Meat Industry Act 1915 (NSW)

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT.

Act No. 69, 1915.

A n Act to provide for t h e m a i n t e n a n c e and cont ro l

of aba t to i r s and s laughterhouses , ca t t le sale-

yards , and m e a t m a r k e t s w i th in a cer ta in dis­ t r i c t in and a round t h e City of Sydney, by a Board cons t i tu ted for t h a t purpose ; to vest

ce r ta in proper t ies in such board ; to r egu la te

t h e s laughte r of ca t t l e wi th in , and t h e br ing-

ing in to such d is t r ic t of mea t derived	from
animals s l augh te red outs ide i t ;	to provide for

t h e selling, expor t ing , and o therwise dea l ing

wi th ca t t l e and m e a t by such Board ;	to a m e n d
t h e Sydney Corpora t ion Act , 1902, t h e	Noxious

Trades Act , 1902, t h e Cat t le S laugh te r ing and Diseased Animals and Mea t Act , 1902, t h e Sydney Abat to i r s and Nuisances P r e v e n t i o n

Ac t , 1902, t h e Local G o v e r n m e n t Act, 1906 ;

and for purposes	consequen t	t h e r e o n	and
inc identa l	t h e r e t o .	[Assented to , 81st	Decem­

ber , 1915.]

BOARD—ss. 8 - 1 8 . PART

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­

Wales in Parliament assembled, and. by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1 . This Act is divided into parts, as follows :—

PART I .—PRELIMINARY—ss . 1 - 7 .

P A R T II.—CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF THE

P A R T II I .—SLAUGHTERING AND INSPECTION OF

CATTLE AND MEAT—ss . 19-22.

P A R T I V . — C A T T L E SALE-YARDS AND MEAT

MARKETS—us. 23-25.

P A R T V.—MISCELLANEOUS—ss. 26-30.

P A R T I.

PRELIMINARY.

2 . This Act may be cited as the " M e a t Industry Act, 1915."

3 . This Act shall come into force on the first day of

March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

4 . (1) The Acts mentioned in the first column of

Schedule I I to this Act are repealed in each case to the extent mentioned in the second column of such Schedule.

(2) The provisions of the Local Government Act,

1906, or any Act amending the same, so far as they

confer on any council any power, or enable any council to acquire the right to exercise any power relating to the construction, establishment, maintenance, regulation or control of cattle sale-yards or markets for the sale of meat, or abattoirs, in any place within the metropolitan abattoir area, shall cease to have effect.

(3) The following provisions of the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act, 1902, shall cease to have effect within the metropolitan abattoir area, namely, Part I I of the said Act, and

sections fifty-six and fifty-seven.

(4) The provisions of the Noxious Trades Act, 1902, shall not apply to any trade carried on or to any­ thing done by the board under this Act.

Nothing in this Act shall be taken to abridge the powers vested in the Board of Health at the date of the passing of this Act.

5 . This Act shall, except when otherwise expressly provided, apply only within the metropolitan abattoir area.

6 . The boundaries of the metropolitan abattoir area shall, for the purposes of this Act, be the county of

Cumberland. 7 .

7 .     In this Act, unless a contrary intention appears,—

" A n i m a l " includes hull, ox, steer, cow, heifer,

ram, ewe, wether, lamb, goat, kid, or swine.

" Board " means the Metropolitan Meat Industry

Board as constituted by this Act.

" Cattle " includes sheep, lambs, pigs, goats, and

bovine cattle.

" Diseased " means affected with tuberculosis, anthrax, actinomycosis, cancer, trichinosis, or any other disease which the Governor, by notification in the Gazette, declares to be a disease within the meaning of this Act, and includes any defect, inferiority, or abnormal conditions in cattle or meat which renders such cattle or meat unfit for human consumption.

" Inspector " means any inspector appointed by the Board, or any officer or servant of the Board deputed to perform the functions of an inspector.

" Meat " means the whole or any part of an animal

such as is used for human consumption.

" Metropolitan abattoir area " means the area

determined under section six of this Act.

" Minister" means the Minister administering this

Act.

" Offal " includes blood, refuse, portions of meat, hides, skins, hair, hoofs, and horns, or other portions of any animal which are not ordi­ narily used for the food of man.

" Officer " means any officer or servant of the Board.

