QUARANTINE CHARGES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 8

QUARANTINE CHARGES.

t : QUESTION. OP TIIEIR- ABOLITION. t,' - • .. > ■ i 'Die -Minister for, Agriculture was asked -Tecently •'•whether!:, he '.-would','"take: steps to [/^'abolish.:''quarantine charges; : aiid under(:v ; >;talce >to Cleiive - tlio importation: of stock ! to private, enterprise, instead of as -at t'S^\present..'spending;-:iE1500' ; oi' the taxpayers' r' money in competing -.with private stud i." • breeders. to the query, the ■"■; Minister stated that :«is theico'st. of the quarantine t• etations exceeds-': the, amount received in ; fees the Government , cannot see' its way i , to' accede to the request. ,Regarding the '.purchase.of. stock-,-tlie: Government,-;'con-f...-eidiririg':;the:. immense: value aSid tho growj,:'e irig-importance ;of the. dairyihg 'industry. to. New Zealand, does not propose discon-. ; ;turning the purchase; of dairy ■ stock, from Vv'- : ( -the; most.suitable" and . best.-: sources. .. -It is >essential :-jnV' the';'inte'rests ; of-the, in--.dustry that' all, reasonable, efforts be made" in the direction of improving the herds of: > tho Dominion to the .'Highest V,point''of; X; producing capacity. .;With' that; object in P:; view, : ,purchases,. will ,fromstime'totiuie i:. .'lie.: made hs,! ■.• ;: ,Ih::.this con-' p::iiectibn. both:.G6vernnjent'and privateJenjyS" terprise' should be encouraged; Recent. j:;7:V.testi)ag; of ■ dairy herds has disclosed -• the fact'/.that numbers -of .cow's . in this'-Do- ; minion., are not paying for. tho cost of |their, keep.,; In order,, therefore, that sets-; f tiers,may receive the utmost cash return, ■";-•. .from their land arid • industry, it is • im-. !•', ' stTains should be steadily added ■; to - thej • -fcrfds of the Dominion.' : ,