1 Jan., 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. Vil. 
{Extract from Mew Zealand Gazette, 9th December, 1897.] 
Importation of Fruit infected with the Queensland Fruit-fly prohibited.— 
Notice No. 504. 
(L.8.) ' RANFURLY, Governor. 
A PROCLAMATION. 
Wuergas by the third section of “The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1896,” 
it is enacted that the importation of any plant (as defined by the said Act), 
fungus, parasite, insect, or any other thing likely to cause-the spread of any 
infection in the orchards of the colony, may be prohibited by Proclamation: 
And whereas it is expedient that the fruit and insects hereafter mentioned 
should be prohibited : 
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Harl of Ranfurly, the Governor of 
the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the said power and 
authority conferred upon me by the said Act, do proclaim that the importation 
into New Zealand of the fruits, parasites, and insects hereinafter mentioned 
shall be and is hereby absolutely prohibited, that is to say— 
Any fruit infected with the Queensland fruit-fly (Tephrites), or in or or 
which any such pest is or has been present in any form or stage of development. 
And if any fruit hereby prohibited is imported into the colony, it shall be 
dealt with, together with any package containing the same, in the manner 
provided by section 6 of the said Act with respect to plants and other things 
unlawfully introduced to the colony. 
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter 
. John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Knight Commander of the Most 
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor 
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of 
New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of 
the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this 
seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and ninety-seven. : 
JOHN McKENZIE, 
Minister for Agriculture. 
Gop Save THE QuEEN! 
By Authority: Epunp Grecory, Government Printer, Williain street, Brisbane. 
