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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 100, 25 October 1916, Page 8

It appears that a serious misappreben; sion exists in the minds not only of the public, but of some officials, as to the effect of the regulation requiring any person who has a fruit tree in his gardon to register it with the Department of Agriculture. The position, in brief, is this: The duty of registering is on the occupier, and no fee is charged unless the fruit is grown for profit. Speaking to a Post reporter this morning, the Bon. G. W. Russell said that while, in the South he noticed an ai-ticle in The Post in which the subject of the teeth of our population wns referred to. Id that article it was pointed out that a deputation from the Wellington Education .Board had waited upon him in April and that he had promised to enquire into the matter. "On the matter being considered," said Mr. Russell, "it was found that the medical inspection of schools is solely in the hands of the Minister of Education, and consequently the Public Health Department has no power to deal with the dental condition J