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of fruit pests, who shall inspect or cause to be inspected such nursery stock, trees, or 
plants, and if they are found to be free from pests shall issue a certificate to the owner 
or person in charge stating that said articles appear to be free from pests. Such 
certificate shall be in force for three months from date of issue, unless revoked by 
further inspection. 
5. All persons owning or having in their possession nursery stock or trees and 
plants of any kind infected with insect pests or fungous disease shall cause the 
same to be disinfected and cleansed by using the remedies herein prescribed, or such 
other insecticides and fungicides as may be found effective and are approved of by 
a member of the board or the inspector of fruit pests, and no such infected nursery 
stock, trees, or plants shall be sold, forwarded, distributed, or parted with until a 
certificate of the satisfactory cleansing thereof shall have been obtained from a 
member of the board or his agent or the inspector of fruit pests. Any member of 
the board or the inspector of fruit pests may order the destruction, by rooting out 
and burning, all infected nursery stock, trees, or plants of any kind if in the opin- 
ion of such member of the board or inspector of fruit pests such a course is con- 
sidered expedient in the interests of the fruit-growing industry. 
6. All importers of fruit must give notice to a member of the board or his agent 
or the inspector of fruit pests upon the arrival of any and all shipments of fruit, 
and all fruit and fruit packages imported into this province shall be inspected, and 
if found to be free from insect pests and fungous disease a clean certificate shall be 
issued therefor in conformity with the rules and regulations of the board: Provided, 
however, That no fruit or fruit packages imported into this province shall be removed 
from any dock, wharf, mole, or station where such fruit and fruit packages have 
been landed before inspection and such clean certificate thereof shall have been 
obtained; and all such fruit and fruit packages as may be found infected with any 
insect pest or fungous disease shall be either destroyed by the importers thereof, by 
such process and within such time as any member of the board, the inspector of 
fruit pests, or any agent appointed by the board may direct, or shall be reshipped 
within such time as any member of the board, the inspector of fruit pests, or any 
agent appointed by the board may direct, by the importers, thereof, to some point 
without the Province. 
7. All fruit, whether imported or grown in this Province, or exposed for sale, shall 
be subject to inspection under the authority of the board, and if found to be infected 
with any injurious insect pest or fungous disease shall be quarantined, or may be 
destroyed at the expense of the owner of said fruit by such methods as the board or 
_its agents may direct. 
8. All persons shipping, sending, or delivering any fruit, fruit trees, scions, 
cuttings, or plants within the Province shall place upon or securely attach to each 
box, crate, or other package or parcel containing the same a distinct stamp, mark, 
or label showing the name of the producer and shipper or sender, and the locality 
where grown, but boxes and barrels containing fruit shall be stencilled or stamped 
with letters not less than three-quarters of an inch in length. 
9. All infected nursery stock shall, before being distributed, be disinfected by 
dipping in a solution of one pound caustic soda (concentrated lye) and one pound 
whale-oil soap to every five imperial gallons of water, thoroughly dissolved, and 
applied at 103° Fahrenheit in a vat or any suitable vessel, or the said nursery stock 
may be disinfected by covering with an air-tight tent or box, and for each and every 
100 cubic feet of space therein one ounce of fused cyanide of potassium (58 per cent), 
one fluid ounce of sulphuric acid, and two fluid ounces of water shall be used. The 
cyanide of potassium shall be placed in an earthenware vessel, the water poured 
over the said cyanide of potassium, afterwards adding sulphuric acid, and the tent 
or box to be immediately closed tightly and allowed to remain closed for not less 
_ than forty minutes. Treatment for disinfection shall continue until all insect pests 
or their larvee are destroyed. 
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