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Enclosure. Report op the Select Committee of the House op Kepeesentatives on Impoetation of Stock. The Committee have the honor to report,— (1.) That this Committee is of opinion that the powers vested in the Governor by the Act of 1871 are sufficient, provided that these powers are fully exercised, and that the word cattle be taken and construed to include horses, sheep, goats, swine, and such other animals as may from time to time be duly specified by the Governor in Council. (2.) That no stock should bo landed in the Colony of New Zealand, after the Ist day of January, 1874, from any port outside the Colony, at any place not having a proclaimed quarantine station. (3.) That quarantine stations should be proclaimed at suitable places before the Ist day of January, 1874, and from time to time afterwards as occasion may arise in the several Provinces; provided that such stations are approved by the Governor, and have the necessary buildings and enclosures; and that where islands can be obtained for quarantine stations, such would be preferable. (4.) That all stock shipped to New Zealand from Europe on and after the Ist day of January, 1874, should be accompanied with the certificate of a duly qualified veterinary surgeon, appointed for that purpose by the Agent-General, to the effect that such stock were, at the time of shipment, free from the following or such other diseases as may from time to time be notified by the Governor in Council:— Horses. —Glanders, murrain, or pest. Cattle. —Catarrh, foot-and-mouth disease, murrain, pleuro-pneumonia, rinderpest. Sheep.- —Fluke or liver rot, foot-and-mouth disease, scab, small-pox. Pigs. —Foot-and-mouth disease, swine-pox. (5.) That on arrival in the Colony all stock should again be inspected, and if found free from any of the prohibited diseases, should be placed in the quarantine ground provided for that purpose, for such period as, having respect to any particular disease, may be prescribed by the Governor in Council; at the expiry of which period, if then free from disease, they may be released. That the Cattle Board should have power to order all stock which may arrive in the Colony infected with any of the prohibited diseases, except scab, to be immediately destroyed ; and in tho event of their being destroyed, such compensation should be made to owner as shall not exceed prime cost and all expenses incurred. That in the case of scab, provision should be made for dipping, and placing sheep in quarantine for a period of not less than two months, at tho expiry of which period, if then free from disease, the sheep may bo released. (15.) That no fittings, or broken packages of hay or fodder for the use of stock coming from outBide the Colony, should on any account be allowed to be landed in the Colony. (7.) That, for the purpose of carrying out the foregoing regulations, a Cattle Board for each Province should be appointed, to consist of not less than three nor more than five persons, to be appointed by the Governor in Council, one of whom should be the Inspector in each district, as provided by the Act. (8.) That public notice should be given of the above regulations or recommendations, both in the Colonies and United Kingdom, by advertisement and by sending copies of regulations to the AgentGeneral for distribution amongst his sub-agents. (9.) That all expenses incident to the working of the Act should be defrayed from the Colonial Treasury. (10.) Tour Committee recommend that action should be taken to bring the foregoing regulations into operation throughout the Colony on the first day of January, 1874, and that a Bill should forthwith be introduced to give effect thereto. 13th August, 1873. W. J. G. Bluett, Chairman. The Hon. the Chief Seceetaet, Victoria, to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaey, New Zealand. (No. 4,902.) Sib,— Chief Secretary's Office, Melbourne, 23rd October, 1873. I have the honor to invite your attention to my letter of the 7th August last, requesting to be informed as to the course your Government proposed to pursue in consequence of the measure for the prohibition on the importation of stock having been thrown out by your Legislature. I have, &c, W. H. Odgees, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand. (for the Chief Secretary). The Hon. the Colonial Seceetaey, New Zealand, to the Hon. the Chief Seceetaey, Victoria. (No. 3,370.) Sic, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 11th November, 1873. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 4,902, of the 23rd ultimo, in which you invite tho attention of this Government to your letter of the 7th August last, requesting to be informed as to tho course this Government proposes to pursue in consequence of tho measure for the prohibition on the importation of stock having been thrown out by the Legislature. On the 13th October last Dr. Pollen replied to your letter referred to, but as by the 23rd that letter had not reached you, I think it advisable to forward herewith a duplicate thereof, with enclosures. I hope the explanation made by Dr. Pollen, of the action taken by the Government of New Zealand, will be found satisfactory by that of Victoria. I have,&c, The Hon. the Chief Secretary, Victoria, "William H. Eeynolds.