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On fruit, viz: 
Apples, pears, and quinces, the minimum fee shall be $1 on any sum up to $33, and 
3 per cent on any sum over $33 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. 
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 summary conviction before a justice of the peace, to a penalty not 
exceeding fifty dollars for each offence. 
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of the “‘horticultural board act,” or any amendments thereto, are hereby repealed, 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 foregoing rules and regulations substituted in lieu thereof. 
Horticultural and agricultural societies, and all those interested in advancing and 
protecting the interests of fruit growing, are requested to cooperate with the board 
in the enforcement of the provisions of the “‘ horticultural act” and the regulations 
thereunder as adopted by the board. 
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. Correspondence relating to other matters should be addressed to the sec- 
retary of the board. 
By command. 
J. R. ANDERSON, Secretary. 
OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF HORTICULTURE, 
Victoria, 25th June, 1897. 
Members of 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 horticul- 
tural 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, Westminster, 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. 
