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of all nursery stock and fruit entering the province, and until' 

 such inspection has taken place the importations are in quarantine. 

 Shipments may also be fumigated if it is considered necessary. 

 The regulations are administered by the Provincial Inspector of 

 Fruit Pests, who is assisted by a staff of inspectors. These 

 inspectors conduct the inspection and fumigation at Vancouver 

 and eradicative measures in the nurseries and orchards through- 

 out the Province. The large amount of nursery stock and fruit 

 which is condemned annually, and either sent back or destroyed, 

 testifies as to the assiduity and zeal with which the work of 

 preventing the introduction of insect pests into the Province is 

 carried on. 



The Province of Ontario has a Fruit Pests Act, which is 

 administered by the Fruit Branch of the Department of 

 Agriculture. The insects which are scheduled under this Act 

 are : — San Jose Scale, Codling Moth, and Pear Psylla. The 

 work is carried on chiefly in conjunction with the municipalities, 

 which appoint inspectors in addition to those appointed by the 

 Provincial Department of Agriculture. These inspectors have 

 power to order the treatment or destruction of infested trees and 

 plants. Owners of nurseries are compelled to fumigate stock 

 before it leaves the nurseries, and inspectors visit the nurseries 

 for the purpose of destroying infested trees, and seeing that the 

 fumigation regulations are carried out. 



The Province of Nova Scotia has recently (191 1) passed an 

 Injurious Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act, which enables 

 the provincial authorities to appoint inspectors and to take 

 steps to eradicate insect pests and to prevent their spread. It 

 is intended to introduce a measure shortly providing for the 

 compulsory spraying in such districts as may desire it. This 

 measure will be most valuable, if carried out, in compelling 

 indifferent persons to adopt necessary measures of control. 



The Brown-tail Moth. 



The invasion of the Brown-tail Moth has already been^ 

 mentioned, and an active campaign is now being carried on 



