1058
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

Schedule.—Scale of Fees to be paid for the Inspection and Dis-
infection of Vine Cuttings and Buds.

s. d.
100 or less .. .. .. .. 1 0
Over 100 and not more than 500 .. .. 2 6
Over 500 and not more than 1,000 .. .. 5 0
Over 1,000—for every additional 1,000 or
part thereof .. .. .. .. 1 6

6. After the vine-cuttings have been dipped they shall, if
   deemed necessary by the said Chief Inspector or the Local
   Inspector, remain in quarantine for a further period of
   fourteen days for further disinfecting, or, if found to be
   infected with injurious insects which cannot, in the opinion
   of the said Chief Inspector or Local Inspector, be destroyed
   by the treatment required by Order No. 5, the said vine-
   cuttings shall be destroyed by fire.

7. Vine-cuttings may be imported from any country or
   province other than South Australia, provided that any
   person about to import such cuttings shall, at the time of
   ordering the same, furnish a duplicate of such order to the
   Secretary of the Department of Agriculture; and provided
   also that such cuttings shall not be imported for at least one
   month after the duplicate of such order shall have been so
   furnished as aforesaid.

8. All vine-cuttings so imported pursuant to the next-
   preceding Order shall be absolutely surrendered to the
   Chief Inspector or Local Inspector at the port of debarka-
   tion for the purpose of being quarantined as hereinafter
   provided.

9. All vine-cuttings imported as aforesaid from any
   country or province other than South Australia shall be
   quarantined by the Department of Agriculture for a period
   of not less than twelve months nor longer than two years
   upon such grounds as from time to time shall be set apart
   by the said department by advertising in the Government
   Gazette as quarantine stations. The consignee, agent, or
   other person engaged or concerned in the importation of
   any such vine-cuttings as aforesaid shall, at the time of
   delivering the same to the Department of Agriculture for
   the purpose of being quarantined, pay to the Secretary a
   sum of 2s. 6d. for every 100 cuttings so delivered, and at the
   expiration of the period of quarantine shall, upon taking
   delivery of his rooted vines, pay the further sum of 2s. 6d.
   for every 100 rooted vines so delivered to him.

10. Any vine-cuttings imported from any country or
    province other than South Australia which shall in the
    opinion of the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector be
    affected with insects, fungi, blight, or other diseases in-
    jurious to grape-vines or other trees or plants shall be
    destroyed under the direction of the said Inspector, and the
    expense connected therewith shall be borne by and recover-
    able from the importer of such vine-cuttings.

11. The Department of Agriculture shall not be liable for
    any loss resulting from the destruction of any cuttings
    under the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, or by
    reason of the infertility of any such cuttings while in or
    after leaving their custody or whilst under their control.

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Orders regulating the Disinfection of Imported Trees, Plants,
Cuttings (other than Vines), Grafts, Buds, Seeds, Pits,
Scions, and Fruits.

1. All consignees, agents, or other persons engaged or
   concerned in the importation into Western Australia of any
   fruit, fruit-trees, plants, cuttings, buds (other than vine
   cuttings or buds), seeds, pits, or scions shall, within forty-
   eight (48) hours after the arrival of any such fruit, fruit-trees,
   plants, cuttings, buds, seeds, pits, or scions at the first port
   or place of debarkation in the Colony of Western Australia
   deliver the same to the said Chief Inspector or Local In-
   spector; and, in the event of any such consignee or his agent
   failing to so deliver any such fruit, fruit-trees, plants, cut-
   tings, buds, seeds, pits, or scions within forty-eight (48) hours
   as aforesaid, the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector shall
   have power to seize the same. If upon such seizure the
   said fruit, fruit-trees, plants, cuttings, buds, seeds, pits, or
   scions are found to be infested with any injurious insects
   (or their germs), or with fungi, blight, or other diseases
   injurious to fruit, or to vines or fruit-trees, or to other trees
   or plants, the said Inspector shall immediately destroy the
   same by fire; but if the said fruit, fruit-trees, plants,
   cuttings, buds, seeds, pits, or scions are found on inspection
   to be free from injurious insects (or their germs), or from
   fungi, blight, or other diseases injurious to fruit, fruit-trees,
   vines, or other trees or plants, the said Inspector shall treat
   the said fruit, fruit-trees, plants, cuttings, buds, seeds, pits,
   or scions as may be directed by the Secretary of the Depart-
   ment of Agriculture, and hold same until applied for by the
   consignee or agent: provided that if the same be not applied
   for within seven clear days from time of seizure the same
   may be destroyed.

