30 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA: 



CHAPTER V. 



HORTICULTURAL QUARANTINE RULES. 



When we consider that the principal of the insect 

 pests in Victoria have been imported from other coun- 

 tries, does it not behove us to take some steps to prevent 

 a repetition of this very dangerous state of affairs ? 

 And I unhesitatingly affirm that, if some prohibitive 

 measures against the wholesale introduction of both 

 insect and fungus diseases are not forthcoming, it will be 

 a bad look-out for our farmers and orchardists. And to 

 draw attention to this important subject, I have included 

 in this part of the handbook a copy of the following 

 rules as carried out by the State Board of Viticultural 

 Commissioners of California : 



"Quarantine rules and regulations for the protection 

 of fruit and fruit trees from insect pests, namely, insects 

 injurious to fruit and fruit trees, authorized and approved 

 by the State Board of Viticultural Commissioners of 

 California. In pursuance of an Act entitled ' An Act 

 to define and enlarge the duties and powers of the Board 

 of State Viticultural Commissioners, and to authorize 

 the appointment of certain officers, and to protect the 

 interests of horticulture and viticulture,' approved 

 March 4, 1881, the chief executive horticultural and 

 health officer may appoint local resident inspectors in any 

 and all of the fruit-growing regions of the State, whose 

 duties shall be as provided in section 4 of an Act 

 entitled ' An Act to define and enlarge the duties and 

 powers of the Board of State Viticultural Commis- 

 sioners, and to authorize the appointment of certain 

 officers, and to protect the interests of horticulture and 

 viticulture/ provided that there shall be no compensation 

 for such services of inspection excepting a fee, not to 

 exceed one dollar for each certificate of disinfection, in 

 case of compliance with quarantine regulations, and to 

 exceed five dollars for each certificate of disinfection after 



