ry. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 e., 1900 | 
“THE DISEASES IN PLANTS ACT OF 1896.” 
Department of Agriculture, Rt 
Brisbane, 19th January, 189)” 
| i IS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in puts ie ! 
of the provisions of “ The Diseases in Plants Act of 1896,” has been pleased to™” | 
the following further Regulations. 
J. V. CHATAWA! 
THE FUMIGATION OF FRUIT FOR EXPORT. ib 
1, Any one who wishes to erect a chamber or building for the fumigating of fruit is requey 
to give notice to the Under Secretary for Agriculture, who will take steps to see that the cham 
or building is properly constructed. svell 
2. When it is required to fumigate fruit for export, twenty-four hours’ notice must be ff | 
tu the said Under Secretary or such other officer as may be duly authorised to accept such D0 veel | 
3. The operation of fumigating must be conducted under the control of an officer au 
by the Minister for Agriculture. Be 
4, The fumigating chamber may be made of any convenient size or material, the essential pol t 
being that it shall be capable of being closed absolutely airtight, and provided with a flue}, | 
in the roof which can be opened or closed to allow of the escape of the gas after fumigation. | 
flue must be provided with a box or chamber to contain caustic soda or potash to destroy the 0! | 
The fumigating chainber must be provided with a shutter or sliding panel in the lower Pov 
of the door or wall. | 
Door, flue, and shutter must all be made to close absolutely airtight. 
DiREcTIONS FoR FumicAtinc wrtH Hynrocyanio Acip Gas. fr| 
Proportions of Ingredients.—For every 150 cubic feet of room take 1 ounce of cyanide of Po” 
sium, 5 fluid ounces sulphuric acid, 10 fluid ounces water. «the | 
Having placed the fruit to be fumigated in the chamber, see that the flue and the shutter" | 
door or lower part of all are properly closed. ; raced il . 
The acid is then to be diluted in the following manner:—The whole of the water is p ‘Met! | 
a shallow china or glazed earthenware vessel, such as an ordinary wash-hand basin. ( the | 
vessels are inadvisable unless they are leaden ones.) The sulphuric acid is next poured on es 
water in a thin stream, stirring the while with a stick. Do not mix by adding the water to the edit 
The basin containing the acid thus diluted (which should be allowed to cool) is now pl , 
the fumigating chamber, and the cyanide of potassium is emptied into it. 
The gas is given off with great violence, and the door should be immediately closed. the 
The whole is now to be left to itself for one hour. At the end of this time the shutters 1” Ab 
flue and in the door are opened, and the draught produced drives the gas out of the chamber ald 
the end of half an hour the door is thrown open, and if the draught has been effective there iti 
be hardly any trace of hydrocyanic gas recognisable. The chamber may be left in this com! 
for another ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. The fruit is now to be moved and allow ‘| 
remain in a well ventilated place, preferably out of doors, for another half an hour, Samp | 
fruit will be examined from time to time by the entomologist. ates! 
Caution.—As hydrocyanic acid gas is most deadly in its effects on animal life, the gt 
care must be taken in its use. 
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Department of Agriculture, 
“: Brisbane, ee , api 
This is to certify that has treated cases of citrus fruit with bydroey vel 
acid gas for one hour, under my supervision, These cases have been branded ‘Crow? 
Reece : 
ipping marks: 
Per qs. “ 
Consigned to: 
Department of Agriculture, 99. 
Brisbane, 26th January, 18 a | 
(FHE following Proclamation by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales © | 
published for general information. 6 | 
J. V. CHATAWA 
New Souru Watzs, PROCLAMATION. ot 
to wit. By His Excellency The Right Honourable Hunry Roxyrt, Vis00" 
(1.8.) HAmpPpen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony 
HAMPDEN, New South Wales and its Dependencies. 
Governor. 
. 1 fro | 
Wuerzgas the Governor is empowered by Section 9 of the “Vegetation Diseases Act, 1897, fro | 
time to time, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to declare any fungus or vegetable parasil© 7 og. | 
ever to be a fungus within the meaning of the said Act: Now, therefore, I, Henry RO?" 
Viscount HamppEn, the Governor aforesaid, with the advice of the Executive Counc)» iy 
by this my Proclamation, declare Black Spot (Fusicladium) to be a fungus within the mea? i 
of the said Act. 
Given under my Hand and Seal, at Government House, Sydney, this twenty-second doy | 
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eighh © 
in the sixty-second year of Her Majesty’s reign. : 
By His Excellency’s Command, 
zi i JOSEPH COO’ 
Gop SAVE THE QuzEN! 
