POTATOES FOR AUSTRALIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 57, 30 November 1917, Page 8

POTATOES FOR AUSTRALIA

CONDITIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION. The conditions under which potatoes m the Gazette for the information oi New Zealand exporters. Potatoes sent W A + '! stral,aWlll »>t be admitted unless they are accompanied by an official cert.ficate, dated and signed by a re sponsible officer of a Governmental Pf rtm f e nt of the country .of origin, , the "specifying quantity, and certifyinga) Th rfi 8 * th ° dat eoftheissueof Phvt T l ficate ?W were fre <> from infestans (known u Insh bhght), Synchytrium endobioti! cum (known as potato canker, black Bcab, warty disease, and caulinower disease in potatoes), Spongospora subtorranea (known as powdery scrab), n.\ L° er senous dise ases; (b) That they wore grown in the country named v ; v (c) That they wore grown on premises known after due investigation not to-be or to have heen during the preceding twelve months infected with-' any of the said diseases; (d) That they were packed in the country of origin in clean, new' packRges. The bags, crates, or other- packages containing the potatoes must be marked on the outside with the name of the country of origin and with other distinguishing mark or marks. The potatoes, after being landed, are to be planted in quarantine in a quarantine station, and after having matured are, with the product of thoir cultivation, found on inspection to be free from disease. Provided that no consignment of potatoes shall exceed -14!b. in weight. It is provided further that the Minister may permit potatoes which are certified by a quarantine officer to be free from disease to be imported undei and subject to such) conditions as the Minister may think fit to impose, for use as food.