"Prescr ibed" means prescribed by this Act or the " Premises" includes any building, land, vehicle, ship, vessel, or place. regulations thereunder.

"Pub l i c abat toir" means the abattoir at Home- bush Point constructed under the Sydney Abattoir Construction Act, 190(5, or any alterations, enlargements, extensions of or additions to the same, and any buildings, plant, or premises used in connection there­ with, or any other abattoir purchased, acquired, established, or conducted by the Board.

" Public

" Public sale-yards " means the Metropolitan Sale- yards established by the Municipal Council of Sydney under the provisions of certain Acts repealed by the Sydney Corporation Act, 1902, and of the Act 45 Victoria No. 18, which are by this Act vested in the Board; or any other sale-yards or markets for the sale of cattle which may be purchased, acquired, established, or conducted by the Board either instead of or in addition to the aforesaid Metropolitan Sale-yards.

" Public meat-market" means the market for the sale of meat now being erected on the market site in Harris-street, Ultimo, which is by this Act vested in the Board, or any other market purchased, acquired, established, or conducted by the Board, either instead of or in addition to the aforesaid market.
" This Act " includes the regulations made

thereunder.

P A R T I I .

CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF THE METROPOLITAN

MEAT INDUSTRY BOARD.

8 . (1) There shall be a Board, to consist of three members, for the purpose of carrying this Act into

execution, who shall be a body corporate, by the name	of the " Metropolitan Meat Industry Board," and by that
name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal. (2) The Board shall have power to sue, to be sued, and to take and be the subject of all legal proceedings
by the name given to it by this Act.
(3) The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor, who shall appoint one member as chairman and another as deputy-chairman thereof.
(4) The members of the Board shall hold office for five years during good behaviour, and shall receive such remuneration as may be determined by the Governor
and shall be eligible for reappointment. (5)

(5) Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.

(6) No member or officer of the Board shall be or become a director or a member of the managing body of any firm or corporation directly or indirectly connected with the meat industry, nor directly nor indirectly hold any shares or interest in any such firm or corporation, nor be or become directly or indirectly interested in any business connected with such industry.

9 . Such officers, inspectors, and servants as may be considered necessary for the due administration of this Act shall be appointed by the Governor on the recom­ mendation of the Board, and shall not be removed except on the recommendation of the Board.
Such persons so appointed shall be subject to the sole control of the Board, and shall receive such remuneration as the Board may determine.

The provisions of the Public Service Act of 1902 and any Act amending the same shall not apply to any person appointed under this section: Provided that nothing herein continued shall affect the rights accrued or accruing under the said Acts to any public servant whose services are transferred to the Board, and such public servants may continue to contribute to the super­ annuation account, and shall be entitled to receive any payment, pension, or gratuity as if they were officers within the meaning of those Acts : Provided that all appointments at daily or weekly wages shall lie in the sole power of the Board.

1 0 . During the period between the coming into force of this Act and the appointment of the Board in

passing of this Act, and any members thereof who may

accordance with this Act the members of the Meat Industry and Abattoirs Board, as constituted at the

be subsequently appointed either in lieu of or in addi­ tion to such members, shall be the Board for the pur­ poses of this Ac t ; and during such period the members of the said Meat Industry and Abattoirs Board shall have and may exercise all the powers, rights, and duties by this Act conferred upon or vested in the Board ; and all the land, buildings, and property of any kind whatsoever by section eleven of this Act vested in the Board on its appointment shall, on the coming into force

of

of this Act, and until the appointment of the said Board, vest in the members of the said Meat Industry and Abattoirs Board for the purposes of this Act.

1 1 .     Upon the appointment of the Board all the lands

and buildings mentioned in Schedule One hereto, and all goods, chattels and property of any kind whatsoever, which are at the time of the appointment used in con­ nection with the said land and buildings, shall become vested in the Board for the purposes of this Act.

1 2 .     The Board may acquire by purchase, lease, grant,

or otherwise, and hold land for carrying out any of the purposes of this Act, and may also purchase, construct, maintain, and after such buildings, yards, plant, machinery, and other works and improvements as may be deemed necessary for the purposes of this Act.

