ORCHARD TAX ACT

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13308, 11 October 1916, Page 3

ORCHARD TAX ACT

SOME PROVISIONS. Tho operation of the Orchard Tax Act passed last session came into force at tiie beginning of this month. The i :X. .. iiit h provides tor tho payment of t>ne shilling on all commercial orchards, is to be collected by the Government, and will afterwards be handed over to the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation for the development of the overseas markets, and also to encourage, as far as possible, the more extensive use of rruit as an article ot diet in Now Zealand. in the past the cost oi developing the industry has been borne l.y a comparative tow. 1 :ie ut.v is iulu ui.mi.l' mat Itu o* CiUU si.ail contribute in proportion to Lhe extent ot their oiehard. A regulation has also been gazetted which is designed to bring Hie person with one or iwo trees, which consistently refuses to spray, within reach of the inspector. The regulation provides for the registration ot every property which contains even a solitary fruit tree. The penalty for tailing to do so is a fine not exceeding t2U.