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Molasses for Stock Feeding. 



The Board of Agriculture are informed that the Governor of 

 the Cape Colony has issued regulations prohibiting the intro- 

 duction into that Colony, except by sea 



Tr^s^c^into ° r P ° St ' °^ trees ' P* ants > and portions 

 Cape Colony. thereof, e.g, y cuttings, roots, tubers, and 

 bulbs ; and of fruit of all kinds grown else- 

 where than in South Africa. It is, moreover, absolutely forbidden 

 to import grape vines or any portion or fruit thereof ; and, 

 from January 1st, 1904, peach stocks and peach stones. After 

 that date, the importation of any fruit tree or portion thereof 

 (with the exception of fruit, seed, seedling stocks for budding 

 or grafting purposes, and blight-proof stocks for apples) will be 

 allowed only by special permission from the Minister for Agri- 

 culture at Cape Town. No permit will be granted for the 

 introduction of more than ten trees or one hundred cuttings 

 of any one variety ; nor will permits be issued for more than an 

 aggregate of one hundred trees, or one thousand cuttings, to 

 any party during one year. Imported plants, fruit, and their 

 packages will be officially examined, and trees and woody 

 plants will be fumigated before delivery to the consignees. 

 The plants must be disinfected or destroyed if found infested 

 with any injurious insect or plant disease. The regulations do 

 not apply to any consignment imported in bond for places 

 beyond the borders of the Colony, or to canned, dried, or other- 

 wise preserved articles in which there is no longer any plant 

 life. Any person contravening these regulations is liable to 

 a fine or imprisonment not exceeding £100 or six months 

 respectively. 



Section I. of the Revenue Act, 1903, provides that molasses 

 imported into Great Britain or Ireland shall not be liable to 

 duty under Section II. of the Finance Act, 

 Exemption from 1901, if it is to be used solely for the 



SSSSSS p-p° se of food for stock ' and such 



Stock. conditions are complied with in respect 



thereof as to proof, security, and otherwise 

 as may be imposed by the Commissioners of Customs for the 



