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Infected Stock. (New Zealand, No. 21.) Sir, — m Downing Street, 14th May, 1888. I have the honour to transmit to you, for information of your Ministers, copies__ two letters from the Council Office drawing attention to the action of the Governments of New South Wales and South Australia as regards the importation or introduction into those colonies of foreign stock, and the reason which will oblige the Lords of the Council to decline permission to land animals from infected countries for reshipment. ■I request that I may be informed whether any regulations similar to those made by the Governments of New South Wales and South Australia have been issued by the colony under your Government. I have, &c, KNUTSFORD. Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.8., &c.

Enclosure No. 1. Agricultural Department, Privy Council Office, Sir,— 44, Parliament Street, S.W., 10th May, 1888. Referring to my letter No. 97,820, of the Ist instant, on the subject of the Proclamation of the Government of New South Wales regulating the importation or introduction into that colony of cattle and sheep, I am directed to state that it has been ascertained that the colony of South Australia has also made a regulation to the effect that " all animals intended to be imported into the Province of South Australia must be shipped at the Port of London, in England, and all such animals intended to be shipped from any place beyond Great Britain must be landed and kept within the limits of the United Kingdom for at least fourteen days before being shipped for Adelaide." Under these circumstances I am directed to request that you will have the goodness to move Lord Knutsford to cause a similar communication to be made to the Government of South Australia as their Lordships desired should be made to the Government of New South Wales, as stated in my letter before alluded to. I am also directed to state that the Lords of the Council would be glad if inquiry could be made as to whether any other of the Australian Colonies have made similar regulations. I am, &_., The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. C. L. Peel.

Enclosure No. 2. Agricultural Department, Privy Council Office, Sir, — 44, Parliament Street, Westminster, S.W., Ist May, 1888. The attention of the Lords of the Council has been drawn to the Proclamation of the Government of New South Wales on the subject of the importation or introduction into that colony of foreign stock and things, which appears in the London Gazette of the 24th ultimo. With respect to that part of the Proclamation which prohibits the importation or introduction into that colony of cattle and sheep from all countries and colonies except from Great Britain unless such cattle or sheep shall have been fourteen days in Great Britain, I am directed to request that you will have the goodness to move Lord Knutsford to cause a communication to be made to the Government of New South Wales pointing out that considerable risk is incurred by this country in allowing the landing of animals from infected foreign countries for reshipment to the colonies, and that for the future their Lordships will feel bound under the circumstances to decline permission to land animals from those countries for reshipment. I am, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. C. L. Peel.

(New Zealand, No. 100.) My Lord, — Government House, 29th September, 1888. With reference to your Lordship's Despatch No. 21, of the 14th May last, asking if any regulations similar to those in force in New South Wales and South Australia respecting the importation of foreign stock exist in this colony, I have the honour to enclose a copy of a memorandum, with enclosures, which I have received from my Government on the subject. From these it will be seen that no regulations such as those objected to by Her Majesty's Government exist in this colony. The importation of foreign stock was until recently absolutely prohibited ; but under the new regulations issued by Order in Council of the _25 1_ instant this prohibition is relaxed under certain conditions in favour of Great Britain and Ireland and the Australian Colonies, including Fiji. I have, &c, W. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS. The Right Hon. Lord Knutsford, &c.

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