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fumigation boxes of not less than thirty cubic feet capacity, 
the same to be subject to inspection and approval. 
8. Immediately after inspection of the fumigation house 
the Inspector will report to the Minister, and the Minister or 
Inspector will thereupon give permission in writing for the 
owner or proprietor to begin fumigation. 
g. The owner or proprietor of every nursery will attach 
to every box and to every package of nursery stock a certificate 
as follows, and he will furnish every purchaser who so desires 
a copy of the same: 
Certificate of fumigation.—This is to certify that this 
package of nursery stock, consisting of was 
properly fumigated on or about the — day of 
Ig0I, in accordance with the regulations prescribed by order 
of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, in accordance with 
62d Victoria, Chapter 35. 
Amount of nursery stock fumigated.—We have in 
Ontario 117 names on the nursery list, but probably it 
would be more nearly correct to say that there are not 
more than 100 different nurserymen in Ontario, about 
four-fifths of the work being done by five or six of the 
largest nurserymen. ‘Three out of every four nursery- 
men on the list do nothing more than a local business, 
but the four or five large concerns handle an immense 
amount of stock. It is somewhat difficult to get informa- 
tion from Canadian nurserymen regarding the amount of 
stock fumigated. However, one large nurseryman 
wrote me as follows: ‘‘It is a hard matter to give 
any accurate report as to the number of trees put 
through our fumigation house in a year, but would 
estimate that the trees would be about as follows: 
200,000 apples, 25,000 pears, 40,000 plums, 35,000 
cherries, 50,000 peaches, 50,000 ornamental trees and 
shrubs, 135,000 small fruits—making a total of 535,- 
