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a proceeding which uiKUnibteclh- wouhl give this country the greatest 

 possible protection, and is tlie rule in foreign countries.' 



The nurserymen, however, held strongly that such examination 

 would probably result in serious injury to or loss of stock, and in view 

 of this and the further consideration that examination at the port of 

 entry would necessitate considerable expense for warehouses, this 

 feature was dropped, and in its place inspection was provided for at 

 point of destination, thus meeting the main objection of the nursery- 

 men. Furthermore, the new bill, to enable the department to have 

 advice in advance of the intended importation and of the date of 

 probable arrival of nursery stock to be inspected, provided for a per- 

 mit system similar to that now in -force in the case of importations of 

 domestic live stock or other animals and birds. 



This revision was carried on by correspondence and included 

 several changes wished by the nurserymen in addition to the main 

 point of examination at final destination. Nevertheless, the nursery- 

 men failed to give their full approval to the bill, and at their summer 



iThe growing fruit interests of Canada are protected from foreign pests, including 

 those now established in this country, by comprehensive quarantine regulations, 

 which are very strictly enforced. As a rule, these require the examination of imported 

 stock at port of entry and before its distribution. An interesting statement, show- 

 ing the feasibility of such examination at port of entry and the results of this gov- 

 ernmental care, is given in a recent report to the Department of Commerce and Labor 

 by Consul General George X. West, of Vancouver. (Daily Consular and Trade 

 Report, August 30, 1910, p. 654.) Speaking of the rigid inspection of nursery 

 stock and the development of the fruit interests of British Columbia, Mr. West, in 

 part, says: 



"The growth of the fruit industry in this province may be gauged by returns of 

 imported nursery stock which the provincial inspector of fruit pests has recently 

 transmitted to the government. The number of tree-s and plants inspected at Van- 

 couver were as follows: During the first four months of 1910, January, .592,002; 

 February, 103,184; March, 767,1.52; April, 1,2.5.5,718; total, 2,718,056. The 

 inspector expects that the number of trees and plants to arrive during the other 

 eight months of 1910 will bring the total up to 4,000,000. 



"Every tree and plant is inspected as it passes through the station. This entails 

 a vast amount of labor. Owing to this rigid inspection before the stock is delivered 

 to the buyers for planting in the great Okanogan, Similikameen, East and West 

 Kootenai, and the boundar}' country, there is not a trace of the San Jose scale or the 

 brown-tail or gypsy moth. The equal freedom from the codling moth corroborates 

 the statement that the nursery stock received for planting purposes is subject to 

 most rigid inspection, as well as fruit imported from eastern Canada, United States 

 and other countries. The importance of this fact to fruit growers can hardly be 

 overestimated, as it enables them to guarantee the soundness of fruit to pur- 

 chasers. . . . " The inspection of fruit coming into British Columbia is rigid and 

 effectively enforced without partiaUty to the section in which it is grown, eastern 

 Canadian fruit being condemned as quickly as American if it is not clean and free from 



