POTATO EXPORT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1314, 18 December 1911, Page 8

POTATO EXPORT.

THE AUSTRALIAN RESTRICTIONS.

After tho publication in New Zealand oi the Commonwealth I'roclnniiitioit in regard to tho iinportiition of Potatoes, tins Ministc.' for Agriculture communicated with the Australian Government, pointing out that of the hi-o diseases meiitionei}\}n*j) ''I'Rlit. while oxi.stin- in parts ol .the Dominion, lmcl not for some yours displayed :my special virulence, while the other disease, potato-canker, had not hitherto appeared in New Zealand. Vnder he circumstances, it was urged, reasonable facilities might bo given lor the importation ot potatoes produced in this country. As they stood, the regulations amounted to an absolute embargo for in most cases it was impossible for Now «'al:ind inspectors to certify that anv particular lot of potatoes "luul lieefi grown on premises known, aftw due inyest.gat.ion. not to be or to have, been during the preceding twelve months infected wilh cither of. the said d.--ea!se'" ■lo give such certincales, (he Minister pointed ou , woiild necessitate special nJ*, o ' , , 0 " ot . *™* ,>« which potatoes for export to Australia were being S rown, ,n d the cost of this would boVohibi■u. It was therefore suligjesteil that the Commonwealth Government should consider, the question of admitting potaoe.s trom New Zealand if acconipanicd 0 lv ert,fi f ato t t0 th ,° cft ' cc( tha t «t lee,? horn ° ach . had Been thoroughly oxaiiiin-:l and lia.l been tomid ree from the disease in qu Jo this communication the Federal Government has replied the neg the to, S <hiT r lt , sa -y s: ."l'he State reeulaiVnt t pp,y to "ifT-State trade in • ml brands, demand that each Sed b L aMom .nani«l by a certificate MRiied b> an inspector, declaring that he potatoes are to the best of hiAno „• ledge ree from Irish blight in Zstage of development, and from anr pofa-to-ihsease proclaimed by the imnorti I Mate, which includes practically all p O taJn niter-State onentmns here the State winch 3 per cent, may be found infectfd. This implies a much more minute inspection than of 10 per cent S'T; , tho inspector of (h, „. s on. Lnder the ciroum=tanees r«"ret »as expressed that tho request of the G ° V ™ l,t ™" 1(1 ™* 1*