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tv. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 May, 1900. 
“THE DISEASES IN PLANTS ACT OF 1896.” 
Department of Agriculture 
Brisbane, 19th J: anuary, ye 
H* Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pos 
; of the provisions of “The Diseases in Plants Act of 1896,’ has been pleased to ™ 
the following further Regulations. 3. V. OHATAWAY: 
THE FUMIGATION OF FRUIT FOR EXPORT. oat ted 
1, Any one who wishes to erect a chamber or building for the fumigating of fruit 1s et veabet 
to give notice to the Under Secretary for Agriculture, who will take steps to see that the cha 
or building is properly constructed. J be give 
2. When it is required to fumigate fruit for export, twenty-four hours’ notice must hte = 
to the said Under Secretary or such other officer as may be duly authorised to accept such ste sed : 
3. The operation of fumigating must be conducted under the control of an officer autho 
by the Minister for Agviculture. : «al point 
4. The fumigating chamber may be made of any convenient size or material, the essentia P' F = 
being that it shall be capable of being closed absolutely airtight, and provided with a flue t 
in the roof which can be opened or closed to allow of the escape of the gas after fumigation: gas. \— 
flue must be provided with a box or chamber to contain caustic soda or potash to destroy the 8% = 
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The fumigating chamber must be provided with a shutter or sliding panel in the lower portio 
of the door or wall. 
Door, flue, and shutter must all be made to close absolutely airtight. 
DIRECTIONS FOR FumIGATING witH HynrocyAnio Acrip Gas. : tas — 
Proportions of Ingredicnts.—For every 150 cubic feet of room take 1 ounce of cyanide of po 
sium, 5 fluid ounces sulphuric acid, 10 fluid ounces water. in the s= 
Having placed the fruit to be fumigated in the chamber, sce that the flue and the shutter ! im 
door or lower part of all are properly closed. + placed it 
The acid is then to be diluted in the following manner:—The whole of the water is P Metal 
a shallow china or glazed earthenware vessel, such as an ordinary wash-hand basin. ( to the 
vessels are inadvisable unless they are leaden ones.) The sulphuric acid is next poured 0D id. o— 
water in a thin stream, stirring the while with astick. Do not mix by adding the water to the a¢ in 
The basin containing the acid thus diluted (which should be allowed to cool) is now P 
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. in the 
The whole is now to be left to itself for one hour. At the end of this time the shutters 1 
flue and in the door are opened, and the draught produced drives the gas out of the chambers id = 
the end of half an hour the door is thrown open, and if the draught has been effective there tion i 
be hardly any trace of hydrocyanic gas recognisable. The chamber may be left in this con ‘ 
for another ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. The fruit is now to be moved and allow of 
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. ‘ atest 
Caution.—As hydrocyanic acid gas is most deadly in its effects on animal life, the st® 
care must be taken in its use. 
Department of Agriculture, 
Brisbane, ’ 
This is to certify that has treated cases of citrus fruit with hydt' 
co gas for one hour, under my supervision. These cases have been branded ‘‘Crow? 
‘assed. 
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Consigned to: 
Department of Agriculture, 899 
Brisbane, 26th January, 1 ales is 
4 Pee following Proclamation by His Excellency the Governor of New South W: 
published for general information. y. 
J. V. CHATAWA>: 
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New Sovuru Watzs, PROCLAMATION, ; ound 
to wit. By His Excellency The Right Honourable Hunry Ropert, VI8° of 
(1.8.) HAMPpEN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colory 
HAMPDEN, New South Wales and its Deperdencies, 
Governor. frou 
Wuerzas the Governor is empowered by Section 9 of the “Vegetation Diseases Act, 1897, hat 
time to time, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to declare any fungus or vegetable parasit® t 
ever to be a fungus within the meaning of the said Act: Now, therefore, I, Hunry Ro 
Viscount Hamppen, the Governor aforesaid, with the advice of the Executive Coun» . 
by this my Proclamation, declare Black Spot (Fusicladium) to be a fungus within the mea 
of the said Act. day of 
Given under my Hand and Seal, at Government House, Sydney, this twenty-second i ‘and 
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-el8 
in the sixty-second year of Her Majesty’s reign. 
By His Excellency’s Command, 
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