9 (b) unless it is consigned to a Government Laboratory or to a person specially permitted by the Governor- General in Council or the Local Government to receive such cultures or other articles; and (c) unless the sender declares its nature to the carrying agency and signs a certificate to the effect that he has advised the consignee of its despatch. 3. No package containing any such culture or other article as aforesaid shall be opened in any place which is free from plague without the special permission of the Governor-General in Council. (G.O., No. 1446-P., dated 2nd October 1899.) 2