REPORT OF SENIOR INSPECTOR, FRUIT EXPORTS 9 



AND IMPORTS. 



IMPORTATION OF NURSERY STOCK, TREES, PLANTS, AND VEGETABLES FROM 



OTHER STATES. 



11. No nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables shall be imported, introduced, 

 or brought into the State of Victoria from any State or territory of the Common- 

 wealth of Australia unless 



(a) they be accompanied by a certificate signed by an officer of the Department 

 of Agriculture of the exporting State or territory, stating that such 

 goods have been examined by him, found to be reasonably free from 

 disease, and fit for export, and that the packages containing the said 

 nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables are new ; 



(6) the arrival of such' nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables has been 

 duly notified to the inspector at the port of entry, and such nursery 

 stock, trees, plants, or vegetables have been submitted to him for 

 inspection, and a certificate or written authority of removal obtained 

 from him ; 



(c) each case, crate, bag, or bundle or other package containing nursery stock, 

 trees, plants, or vegetables, and each bunch of bananas has indelibly 

 and legibly printed, marked, stencilled, or impressed upon it, or upon 

 a label, ticket, or tag attached thereto, the grower's or exporter's name 

 and address, or his registered mark or brand, in letters or figures of not 

 less than one-half inch in length. 



12. All nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables imported into Victoria from 

 any other State or territory, if complying with the conditions set out in Regula- 

 tion 11 (a) shall be accepted as far as possible as being in the state or condition 

 described in the certificate therein required, but it an inspector sees fit, he may 

 inspect such nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables on arrival, and may reject 

 the same if found to be diseased. All such diseased nursery stock, trees, plants, or 

 vegetables shall be dealt with in accordance with the Act and these Regulations at 

 the expense of the importer. 



13. No potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) or tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) shall 

 be imported, introduced, or brought into Victoria from any other State or territory 

 of the Commonwealth of Australia except under the following conditions : 



(a) That the arrival of such potatoes or tomatoes has been duly notified to an 

 inspector, and a written certificate or written authority of removal 

 has been obtained from an inspector. 



(6) That they are accompanied by a certificate signed by an officer of the 

 Department of Agriculture of the exporting State or territory, setting 

 forth that they have been examined by him and found fit for export. 



(c) That they are packed in new bags or other new packages, branded with 



the name and address of the grower and the number of the district 

 wherein they have been grown. 



(d) That a declaration, in writing, accompanying such potatoes or tomatoes 



that the grower has no knowledge of Irish Blight (Phytophthora infestans) 

 being in his crop. 



(e) That they have been grown in an area certified clean by an officer of the 



Department of Agriculture of the exporting State or territory. 



(/) That all such potatoes or tomatoes have been inspected at the port of 

 export, and are accompanied by a certificate, in the form of certificate, 

 Schedule A, hereto, stating that the potatoes or tomatoes appear to 

 be free from Irish Blight and other proclaimed diseases, and that they 

 have not been in or carried through any district wherein Irish Blight 

 is known to exist. 



(g) That all such potatoes or tomatoes aforesaid are forwarded through the 

 Port of Melbourne or other such p^ces as may be approved by the 

 Minister of Agriculture for the State of Victoria. 



