Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3561

pector, and the expense connected therewith shall be
borne by and recoverable from the importer of such vine-
cuttings.

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

Schedule.

SCALE OF FEES TO BE PAID FOR THE INSPECTION AND DIS-
INFECTION OF VINE-CUTTINGS AND BUDS.

100 or less ... ... ... ... 2 6
Over 100 and not more than 500 ... ... 5 0
Over 500 and not more than 1,000 ... ... 10 0
Over 1,000—for every additional 1,000 or part
thereof ... ... ... ... 2 0

DISINFECTION OF IMPORTED TREES, PLANTS, CUTTINGS
(OTHER THAN VINES), GRAFTS, BUDS, SEEDS, PITS,
SCIONS, AND FRUITS.

6. All fruit, fruit trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds,
   seeds, pits, or scions imported into the State of Western
   Australia shall be discharged direct from ship or lighter
   into trucks, or as may be ordered by the Under-Secre-
   tary for Agriculture, for immediate removal to the dis-
   infecting-sheds, and shall not be discharged upon any
   wharf, quay, jetty, or premises unless so ordered by the
   Under-Secretary for Agriculture.

7. 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 twenty-four hours after the arrival of any
   such fruit, fruit trees, plants, cuttings, buds, seeds,
   pits, or scions at the first port or place of debarka-
   tion in the State of Western Australia, deliver the
   same to the said Chief Inspector or Local Inspector,
   and unpack and prepare them for disinfection, and
   in the event of any such consignee or his agent failing to
   so deliver any such fruit, fruit trees, plants, cuttings, buds,
   seeds, pits, or scions within twenty-four hours as afore-
   said the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector shall 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; 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 prescribed by the Under-Secretary for
   Agriculture, and hold the same until applied for by the
   consignee or agent, provided that if the same be not ap-
   plied for within forty-eight hours from the time of seizure
   same may be destroyed.

8. No passenger, agent, or other person shall introduce
   into Western Australia at any port or place, or be con-
   cerned in the introduction of any fruit, fruit trees, plants,
   scions, cuttings, or bulbs with the personal effects of such
   passenger, or in any package or parcel, or otherwise
   howsoever, except under the direction and with the ap-
   proval of an Inspector or other authorised person under
   “The Insect Pests Amendment Act, 1898.” This regu-
   lation does not apply to the introduction of fruit, fruit
   trees, plants, &c., as cargo.

9. All fruit, fruit trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds,
   seeds, pits, or scions imported into the State 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 fruit, fruit 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 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. After inspection and disinfection the Chief In-
   spector or Local Inspector shall issue a certificate after
   the cases or packing or transportable material in which
   such fruit was packed has been disinfected as prescribed
   by Order II. After disinfection, consignees or their
   agents must repack the fruit, fruit trees, vine-cuttings,
   packages, or transportable material that have been dis-
   infected, and remove the same within twenty-four hours.

10. 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 State of
    Western Australia.

11. The importation into any port in Western Australia
    of any fruit, plant, or part thereof infested with the
    codlin-moth, mussel-scale, Queensland fruit-fly, Phoma
    citricarpa, Aspidiotus nerii, phylloxera, San Jose or per-
    nicious scale, the mining or chionaspis scale, the wax
    scale, or with internal parasites, such as the larvæ of the
    codlin-moth, fruit-flies, nematodes or bacterial diseases,
    with melanose fungus, or with any pests, parasites, or
    fungi which may from time to time be declared as such
    by the Governor in Council under section 3 of “The
    Insect Pests Amendment Act, 1898,” is absolutely pro-
    hibited.

12. All consignments of fruit, or portions of consign-
    ments, consisting of one or more varieties of fruit of
    which 10 per cent. of the cases in the consignment or of
    the said portion thereof are found to contain fruit infected
    by fruit-fly shall be destroyed.

13. All consignments of fruit found to contain fruit
    infected by codlin-moth shall be absolutely destroyed.

14. The importation into any port in Western Australia
    of any pear-trees, stocks, or cuttings from the United
    States of America is absolutely prohibited.

15. Soil or compost in pots, cases, or packages, and
    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 transporta-
    tion, until the said material (unless otherwise directed
    by the Under-Secretary for Agriculture) has been dis-
    infectcd by dipping the same and keeping it continually
    submerged for a period of not less than five minutes
    in boiling water containing in solution not less than 1 lb.
    of concentrated potash to each and every 10 gallons of
    water.

16. In the case of fruit likely to contain fruit-fly or
    codlin-moth, the whole consignment must be inspected
    before any portion thereof is allowed to leave the shed.

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

18. Any fruit, fruit trees, vine-cuttings, packages, or
    transportable material delivered to the Chief Inspector or
    Local Inspector for disinfection, and not disinfected
    within forty-eight hours by reason of the default of the
    consignee to provide the necessary labour for unpacking
    and repacking, may be destroyed by the Chief Inspector
    or Local Inspector.

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SCHEDULE I.

Scale of Fees to be charged for Inspection of Fruit.

Half-bushel case ... ... ... 0 3
One-bushel case ... ... ... 0 6
Two-bushel case ... ... ... 0 9
Fruit in bulk, per cental or part thereof ... 1 0

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SCHEDULE II.

Scale of Fees to be paid for the Inspection of Trees,
Plants, &c., of all Descriptions other than Vine-cut-
tings.

25 or less ... ... ... ... 1 6
Over 25 and not more than 50 ... ... 2 6
Over 50 and not more than 100 ... ... 4 6
Over 100 and not more than 200 ... ... 6 6
Over 200 and not more than 300 ... ... 7 9
Over 300 and not more than 400 ... ... 9 0
Over 400 and not more than 500 ... ... 10 0
Over 500, for every additional 100 or part thereof 0 9