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PIIYLLOXEBRA PREVENTIONr.
?ast week Profoessor Blunno, State Viti
cultural export, gave a courOse of instruc~
tlon to the 7onorary inspectors under the
Vnle and Voegetation Diseasos. Act, 'wh o
were lately appointed in the Maitland dlea
trfiet principally for .tle .purpol?. of guard
lng against the introduoiatlonolt phylloxorn
infeoted vines or cuttlngos.
Professor Blunnoopointeod ot, that In
spectors have powort o.o enter any build
inlg or dwelling, or board any shbip ?whe
they have reasoa to suspect the introtTu-e
tion of vines or otptings fromt prohibited
arena into the proclaimoed area of the
lHunter district. They. also had,power to
open cny paeokage of plants or trees at any
rallway statlion, and to.odestroy them, if
vines from infected areas wore found: in
thelm. The inspectors are arranging to
periodically visit .railway stations, post
oficeo, 'anod varlous other places, and wills
from time.to time, warn the public of
their liability under rfe Act through the
press. The maxlmourn penalty for the In
troductlon of vines orocuttlnfs from In
looted. areas is,: £20. The oeounties of
Camden nnd Cumberland have been pro
claimed infeooted amraB; and vines or cut
tings .from those countseo are prohibiteod
from being introduced:into the land toe
trjots of Newcastle,. Maitland, Singloton,
Mluswollbrook, aud Dungog. Theo:inspec
tore for the Hunter:dlatrliot are lMessrs.
A . DKl Kiman . L, E Kolmnn, J. O. Y.
Tyrroll, J, Y1 Tulloch;, A. H .WillkhnoO,
tG. fM.. Wilklinson, and~ I. N, Doyle..
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