A NEW SCAB ACT.
VVK.r,r.r«>"i;T>n. July 31. In the Legislative Council to-l.ay._th-! Hon. Colonel Whitmore intnn 1 1 a t'-ill ti> provide means for the eradication of scab in sheep. This Act will take effect on the Ist January. I87!>. but within Auckland. Taranaki, Wellington. Nelson. ami .Marlhorongh curtain Mictions 'l° not com- into force till 1881. Atnong-t these. section -t enacts that if an owner had several 11 - <>.: lc.i on the yiuiic run. an-1 one of thciu is infected. he will not he allowed to removw any sheep from his run For a period or t'li-ec months alter he has obtained from the insp-et'-ra iilean certificate. Section is to the effect that all scabby sheep must be branded with the letter S : section -'J. that no sie ep may lii! ilrivcn through any infected run, under a penalty not exceeding F.HM*. and section -H in licts the same amount as a tine for driving uilucted sheep.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 721, 1 August 1878, Page 3
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157A NEW SCAB ACT. Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 721, 1 August 1878, Page 3
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