, or the Channel Islands, or the
United States of America, or the Isle of Man.
(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.
3. In this order terms have the same meaning as in the animals order
of 1886.
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short title.
4. This order may be cited as the animals (amendment) order of 1892,
No. 8.
commencement.
5. The order shall commence and take effect from and immediately
after the nineteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-two.
In witness whereof the board of
agriculture have hereunto set their official seal this fourteenth day
of September, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-two.
[
l. s.]
T. H. Elliott, Secretary.
