62 Provincial Board of Horticulture. 1897 



When nursery stock, trees or plants are found to be infected with insect pests or diseases, 

 a charge of 50 per cent will be added to the foregoing rates, to pay expenses of the quarantine 

 officers for supervising, disinfection, and subsequent inspections. 



On fruit, viz. : — 



Apples, pears and quinces, the minimum fee shall be $1.00 on any sum up to $33.00, and 

 3 per cent, on any sum over $33.00 in value. 



It is furthermore provided that all other varieties of fruit shall be subject to inspection, 

 if deemed necessary, on the same terms, and subject to the same fees as those above mentioned. 



Certified invoices will be required. 



Penalties. 



17. Every person violating the provisions of the " Horticultural Board Act, 1894," or any 

 amendments thereto, or the Rules and Regulations adopted by the Board, is liable, upon sum- 

 mary conviction before a Justice of the Peace, to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for 

 each offence. 



Sepealing former Rules and Regulations. 



18. All Rules and Regulations heretofore adopted and published under the authority of 

 the " Horticultural Board Act," or any amendments thereto, are hereby repealed, and the fore- 

 going Rules and Regulations substituted in lieu thereof. 



Recommendations. 



Horticultural and Agricultural Societies, and all those interested in advancing and pro- 

 tecting the interests of fruit-growing, are requested to co-operate with the Board in the enforce- 

 ment of the provisions of the " Horticultural Act," and the regulations thereunder, as adopted 

 by the Board. 



Correspondence. 



All correspondence relating to the extirpation of fruit pests should be addressed to the 

 Inspector of Fruit Pests, or the member of the Board whose district may be affected. Corres- 

 pondence relating to other matters should be addressed to the Secretary of the Board. 



By Command, 



J. R. ANDERSON, 



Secretary. 

 Office of the Provincial Board of Horticulture, 



Victoria, 26th June, 1897. 



Membees op the Board. 



The Honourable the Minister of Agriculture. 



Jas. R. Anderson, Deputy Minister of Agriculture. 



R. M. Palmer, Inspector of Fruit Pests, of Victoria, to represent the First Horticultural 

 District, which comprises Vancouver Island and the islands adjacent thereto. 



Thomas Cunningham, of New Westminster, to represent the Second Horticultural District, 

 which comprises the Electoral Districts of New Westminster City, Vancouver City, Westmin- 

 ster, Cassiar, and that portion of Comox lying on the Mainland of British Columbia. 



Thomas G. Earl, of Lytton, to represent the Third Horticultural District, which comprises 

 the remainder of British Columbia not included in the two other districts. 



