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4. The officers of the Remount Depot have received instructions on this subject from
their own Department and the following arrangements, which are in accordance therewith,
were agreed to by Veterinary Lieutenant Martin. In the case of horses landed at the
Depot, Lieutenant Martin will examine them after landing and will segregate all those which
are found to be infected. The latter whether intended for sale to Government or to the public,
be detained in quarantine at the depot until free from infection. Lieutenant Martin does
not anticipate any objection to this on the part of the dealers, but if they should object, he
expects to overcome their objections by threatening as an alternative to put the whole
shipment into quarantine. As regards fodder, Lieutenant Martin proposes to require it to be
landed at the depot, and if any case of infection is found onboard the vessel, he will prevent any
of it from being removed from the depot.
5. Lieutenant Martin also agreed to inspect any cattle that may be landed at the depot
and to deal with them, mutatis mutandis, as with horses.
6. As regards horses and cattle which are not landed at the depot, it has been usual
to allow them to be landed in anticipation of the issue of a regular Customs pass. For the
future I propose to withdraw this privilege in the case of vessels bringing live-stock of
which any part has come from Queensland. Live-stock from such vessels will in future not
be allowed to pass until they have been inspected by a Veterinary Officer either on board or
at the Jetties as may be found convenient in each case. I propose' to ask Veterinary Captain
Raymond to make these inspections if he is able to do so.
Vessels with live-stook of which no part has come from Queensland will discharge as at
present. It will be understood that the remarks in this paragraph apply only to those vessels
with cargo from Queensland which do not land their live-stook at the Remount Depot.
Cases of the kind will probably be rare.
7. The only point that remains is in connection with stable fittings. Horses are not
usually landed at the Remount Depot, and Lieutenant Martin was apparently unaware that
they are imported at all. This, however, is the case, and it is necessary to provide for their
inspection. In the case of vessels which discharge at the Remount Depot I propose to ask
Lieutenant Martin to inspect them on board, which can bo done after the animals have been
landed. In other cases I propose to ask Captain Raymond to inspect them at the time when
he inspects the live-stock on board the vessel or at the Jetties, as the case may be.
8. It does not appear possible to utilise the services of the Port Health Officer. The
above arrangement appears to be the best that can be made under present circumstances.
APPENDIX LXVI.
Under existing arrangements vessels which bring horses from Australia, whether for
sale to Government or to the public, usually land the animals at the Remount Depot at
Garden Reach. Horses intended for sale to Government are stabled in the depôt, whilst
those meant for sale are marched from Garden Reach to the dealers' yards. Besides these
there are racers and other horses imported for private persons, and not for sale. These latter
are usually brought up to Calcutta and landed either in horse-beats or at the Jetties.
2. It has now been decided in the case of horses landed at the depot that a Veteri-
nary Officer shall examine them after landing. He will segregate all those which are found
to be infected, and whether the latter are intended for sale to Government or to the public, he
will detain them in quarantine at the depot until they are free from infection.
3. Fodder arriving with horses that are landed at the Remount Depôt will also be
landed there, and will be subject to examination by the Veterinary Officer. If any case of
infection is found among the animals on board such vessel, or if the fodder is itself found to
be infected, the fodder will bo detained in depôt, and shall not be removed therefrom without
the permission of the Veterinary Officer.
4.As
regards horses which are not landed at the depôt, it has been usual to allow their
discharge in anticipation of the issue of a regular Customs pass.
I now withdraw this privilege in the case of vessels bringing live-stock of which any part
has come from Queensland. Live-stock from such vessels will in future not be allowed to
be landed until the animals have been inspected by a Veterinary Officer either on board or at
the jetties, as may be found convenient in each case.
5 On the arrival of such a vessel notice shall immediately be sent to the Civil
Veterinary Superintendent at Belgatchia, requesting to attend for the purpose of making
the requisite inspection.
Any fodder brought by such vessels will be similarly examined and inspected by the
Civil Veterinary Superintendent.
Vessels with live-stock of which no part has come from Queensland will be allowed to
discharge them as at present.
C. Stable fitting for horses or cattle when imported by a vessel which lands her live-
stock at the remount depot will be inspected on board the vessel by the Veterinary Officer
of the depot. When they are imported by a vessel any part of whose live-stock cargo has
come from Queensland, and which has not discharged at the remount dep6t, they will be
inspected along with the live-stock and fodder on board or at the jetties, as the case may be,
by the Civil Veterinary Superintendent, Belgatchia.