1 3 .     I t shall be the duty of the Board to manage and

maintain all public abattoirs; to manage and maintain all public sale-yards and meat-markets ; and also to do all such things as may be expedient and in accordance with this Act to prevent diseased or unwholesome meat from passing into consumption in the metropolitan abattoir area.

1 4 . The Board may, if it thinks fit—

(1) establish, maintain, and conduct abattoirs, or sale-yards for the sale of cattle, or markets for the sale of meat, in any part of the metro­ politan abattoir area;

(2) establish, maintain, and conduct works for canning, preserving, chilling, or freezing m e a t ;

(3) take delivery of cattle, and slaughter the same,
either on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person;

(4) purchase cattle or mea t ;

(5) sell cattle or meat, either on its own behalf or

on behalf of any other person;

(6) export meat on behalf of any person, and sell the same in any place on behalf of such person, and enter into all contracts and do all things that it may deem necessary or expedient for exporting or selling as aforesaid ;

(7) deliver or contract to deliver to any person

any meat either from a public abattoir, meat-

market, or from any other place; (8)

(8) make such arrangements as it thinks fit with regard to the purchase, collection, and disposal of offal or other matter, and apply any manu­ facturing process thereto, and convert it into a merchantable article and sell the same.

1 5 .     ( 1 ) I t shall he lawful for the Board to demand,

collect, and receive in respect and for the use of any property of the Board or any services performed by it, such tolls, dues, rates, fees, and charges as may he reasonable or as may be prescribed by regulations.

(2) When default is made in the payment of any tolls, dues, rates, fees, or charges, the Board may seize and sell any animals, meat, or goods, the property of the debtor, which are in or upon any land or premises the property of the Board, and after reimbursing itself the amount of such tolls, dues, rates, fees, or charges, and the expenses of such seizure and sale, shall on demand render the surplus (if any) and also such of the said animals, meat, or goods as remain unsold to the person entitled thereto.

In place of selling such animals, meat, or goods, or notwithstanding such sale, if the proceeds thereof are insufficient, the Board may by action of debt in any court of competent jurisdiction recover the amount of such tolls, dues, rates, fees, charges, and expenses as arc due.

(3) All fees or sums of money received by the
Board or its officers under the provisions of this Act

shall go to form a fund, out of which shall be defrayed—

(a)	the salaries, wages, and allowances of members,
officers, and servants of the Board;
(b)	the expenses of the establishment, construction, extension, alteration, repair, and maintenance of public sale-yards, abattoirs, meat-markets, canning, preserving, chilling, or freezing works, and all other expenses involved in the carrying out of the purposes of this Act.

1 6 . The Board shall cause books to he kept and a true and regular account to be entered therein of all sums of money received by it under this Act and of the cost of all works, property, and improvements, and of all payments made by it under this Act.

1 7 .     The Board may lease any land or buildings vested

in or acquired by it for the purpose of enabling works to be established for canning, preserving, or freezing meat, or for the treatment of any meat, or for any other purposes, upon such terms and conditions as may be de­ termined, and for periods not exceeding twenty-one years.

1 8 . The Board may, with the consent of the Governor, sell, transfer, or dispose of any land or other property vested in the Board.

PART I I I .

SLAUGHTERING AND INSPECTION OF CATTLE AND MEAT.

1 9 . After this Act comes into force—

(1) No person shall, except with the consent of and under the conditions prescribed by the Board, within the metropolitan abattoir area, slaughter any cattle or dress any carcase for human con­ sumption, except at a public abattoir :

Provided that if the consent of the board is asked to the slaughtering of any cattle or the dressing of carcases for human consumption at the works of the Riverstone Meat Company, Limited, at Riverstone, or at the works of John Cooke and Company, Limited, at Sandown, or at the works of the Sydney Meat Preserving Company, Limited, at Auburn, or at any pre­

mises within the county of Cumberland, but outside the area defined in Schedule I I I hereto,

such consent shall not be refused except on the

ground that the premises in which it is pro­ posed that such slaughtering or dressing shall be carried on do not comply with the require­ ments prescribed by the board as to construc­ tion and sanitation.

Penalty, fifty pounds.

(2) No person shall bring or send, or cause or allow
to be brought or sent into the metropolitan

abattoir area, any carcase or meat derived from

any

any animal slaughtered without that area, except w i th the consent of and under the con­ ditions prescribed by the Board.

