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Regulations as to the Introduction of Trees, Fruits, and Plants into the State of South Australia.—Notice No. 1162.

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 18th December, 1907.

THE following regulations of the State of South Australia, dated 9th October, 1907, as to the introduction of trees, fruits, and plants into that State, are published for general information.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

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THE introduction into South Australia of any grape-vine, or any portion thereof, from any country or state, is absolutely prohibited.

The introduction into South Australia of all other living trees and plants of any kind whatsoever, and any portions thereof, are prohibited except under and subject to the following regulations :—

REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE INTRODUCTION OF TREES, PLANTS, AND FRUITS INTO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

1. (a.) Living trees, plants, or portions thereof (not being grape-vines or portions thereof), and fruits (not being grapes), may be introduced into South Australia from any country or place under and subject to these regulations, but not otherwise.

(b.) Living trees, plants, or portions thereof, the introduction of which is not herein prohibited, may be introduced only through the port of Port Adelaide, except as provided in subsection (c).

(c.) Tubers of potatoes and bulbs of onions may be introduced overland from any State of the Commonwealth of Australia. Other living trees, plants, or portions thereof (not fruit), may be introduced at Adelaide by parcels-post.

(d.) All living trees, plants, or portions thereof, intended for introduction into South Australia must, prior to being landed or introduced, be thoroughly cleansed of soil: Provided always that any Inspector may admit plants growing in pots if in his opinion there is no danger in importing them.

(e.) Except as hereinafter provided in subsection (g), no fruit of mango, guava, persimmon, tomato, cucumber, passion-vine, peach, apricot, plum, cherry, apple, pear, quince, or of any of the citrus family shall be introduced into South Australia from any country or State where any insects known as Halterophora capitata or Tephritis tryonii, respectively known as and called the Mediterranean fruit-fly and the Queensland fruit-fly, are known to exist, unless each case or package shall contain the name and address of the grower and packer and is accompanied by a declaration signed by the grower and countersigned by an Inspector of the Department of Agriculture of that country or State that the said fruit is free from Mediterranean or Queensland fruit-fly, and that such fruits have been, prior to examination by the said officer, kept for seven clear days after having been picked from the trees, and before such fruits were placed in the case or covering used for exporting them to South Australia.

(f.) No bananas shall be introduced into the State of South Australia unless they be accompanied by a certificate signed by the grower of such bananas and countersigned by an officer of the Department of Agriculture of the exporting State or country that such bananas have been, prior to examination by the said officer, covered with netting impervious to the above fruit-flies for two months preceding the date of exportation. Each case or package containing any such bananas shall bear the name and address of the grower and packer of such bananas, and shall contain a printed slip or memorandum giving the same information.

(g.) (1.) Whenever any of the fruits mentioned in subsection (e) shall be exported from any State to South Australia, and are not accompanied by the declaration hereinbefore provided for in subsection (e), such fruit shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia stationed in the State from which such fruit is being exported to South Australia that such fruit has been grown and packed by the respective persons named therein, and that such fruit is, in his opinion, free from Mediterranean or Queensland fruit-fly :

(2.) Each case or package containing any such fruit shall bear the name and address of the grower and packer of such fruit, and shall also contain a printed slip or memorandum giving the same information :

(3.) If any such fruit is repacked before reaching the exporting vessel, every case or package containing such fruit shall bear the name and address of the person who repacked such fruit, and shall also contain a printed slip or memorandum giving the same information, as well as the name and address of the grower, and be accompanied by a certificate signed by an Inspector of the Department of Agriculture of the State from which such fruit is being exported to South Australia that such fruit has been repacked under his supervision, and such certificate shall be approved and indorsed by the Inspector of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia stationed in the exporting State.

(h.) Whenever any of the above-named fruits or bananas exported to the State of South Australia are found to be injuriously affected by either of the above-named insects (in any stage of existence), the produce of the orchard in which such fruits have been grown shall be refused admission into the State of South Australia until such orchard has been declared free from both Mediterranean and Queensland fruit-fly by an Inspector of the Department of Agriculture of the State in which such orchard is situated.

2. No fruit or other product of any tree or plant shall be landed on any wharf, jetty, or other structure in the State of South Australia without the written permission of an Inspector first obtained.

3. All living trees or plants, or portions thereof, or fruits, introduced into South Australia from any country or place shall, on being landed or introduced, be forthwith delivered into the custody of some Inspector or some officer of Customs, and shall, at the expense of the importer or consignee thereof, be conveyed in original unopened packages to such place in such manner as the Commissioner shall direct.

4. An Inspector shall examine such trees, plants, or portions thereof, or fruits, and may treat such trees, plants, or portions thereof, or fruits, in such manner as he may think desirable, or may order that such trees or plants, or portions thereof, or fruits, and the cases or packages in which they were packed, or either of them, shall be destroyed if in his opinion there is any danger in importing them.

5. The expense of conveying such trees, plants, portions thereof, or fruits, to the place fixed for their examination, and of the examination and treatment or destruction thereof, shall be borne by the consignee or introducer thereof, and shall be paid before they are delivered to such consignee or introducer.

6. No person shall be entitled to any compensation by reason of any damage to or by the destruction of any tree, plant, portion thereof, or fruits, or of any case or package under these regulations.

7. No plant or portion thereof shall be introduced into South Australia from any country where the insect known as Phylloxera vastatrix is known to exist unless accompanied by a declaration made by the grower before a Justice of the Peace, or British consular agent in the State or country of origin, to the following effect :—

(a.) That the case or package contains no grape-vines or portions thereof.

(b.) That the plants were grown at a greater distance than 50 yards from any grape-vines or roots of vines.

(c.) That no phylloxera exists or has existed in the nursery or garden in which the plants have been growing.

(d.) That the whole of the plants are free from the insect known as Phylloxera vastatrix.

Any person contravening the provisions of the above regulations, or any of them, will be liable to a penalty of not less than £5, nor more than £100, or to imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months.

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Regulations as to the Inspection of Fruit imported into Tasmania.—Notice No. 1163.

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 18th December, 1907.

THE following regulations of the State of Tasmania, dated 1st November, 1907, as to the inspection of fruit imported into that State, are published for general information.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

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2. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the subject-matter or context thereof,—

“Minister” shall mean the Minister for Agriculture.

“Inspector” shall mean any person appointed an Inspector under the provisions of “The Vegetation Diseases Act, 1898.”