PLANTS, BULBS, ETC., FOR CANADA.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXX, Issue 5, 20 May 1925, Page 355

PLANTS, BULBS, ETC., FOR CANADA.

The following memorandum, was issued by .the Destructive Insect and Pest Act Advisory Board of Canada, dated Ottawa, 21st February, 1925: — “It has been brought to our attention by both the Customs and Post Office Departments that shippers of nursery stock from countries other than the United States are not complying with the regulations dealing with the forwarding of parcel-post shipments. Section X of Regulation 1 (Foreign) distinctly states that all such shipments must have an official label, furnished by this Board, attached to the package. No other label should appear thereon, but the shipper is advised to place a label inside the package giving the name and address of the ultimate consignee. Packages with two labels are frequently forwarded direct to destination, and then have to be returned to either Montreal or Vancouver for inspection, in which case the importer is required to pay . the cost of postage both ways.” . It will be seen that it is necessary for senders of such material by parcel-post to communicate with and obtain the necessary label or labels from the abovementioned Board before making the despatch.