Penalty, fifty pounds.

(3) No person shall, within the metropolitan abattoir area, except with the consent of the Board, sell or attempt to sell, or expose for sale, or allow or cause to be sold or exposed for sale, for human consumption, any carcase or meat which has been slaughtered within or brought into such area, otherwise than in accordance with this Act.

Penalty, fifty pounds.

(4) Nothing in this Act shall protect any person who sells or attempts to sell or exposes for sale, or allows or causes to be sold or exposed for sale for human consumption, any meat which is unwholesome or unfit for human consumption.

2 0 . The consent of the Board, under the last pre­ ceding section, may be given in such form, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may in its absolute discretion determine.

2 1 . (1) The Board shall cause all cattle sent or brought to the public sale-yards to be inspected before slaughter, and may do all things that are necessary or expedient for carrying out such inspection, and may charge such fees therefor as are prescribed.

( 2 ) Any inspector duly authorised in that behalf

may condemn any animal w h i c h in his opinion is diseased, or otherwise unfit for human consumption, and may seize any such animal and cause i t to be

destroyed, or otherwise disposed of.

(3) The carcases of all animals which are des­ troyed in pursuance of this section shall become the absolute property of the Board, which shall pay to the owner thereof such reasonable compensation as the Board may determine.

2 2 . (1) The Board shall cause to be inspected the carcases of all animals slaughtered within or brought into the metropolitan abattoir area, and may affix thereto or imprint thereon such marks as may be deemed expedient, and may do all things that are necessary or expedient for carrying out such inspection, and may

charge such fees therefor as arc prescribed. ( 2 )

(2) Any inspector duly authorised in that behalf may condemn any carcase or meat which, in his opinion, is unfit for human consumption.

(3) Any carcase or meat which is condemned in pursuance of this section shall become the absolute property of the Board, which shall pay the owner thereof such reasonable compensation as the Board may de­ termine :

Provided that where any animal has been condemned and destroyed by an inspector and found after slaughter to be healthy, the owner of such animal shall be allowed full market value for same.

PART I V .

CATTLE SALE-YARDS AND MEAT MARKETS.

2 3 . Except as in this Act provided, no person shall establish, conduct, or maintain any sale-yards or markets for the sale of cattle within the metropolitan abattoir area, except with the consent of and under the conditions prescribed by the Board :

Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall

prevent the erection, maintenance, or licensing of any

Municipal Council of Sydney, under section one hundred	sale-yards for the sale of milch cows or horses by the
and forty-eight of the Sydney Corporation Act, 1902.
Penalty—twenty pounds; and in addition five pounds for each day during which any such sale-yards or mar­ kets are conducted or maintained in contravention of this section.
2 4 . No person shall sell or offer for sale, except as hereinafter provided, any cattle in any place within the metropolitan abattoir area except in public sale-yards.
Penalty—ten shillings for every head of cattle so sold or offered for sale:

Provided

Provided that this section shall not apply to the following :—

(a)	Any sale of cattle when the cattle are not within the said area.
(b)	Any private sale of cattle not intended for slaughter for human consumption; provided, however, that the onus of proving that such cattle was not intended for human consump­ tion shall be on the person selling the same.
(c)	Any sale of milch cows in any sale-yards for the sale of milch cows erected, maintained, or licensed by the Municipal Council of Sydney under section one hundred and forty-eight of the Sydney Corporation Act, 1902.
(d)	Any sale of cattle in any private sale-yards or markets that may be established, conducted, or maintained within the metropolitan abattoir area with the consent of the board under section twenty-three hereof.
(e)	Any sale of cattle to which the consent of the Board has been first obtained.

Markets for the sale of meat.

2 5 . Except as in this Act provided, no person shall establish, maintain, or conduct any market for the sale of meat within the metropolitan abattoir area, except with the consent of and under the conditions prescribed by the Board.

for each day during which any such market is maintained Penalty, twenty pounds ; and in addition five pounds or conducted in contravention of this section. PART

PART V.

MISCELLANEOUS.

2 6 . The penalty, pecuniary or other, set out at the foot of any section or subsection of this Act indicates that any contravention of the section or of the subsection respectively, whether by act or omission, shall be an offence against the Act, punishable upon-conviction by a penalty not exceeding the penalty mentioned. All sums for penalties paid in respect of any conviction for any offence under this Act shall be paid to and be the property of the Board.

