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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 infected shall be destroyed or 

 reshipped. 



Canada. According to the San Jose 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 Jose scale has not gained a foothold in European 

 countries. Certain other plants, not liable to the 

 attack of the San Jose scale, are also exempted from 

 treatment under this act. These are: (i) green- 



