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delivered until inspected. If found infested they must 
be destroyed with packings. The cost of all services 
at the expense of the importer. This order went into 
effect March 15, 1899, but does not apply to shipments 
in direct transit by railway under supervision of custom 
authorities. 
British Columbia.—Rules and regulations, pub- 
lished June 25, 1897, under the authority of the Hor- 
ticultural Board Act, 1894, provide that all importers 
of nursery stock, trees, plants, or fruit must give 
notice upon arrival, and before removal from wharf or 
station, to a member of the Board or to the Inspector 
of Fruit Pests, who shall inspect the same and, if clean, 
issue a certificate which shall be good for three months, 
unless revoked by further inspection. Nursery stock 
found to be infected shall be disinfected or destroyed. 
Fruit found to be infecéted shall be destroyed or 
reshipped. 
Canada.—According to the San José scale act, 
March 18, 1898, Canada prohibits importation of nurs- 
ery stock from the United States, Australia, Japan, 
and Hawaii. Stock imported in violation of the law 
will be destroyed, and the importer is liable to a pen- 
alty of $200 for each offense, prescribed by Section 6 
of Customs Tariff. The following exemptions are 
made: Nursery stock of all kinds can be imported 
from Europe without fumigation, as it is supposed the 
San José scale has not gained a foothold in European 
countries. Certain other plants, not liable to the 
attack of the San José scale, are also exempted from 
treatment under this act. These are: (1) green- 