2 7 . Any person who alters or removes from any carcase or meat any marks placed thereon by an officer in accordance with this Act or the regulations there­ under, or who places thereon or causes or allows to be placed thereon any mark purporting to be a mark under this Act or the regulations thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty, twenty pounds.

2 8 . (1) Any officer or inspector or member of the police force, or any special constable, may at any time seize and deal as prescribed with any meat which is not marked in accordance with this Act or the regula­ tions hereunder, or which does not appear to have been derived from a carcase which has been marked in accordance with this Act or the regulations thereunder, wherever such meat is either exposed for sale within the metropolitan abattoir area or is in the possession of

reasonable suspicion that the said carcase or meat is	any person under such circumstances as give rise to a
intended for sale within such area for human con­ sumption.
(2) Any person claiming any meat seized as aforesaid may within forty-eight hours after seizure complain thereof to any justice, and such complaint may be heard and determined before any stipendiary or police magistrate, or any two justices, who may either confirm or disallow such seizure, and may order the meat seized to be destroyed, and may make such order as to costs and compensation as he or they deem fit.

(3)

(3) The onus of proof that any meat seized; was not intended for human consumption, or that it had been marked or had formed part of a carcase which had been marked in accordance with this Act, shall be upon the complainant.

(4) If no complaint is made within forty-eight

hours after seizure, or if the seizure is confirmed, the meat seized shall thereupon become the property of the Board, and may be dealt with as the Board deems fit.

(5) If any person, without the authority of the Board, removes or takes away any meat seized in accord­ ance with this section, such person, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Penalty, twenty pounds. 2 9 . Any person who—

(a)	fails to faithfully perform or observe any duty or obligation imposed on him by this Ac t ;
(b)	prevents, obstructs, or hinders any employee, inspector, or other officer of the Board, or any member of the police force, or any special constable, in the exercise of any power or duty conferred on him by this A c t ;
(c)	refuses to give informal ion or gives false in­ formation in answer to any inquiry made in the course of his duty by an inspector or officer of the Board, or by any officer of police or special constable ;
(d)	refuses, on the demand of any inspector or officer of the Board, or police officer or special
constable, to state his name or place of abode, or states a false name or place of abode,

shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty, ten pounds.
3 0 . (1) The board may make by-laws—

(1) providing for the management and control of all public abattoirs, public sale-yards, and public meat markets, and all other places and buildings vested in or acquired by it ; and for regulating and controlling the use of the same, and for regulating the conduct of all persons

using

using the same or resorting thereto, or slaughtering, buying, selling, or dealing therein;

(2) denning the duties and powers of inspectors,

officers and servants of the Board ;

(3) providing for the seizure of and dealing with any meat with respect to which the provisions of this Act have not, or are reasonably suspected not to have been complied wi th ;

(4) providing for the inspection of cattle, and for the inspection and marking of meat, and for the fixing and collecting of fees therefor, and for the seizure and destruction of diseased cattle and meat which may be brought into or may be in or upon or about any place or building vested in or acquired by the Board ;

(5) providing for the application of any manu­
facturing process to any offal or other mat ter ;
(6) providing for fixing, levying and collecting
rents, tolls, fees, and charges for the use of or

in connection with any public abattoir, public

sale-yards, or public meat marke t ;

(7) prescribing the conditions under which any person shall be allowed within the metropolitan abattoir area, to slaughter any cattle or dress any carcase for human consumption otherwise than in a public abattoir ;

(8) prescribing the conditions under which any person shall be allowed to bring or send or cause or allow to be brought or sent into the metropolitan abattoir area any carcase or meat derived from any animal slaughtered without that a rea ;

(9) prescribing the conditions under which any person shall be allowed to establish, conduct, or maintain any sale-yards or markets for the sale of cattle, or any market for the sale of meat, within the metropolitan abattoir area ;

(10) fixing any penalties not exceeding twenty pounds, or, in the case of a continuing offence, not exceeding two pounds per day, for non­ compliance with any by-law;

( 1 1 )	generally, for carrying into effect the purposes
and provisions of this Act. (2)

(2) Such by-laws shall be submitted to the Governor for his approval, and if by him approved, shall be published in the Gazette, and thereupon but not sooner nor otherwise, shall, subject to this Act, have the force of law.

