IMPORTATION OF BIRDS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 121, 25 May 1933, Page 22

IMPORTATION OF BIRDS

STRICTER CONDITIONS

IMPOSED BY GOVERNMENT

Tho Government has deoidod to Revise stricter conditions in connection the granting of authority for tho importation of birds. ■ "The importation of various kinds of fohda is already definitely prohibited," eaid the Minister of Internal Affairs, |(the Hon. J. A. Young) last evening. f After reviewing tho whole matter, it Jias been decided that in cases where authority is granted for importation Ihe conditions will bo made more stringent in ' future. Authorities will 1)0 granted only in cases of birds being .imported from Australia (with the ck'ception of States not declared free of •Newcastle disease for sis months) and .{from England. "Tho birds must, in every case, bo (accompanied by a declaration from the '^consignor that they have been in the iiiountry of export for a period of six ■months and have not been affected by or in contact with any disease, to•gother with a certificate of health from a, Government officer appointed to give .Certificates. Inspection on arrival in jthe' Dominion will also be insisted upon Ibs in the past. ' "Persons desirous of obtaining perjnission to import birds , other than •lomestie must give the Department of Internal Affairs at least three weeks' notice prior to tho date on which tho ■permit is required. Permits should be in- hand before any orders are placed fend arrangements made- for shipment."