2. All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or
   scions imported into the Colony of Western Australia are
   hereby required to be disinfected by the Chief Inspector or
   Local Inspector immediately upon arrival at the port or
   place where they are to be unloaded. If any of the said
   trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or scions are
   found to be infested with insects (or their germs), or with
   fungi, blight, or other diseases injurious to fruit or to fruit-
   trees or to other trees or plants, they shall remain in
   quarantine for a period of fourteen (14) days, or until the
   Chief Inspector or Local Inspector can determine whether
   the said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or
   scions are free from injurious insect pests, or their eggs,
   larvæ, or pupæ.

3. All peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, prune, almond, and
   all trees budded or grafted upon peach stocks or roots, and
   all peach or other pits, cuttings, buds, or scions raised or
   grown in any place where the “peach yellow” or the
   “peach rosette” are known to exist, are hereby prohibited
   from being imported into the Colony of Western Australia.

4. The importation of the fruits, apples, pears, and
   quinces, into any port in Western Australia south of the
   26th parallel of south latitude is absolutely prohibited.

5. The importation of fresh fruits of every description
   from the Province of Queensland is absolutely prohibited.

6. Fruit of any kind (not otherwise prohibited) not grown
   in Western Australia must, before removal from the first
   port or place of debarkation, be examined by the Chief
   Inspector or Local Inspector, and, if found infested with
   insect or insects (or their germs), or with any fungi, blight,
   or other diseases known to be injurious to fruit or fruit-
   trees or to other trees, shall be destroyed or otherwise treated
   as the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture may
   direct. If the fruit on examination be found to be free
   from disease and not infested with any insect or insects (or
   their germs), or with any fungi, blight, or other diseases
   known to be injurious to fruit or to fruit-trees or to other
   trees, the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector shall issue a
   certificate to that effect after the cases or packing or trans-
   portable material in which such fruit was packed has been
   disinfected as prescribed by Order 7, and on receipt of the
   fee for inspection and disinfection prescribed in the
   Schedule I. hereto. Where fruit is not packed or sur-
   rounded by any transportable material the Chief Inspector
   or Local Inspector shall, if such fruit is found to be free
   from disease, issue a certificate to that effect upon payment
   of the fee for inspection prescribed in the said Schedule.

7. Transportable material of any kind used for packing
   or surrounding fruit is hereby prohibited from being re-
   moved from the first port or place of debarkation, or from
   being offered for sale, gift, distribution, or transportation,
   until the said material (unless otherwise directed by the
   Secretary of the Department of Agriculture) has been dis-
   infected by dipping the same and keeping it continually
   submerged for a period or not less than two (2) minutes in
   boiling water containing in solution not less than one pound
   (1 lb.) of concentrated potash to each and every ten (10)
   gallons of water.

8. Fruit-cases containing vegetables or vegetable matter
   other than fruit imported into the colony are also hereby
   required to be disinfected as per Order 7 before removal
   from the first port or place of debarkation.

9. All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or
   scions imported into the Colony of Western Australia shall
   (unless otherwise directed by the Secretary of the Depart-
   ment of Agriculture) be disinfected by being dipped in a
   solution of one pound (1 lb.) of whale-oil soap (80 per cent.)
   to each and every gallon of water, such whale-oil-soap
   solution being kept at a temperature of 115 to 120 degrees
   Fahrenheit. The said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds,
   seeds, pits, or scions shall remain in said solution not less
   than two (2) minutes. After the said trees, plants, cuttings,
   grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or scions have been so disinfected
   they shall, if deemed necessary by the Chief Inspector or
   Local Inspector, remain in quarantine fourteen (14) days
   for subsequent inspection or for further disinfection, and if
   the said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or
   scions are then found to be infested they shall be destroyed
   by fire.

10. All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or
    scions imported into the colony shall (unless otherwise
    directed by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture)
    be further disinfected by fumigation with hydrocyanic-acid
    gas, as follows: The said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts,
    buds, seeds, pits, or scions shall be covered with an air-tight
    box, and for each and every one hundred (100) cubic feet of
    space therein there shall be used,—

For plants in pots and in leaf—
400 grains of fused cyanide of potassium (58 per
cent.), with one and a half (1½) ounces of fluid
sulphuric acid.

For fruit-trees and shrubs—
530 grains of fused cyanide of potassium (58 per
cent.), with one and three-quarters (1¾) ounces
of fluid sulphuric acid.