All such by-laws on beinsr gazetted shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after the next meeting of Parliament. If cither House of Parliament passes a resolution of which notice has been given at any time within fifteen sitting days after such by-laws have been laid before such House disallow­ ing any by-law, such bv-law shall thereupon cease to have effect.

SCHEDULES.

SCHEDULE I.

T H E P U B L I C A B A T T O I R AT G L E B E ISLAND.

A L L that piece or parcel of land at Glebe Island occupied and used n

connection with the public abattoir at that place, under the Sydney Abattoir and Nuisances Prevention Act No. 37 of 1902, in the parish of Petersham, county of Cumberland, within the municipality of Ualmain.

FLEMINOTON SALE-YARDS.

Description.

All that piece or parcel of land situate at Flemington, in the county of Cumberland, and State of New South Wales : Commencing

municipality of Homebush, parishes of Concord and Liberty Plains,

on the southern side of the Parramatta-road at the north-western corner of lot 5 of section 3, as shown on deposited plan No. 827 at the Registrar-General's Office, Sydney; and bounded thence by the western boundary of that lot southerly7 to the northern boundary of lot 31, part of that boundary westerly to its western extremity, the western boundaries of lots 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 2G, 25, 24, 23, 22, and 21 southerly to the north-eastern corner of lot 19, the northern boundary of that lot westerly to the eastern side of Hammersmith-street, that side of that street southerly to the south-western corner of lot 11 of section 7, the southern boundaries of lots 11 and 21 easterly to the south-eastern corner of the last mentioned lot, south-eastern boundaries of lots 23, 22, and 21 to the easterly prolongation of the southern boundary of

lot

lot 15, that prolongation and that boundary westerly to the eastern side of Hammersmith-street, that side of that street southerly for a distance of 79 feet, a line westerly to the south-eastern corner of lot 14 of section 8, the western side of Hammersmith-street northerly to the

north eastern corner of lot 17, the southern side of Short-street westerly

to north-eastern corner of lot 1, the eastern boundaries of lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 southerly to the south-eastern corner of the last mentioned lot, part of the southern boundary of that lot bearing 282 degrees 6 minutes 160 feet 4 inches, a line including the western boundaries of surveyed portions of 2 roods 363/4 perches, and 1 acre 2 roods 161/4 perches respectively, bearing 191 degrees 3 minutes and distant (in a l l ) 249 feet

l01/2 inches to the south-western corner of the last mentioned portion,

being a point in the northern boundary of the Sydney to Parramatta rai lway land, northern boundaries of that land generally easterly to the western side of Potts-street, that side of that street northerly to i ts intersection with the southern side of Parramatta-road aforesaid, and that side of that road westerly to the point of commencement; but exclusive of 4 acres 3 roods 203/4 perches, and 4 acres 2 roods 11/4 perches, being the whole of the land comprised in the certificate of t i t le, volume 2,271, folio 233, and also exclusive of a surveyed portion having an area of 2 roods 101/4 perches, commencing on the western boundary of lot 18 of section 7 of the said deposited plan No. 827, at a point bearing 26 degrees 3 minutes and distant one foot from the south­ western corner of that lot ; and bounded thence by a line bearing 96 degrees 24 minutes 284 feet 7 inches to the north-western boundary of lot 34 of section 5 ; thence by part of that boundary, the north-western boundaries of lots 35 and 36, and part of the north-western boundary of lot 37 bearing 232 degrees 57 minutes (in a l l ) 168 feet 31/2 inches ; thence by a line bearing 282 degrees 5 minutes 30 seconds 146 feet ; thence by 32 feet of the arc of a circle having a radius of 20 feet the centre of which lies to the north-east, and the chord bears 325 degrees 3 minutes for a distance of 29 feet 31/4 inches ; and thence by a line bearing 8 degrees 0 minutes 30 seconds 79 feet 33/4 inches, to the point of commencement.

T H E N E W P U B L I C ABATTOIRS, H O M E B U S H P O I N T .

