2202 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 72

or control of the same, shall destroy the same accordingly ; or the
Inspector may cause the same to be destroyed, and the cost of such
destruction shall be paid by the owner or shipper of such fruit or by
the person or company having the custody or control of the same.

9. (1.) The Inspector may at any time enter upon any plantation
   or on board any ship for the purpose of inspecting any plants or fruit
   or the packages containing the same, or with which the same may
   have come into contact, and shall have all such powers and authorities
   (including power to dig up plants, open packages, and otherwise) as he
   deems necessary for enabling him to enforce the provisions of these
   regulations.

(2.) If the Inspector declares any such plants, fruit, or packages to
be diseased or infected with disease he shall give notice thereof to the
owner or person in charge of the same, who shall forthwith take such
measures and do such acts as are, in the opinion of the Inspector,
necessary in order to eradicate or prevent the spread of the disease.

(3.) If such owner or person fails so to do to the satisfaction of the
Inspector, such Inspector may do the same at the expense in all things
of such owner or person, who nevertheless shall not thereby be relieved
from his other liabilities under these regulations.

(4.) In the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fore-
going provisions of this regulation the Inspector may remove, treat,
disinfect, destroy, or otherwise dispose of such plants, fruit, or pack-
ages in such manner as he thinks fit.

10. Any plant, fruit, fungus, parasite, insect, or other thing, or
    any box, sack, or other package, which in the opinion of the Inspector
    is likely to introduce insect-pests or disease into the Cook Islands,
    on being introduced or attempted to be introduced either from abroad
    or from one island to another may be seized by the Inspector or other
    authorized officer, or an officer of Customs, and may be disinfected,
    destroyed, or otherwise disposed of as such Inspector or officer deems
    fit, at the expense of the owner or person in charge thereof.

11. No person shall export any parcel, package, case, kit, or bunch
    of fruit unless such parcel, package, case, kit, or bunch shall be dis-
    tinctly marked with a shipping mark duly registered in the manner
    provided by clause 25 hereof ; nor shall the Inspector pass any fruit
    as being fit for export unless it is so marked.

12. No person shall export fruit in any package or case which in
    the opinion of the Inspector is insufficiently nailed, or is split, broken,
    or of weak material or construction.

13. Upon the outside of every case, kit, package, or parcel of fruit
    presented for inspection there shall be distinctly marked or written
    the name of the person or persons by whom the fruit contained therein
    was packed. An Inspector may refuse to inspect any case, kit, pack-
    age, or parcel presented to him for inspection and not so marked.

14. No person shall pack, sell, offer for sale, convey, or store any
    fruit intended for export which shall be unfit for export by reason of
    the same being infected, or immature, or overmature, or otherwise
    not in a fit condition for export, or by reason of such fruit being badly
    or improperly packed or marked.

15. No person shall distribute from any store, shed, yard, planta-
    tion, or other place any infected fruit or plant.

16. No person shall remove or attempt to remove any fruit or
    plant introduced into the Cook Islands, or any box or other package
    containing the same, or any second-hand box, sack, or bag introduced
    into the Cook Islands, from any wharf or landing-place without first
    having obtained from the Inspector or other authorized officer, or from
    an officer of Customs, a written permit so to do.

17. No person shall pack the fruit known as marios and plantains
    in the same case with bananas ordinarily exported. The shippers
    of marios or plantains shall cause the cases containing the same to be
    plainly marked with the words “ Marios ” or “ Plantains ” as the case
    may be.

18. (1.) In order that the loading and unloading of fruit intended
    for export may be facilitated, all cases containing bananas for export
    shall have the registered shipping mark thereon stencilled in red.

(2.) All cases containing fruit other than bananas for export shall
have the registered shipping mark thereon stencilled in black.

19. Tomatoes and cucumbers intended for export shall be packed
    in the cases known as the “ New Zealand Half-case ” of the following
    dimensions—namely, 5 in. in depth, by 11 1/4 in. in width, by 21 1/4 in.
    in length.

20. Tomatoes under the grade of 1 1/2 in. diameter shall not be
    exported.