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ing to horticulture, and to preserve the same; to collect statistics and other informa- 

 tion showing the actual condition and progress of horticulture in this province and 

 elsewhere; to correspond with agricultural and horticultural societies, colleges, and 

 schools of agriculture and horticulture, and other persons and bodies, as he may he 

 directed by the board ; and prepare, as required by the board, reports for publication. 



Sec. 11. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the board, and pay 

 out the same only for bills approved by it, and shall render annually a detailed 

 account to the board of all receipts and disbursements. 



Sec. 12. The board shall annually, in the month of January, report to the minister 

 of agriculture a statement of its doings and any regulations made under this act, 

 with a copy of the treasurer's account for the year preceding, and abstracts of the 

 reports of the inspector of fruit pests, and of the secretary; and such reports shall 

 be laid before the legislative assembly immediately, if it be in session, or, if not, 

 within fifteen days after the opening of the next session thereof. The members of 

 the board shall receive as compensation for their services their mileage actually 

 paid out when attending the meetings of the board, and shall be allowed a sum not 

 exceeding five dollars a day for time actually employed, to be fixed by the lieutenant- 

 governor in council. 



Sec. 13. The said board shall, when making its annual statement, report to the 

 minister of agriculture what, if any, legislation is needed in aid of the horticultural 

 and fruit-growing interests of the province. 



Sec. 14. The powers and duties devolving by this act upou the said board and the 

 inspector of fruit pests, in relation to fruit and fruit trees, shall extend to hops and 

 hop plants for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease among hops and hop 

 plants, and of extirpating any pests affecting the same. 



Sec. 15. Every person violating the provisions of this act shall be liable, upon 

 summary conviction before one justice of the peace, to a penalty not exceeding fifty 

 dollars. 



Sec. 16. The "Horticultural board act, 1892," and the "Horticultural board act 

 (1892) amendment act, 1893,'' are hereby repealed, and the foregoing provisions sub- 

 stituted in lieu thereof. 



Provincial Board of Horticulture. 



[Rules and regulations made and published under authority of section 7 of the "Horticultural board 



act, 1894.*'] 



Title. 



Section 1. These regulations may be cited as the "Horticultural regulations, 



1894." 



Definition of pests. 



Sec. 2. In these regulations the word "pests" shall mean and include woolly aphis, 

 apple-tree aphis, scaly-bark louse, oyster-shell bark louse, San Jose" scale, red scale, 

 borers, codlin moths, currant worms, or other known injurious insects, and all fun- 

 gous diseases. 



Notification of the presence of pests. 



Sec. 3. All nurserymen, fruit growers, and all persons owning, occupying, or 

 managing an orchard, garden, or nursery iufested with any pest shall notify the 

 member of the board for the district in which such orchard, garden, or nursery is 

 located, or the secretary or inspector, or the agent of the board in the district, of 

 the fact that such orchard, garden, or nursery is so infested. 



Inspection of nursery stock. 



Sec. 4. All dealers, nurserymen, or persons importing, selling, or distributing 

 nursery stock, trees or plants, for which no clean certificate is in force, shall, before 

 distributing or offering for sale auy article above mentioned, notify the member of 