All that piece or parcel of land situate at Homebush, in the parish

of concord, county of Cumberland, within the municipalities of Home-

bush and Rookwood, State of New South Wales, being part of the

land granted to D'Arcy Wentworth of 920 acres by Crown Grant,

dated 1st J anua ry , 1810 : Commencing at a point on the north boun­ dary of Parramatta-road, being the north-west intersection of that road with Flemington-road, as shown on deposited plan No. 1,090 ; and bounded thence on part of the east by part of the western boundary of Flemington-road northerly 466 feet to the north-west inter­ section of that road with Park-road ; thence on part of the south by part of the north boundary of that road easterly to the watercourse forming part of the boundary between the Crown Grant of 920 acres aforesaid and D'Arcy Wentworth's Crown Grant of 60 acres ; thence again on the east by the watercourse aforesaid northerly to its con­ fluence with Powell's Creek ; and by that creek northerly to its con­ fluence with the Parramatta R ive r ; thence on the north-east and

north-west

north-west by the Parramatta River to the confluence with it of Hacking Creek ; thence on the west by that creek southerly to the Parramatta-road aforesaid ; thence again on the south by the northern boundary of Parramatta-road easterly, to the point of commencement, containing an area of about 1,042 acres.

All that piece or parcel of land situate in the parish of St. John, county of Cumberland, and State of New South Wales, being land reclaimed at Homebush Bay, Parramatta River : Commencing at the intersection of the western side of Abercorn-street (of a subdivision of a grant of 1,290 acres to John Blaxland, known as Newington Estate, and shown on plan catalogued Misc. 402 Sy. at the Department of Lands), with original high-water mark on the said river ; and bounded thence northerly by a prolongation, of the western side of the said Abercorn-street for about 4 | chains to the outer boundary line of land reclaimed ; thence by the outer boundary of that reclamation of Parra­ matta River and Homebush Pay generally north-easterly, south- easterly, again north-easterly, and south-westerly to its intersection with the prolongation easterly of the northern side of Blaxland-street ; thence westerly by that prolongation to high-water mark ; and thence generally north-easterly and north-westerly along original high-water mark to the point of commencement,—having an area of about 175 acres.

Also all that piece or parcel of land situate in the parish of St. John, county of Cumberland, and State of New South Wales , being part of a grant of 1,290 acres to John Blaxland, on the Parramatta River, and also part of a subdivision of that grant known as Newington Estate, and shown on plan catalogued Misc. 402 Sy. at the Department of Lands : Com­ mencing at the intersection of the northern side of Blaxland-street with the eastern side of Jamieson-street of the said subdivision ; and bounded thence easterly by the northern side of the said Blaxland-street to high-water mark in Homebush Bay ; thence generally southerly, south-westerly, again southerly, again south-westerly and south-easterly by high-water mark of Homebush Bay and Haslam's Creek to its inter­ section with the northern side of Carnarvon-street ; thence westerly by part of the northern side of that street to its intersection with the eastern side of Jamieson-street aforesaid ; and thence northerly by part of that side of that street, to the point of commencement,—having an area of about 202 acres inclusive of streets.

T H E M A R K E T S I T E IN H A R R I S STREET, U L T I M O .

Description.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 3 roods 16 perches or thereabouts, situated at Pyrmont, in the parish of St. Andrew, county of Cumberland, and State of New South Wales, be the hereinafter several dimensions a little more or less, and being part of the estate of the late W. H. Harris, together with that part of Schlinker's-lane northerly of Quarry-street, and also the lane generally 12 feet wide between the last-mentioned Schlinker's-lane and Pyrmont-street: Commencing at the intersection of the north-eastern building line of Harris-street with the north-western building line of Quarry-street; and bounded thence on the south-west by that building

line

line of Harris-street bearing 324 degrees 29 minutes 5 2 9 8 / 1 0 feet to its intersection with the south-eastern building line of Fig street; thence on the north-west by the last-mentioned building line bearing 54 degrees 42 minutes 256 feet to its intersection with the south-western side of Pyrmont-street; thence on the north-east by that side of that street, being the south-western boundary of part of the land resumed by the Rai lway Commissioners by Gazette notice of the 6th day of September, 1901, and being lines bearing and distant 149 degrees 31 minutes 4 1 8 3 3 / 1 0 0 feet, 139 degrees 26 minutes 125/10 feet, and 144 degrees 36 minutes 1007 /10 feet to its intersection with the north-western building line of Quarry-street aforesaid ; and thence on the south-east by that building line of that street bearing 234 degrees 44 minutes 30 seconds

2 2 0 2 5 / 1 0 0 feet, to the point of commencement.

