6o2 Joiinial of Agriculture. [lo Sept., 1909. 



8. That no State shall prohibit the importation of fruit, vegetables or plants 

 exported to it from another State on account of any disease affecting such fruit, 

 vegetables or plants which is common to both States, provided that the exporting 

 State has adopted and is carrying out methods to suiipress or cope with such disease 

 similar to those being carried out by the importing State. 



9. That the inspectors stationed at Sydney by Victoria, and the one now in 

 Victoria, sent there bv New South Wales, be withdrawn, each State trusting to 

 the efficiency, zeal and bcnia fides of the other State's inspectors. 



10. That each case containing fruit, and each bag containing vegetables (includ- 

 ing potatoes), exported from one State to another shall have stencilled upon or 

 attached to it in some plain and permanent way either the grower's or exporter's 

 name and address, or a mark or brand approved by and registered with the 

 Department of Agriculture in the exporting State. 



11. All destructive fruit and plant pests legislated against by the various States, 

 with the following exceptions, shall, until otherwise notified, be deemed to be 

 common to all the States : — Pear slug or leech [Selandria Cerasi), San Jose scale 

 (Aspidiotus ferniciosus), fruit flies [Ceratitis and Te-phritis), phylloxera [Phylloxera 

 vastatrix), Irish blight [Phytofhthora infestans). 



12. That in making inspection of fruit the side of each case inspected shall be 

 removed and the fruit" inspected without being tipped out of the case unless it is 

 found necessarv to do so. 



13. That for the present fruit cases be of such a size as to hold two bushels, 

 one bushel, a half bushel or a quarter bushel, the shape'i of cases for the various 

 kinds of fruit to be fixed by regulation, and to be uniform in all the States, but 

 that earlv consideration be given to the question of introducing uniform legislation 

 providing for the sale of fruit by weight or number only. 



14. That all the States co-operate in a series of investigations with a view to 

 ascertaining the origin, nature and preventive (or curative) means of dealing with 

 bitter pit. Also, that similar co-operative work be undertaken in regard to other 

 diseases of plants and animals." 



15. That all cases used in Inter-State trade shall be new, with the exception 

 of the South Australian trade between Adelaide and Broken Hill. In this instance 

 all second-hand cases shall be steamed or dipped in boiling water before being 

 used a second time. 



16. That only clean bags be used for vegetables, and that no bags be used a 

 second time for' vegetables (including potatoes). 



17. That fruit found to be affected with disease be allowed to be sorted or sent 

 to jam factories under stringent regulations; if sorted all rejected fruit to be de- 

 stroyed and the balance to be sent to the factory or into distribution, at the option 

 of the chief inspector or other authorized officer. 



18. That everv State exporting fruit, vegetables or plants shall appoint officers 

 to examine and inspect the same before shipment, and to give a certificate or 

 officially stamped and signed bill of lading to the exporter that such fruit, vegetables 

 or plants about to be shipped are fit for export. Such certificate or stamped bill 

 of lading shall be presented with the fruit, vegetables or plants at the port of 

 entry, and shall be accepted as far as possible as descriptive of its condition, 

 but shall not take awav the right of each State to inspect all such fruit, vegetables 

 or plants on landing, and to reject same if found to be diseased. 



ig. That parcels containing fruit trees shall not exceed 200 cwt. 



20. That with the exception of grape vines there shall be no restriction in the 

 interchange of nursery stock between the States, subject to the importing State 

 e.xercising its rights to' inspect and fumigate same. 



21. That no State shall restrict the importation of fruit (other than grapes), 

 vegetables or plants by rail or road, but whenever one State shall make a demand 

 for inspection of, same before entry an arrangement shall be made to inspect, 

 fumigate, &c., at a point to be mutually agreed upon, at the joint expense of the 

 two States concerned. 



22. That no State shall make a charge for insjiection on imports which will 

 return more than sufficient to meet the expenses incurred. In no case shall the 

 charge, except for sorting or disinfecting, be more than id. per package or bunch, 

 provided that the weight thereof does not exceed 56 lbs. net. 



23. That unless there is evidence of disease on arrival in South Australia, fruit 

 forwarded to Broken Hill shall be allowed to pass direct through the State of 

 South Australia, provided that it is accompanied by a certificate of freedom from 

 disease issued by the Department of Agriculture of the exporting State. 



24. That, in the opinion of this Conference, the establishment of a Federal 

 Bureau of Agriculture is at the present time unnecessary, and that such establish- 

 ment would inevitably result in duplicating the work of the State departments. 