Also, a l l that piece or parcel of land situated at Pyrmont, in the parish of St. Andrew, county of Cumberland, and State of New South Wales, being part of Pyrmont-street : Commencing at the intersection of the south-eastern side of Fig-street with the south-western side of Pyrmont street; and bounded thence on the north-west by the pro­ longation north-easterly of the south-eastern side of Fig-street, bearing 54 degrees 42 minutes 6623/100 feet to its intersection with the north- eastern side of Pyrmont-street; and bounded thence on the north-east by the north-eastern side of that street, being lines bearing 149 degrees

31 minutes 4 2 5 5 / 1 0 feet, 144 degrees 51 minutes 1 7 2 3 3 / 1 0 0 feet, 140

degrees 11 minutes 462 feet, and 144 degrees 46 minutes 6887/100 feet to a point where it intersects the prolongation north-easterly of the north-western side of Wil l iam Henry street ; thence on the south-east by that prolongation bearing 234 degrees 54 minutes 14 feet to a point bearing 54 degrees 54 minutes 52 feet from the intersection of the north- western side of William Henry street with the south-western side of Pyrmont-street; thence on the south-west by lines bearing 324 degrees 46 minutes 822/10 feet, 320 degrees 11 minutes 4 2 3 8 6 / 1 0 0 feet, 304 degrees 13 minutes 6186/100 feet, 281 degrees 54 minutes 452/100 feet to the inter­ section of the north-western side of Quarry-street with the south­ western side of Pyrmont-street; thence by the south-western side of that street, being lines bearing 324 degrees 36 minutes 1 0 0 7 / 1 0 feet, 319 degrees 26 minutes 125/10 feet, and 329 degrees 31 minutes 4 1 8 3 3 / 1 0 0 feet, to the point of commencement, containing an area of 1 acre 0 roods

24/5 perches.

S C H E D U L E

SCHEDULE II .

Name of Act.	Extent of Repeal.
Sydney Corporation Act	Section 135, in so far as it confers on the Municipal Council of Sydney any power to establish any public market for the sale of meat within the metropolitan abattoir area.

of 1902.

Section 148, except in so far as it relates to the erection, maintenance, or licensing of sale-yards for the sale of milch cows and horses.

Section 200, subsection (u) , in so far as it

relates to cattle, markets or sale-yards.

And generally, all provisions of the said Act which confer on the Municipal Council of Sydney any power—

(a)	relating to the construction, erec­ tion, establishment, maintenance, regulation, and licensing, within the metropolitan abattoir area, of cattle sale-yards or markets, other than sale-yards or markets for the sale of milch cows and horses ;
(b)	relating to the licensing of places within the metropolitan abattoir area for the slaughter of pigs, calves, and sheep;
(c)	relating to the construction, estab­ lishment, maintenance, and regu­ lation of markets for the sale of meat within the aforesaid area.

Sydney Abattoir and The whole of Part II.

Nuisances Preven-

tion Act, 1902.

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE III.

Description.

The whole of that portion of the county of Cumberland included within the boundaries of the area denned by lines on the north, west, and south, approximately distant 15 miles north, west, and south of the main entrance on the Parramatta-road to the Abattoirs at Home- bush Point : Commencing on the shore of the South Pacific Ocean, being the eastern boundary of National Park, at a point due east of the south-east comer of Owen Byrne's portion No. 5 of 400 acres (Yarmouth Estate), in the parish of Wat tamol la ; and bounded thence on the south by lines bearing westerly to brick siding on the Sydney to Nowra railway line ; again westerly to Leumeah railway station on the Liverpool to Picton railway line, and again westerly to Badgelly trigonometrical station, in the parish of Narellan ; on the west by a line passing west of Rooty Hill and Riverstone, and bearing northerly to the junction of Saunder's-road (municipality of Windsor) with the Wiseman's Ferry road, in the parish of Pi t t Town ; and thence on the

north by a line bearing easterly to the eastern extremity of the northern side of Bassett-street, Mona Yale, near Mermaid's Basin on

the sea coast; and thence by the sea coast generally southerly to the

point of commencement.