Historical information
(CONTINUED FROM INSCRIPTION AND MARKS)
1 qr 2 qrs 3 qrs 1 cwt
2/2 3/7 5/2 6/8
Railway freight on Trees to Mile End, 4 cwt about £1.10.6, per cwt 8/2, Vic 5/5, S.A. 2/9
Railway freight on Trees to Orange, N.S.W. 1 cwt about 11/5, per qr Vic 2/9, N.S.W. 1/7. 4/4 - 11/- qr parcel.
Railway freight on Trees to Orange, N.S.W. 14 lbs. 8/-
Railway Freight on Trees to Kelso, 8 cwt £1.15.0.
Sydney Agent - Wright Heaton Pitt St.
Launceston .. F.H. Stephens Pty Ltd. 41 St John St. L'ton & 11 William St
Canberra. 14 lbs (by passenger) 8/6
Fgh to Leura NSW on Cash 1 1/2 cwt 18/11
Significance
(CONTINUED FROM INSCRIPTION AND MARKS)
Cherries for certain places in N.S.W. (including Armidale & Glen Innes) must be dipped in Tar Distillate, and certificate sent to Inspector at Albury.
Fumigate for Leeton, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand.
Consignments to N.Z. containing Apple, Pear, or Quince Trees must be accompanied by a Fire-blight certificate as well as the ordinary Nursery certificate and form of invoice.
Bundles to N.S.W must not be large, in Bdles not over 1 cwt 1 qr where a number of Bdles and consigned as each bundle weight and a cheaper rate of Fgt will be charged otherwise bundles not to exceed 2 cwt.
India. Cases not to weigh over 5 mounds = 3 cwt 2 qr 18 lbs and not to exceed 8 x 5 x 4
Shipping freight to Adelaide 20/- per ton
Shipping freight to Sydney 15/- per ton
Shipping freight to Fremantle 38/- per ton about 6/6 per 100 tress
Shipping freight to Albany about 4/8 per 100 trees
Railway freight to Albury on plants in soil packed in cases
Physical description
Hard cover day book with red cover and burgundy spine. Label affixed to front cover reads 'Sales 15/6/35 - 25/7/36.' Extensive hand-written notes on inner front cover. 87 pages total, all used.
Inscriptions & markings
Label on outer front cover: 'Sales 15/6/35 - 25/7/36.'
Notes on inner front cover:
Manure July 20th 1936 at Shed
Blood & Bone 11/6 bag
Super 7/6 bag
Organite 5/6 bag
Super Ammonia 9/6 bag
Freight on case to Leura N.S.W. 1 1/2 (illegible) 18/11
1935
Reaper Binder (illegible) @ H/Ball
1936
Labels 12/6 per box
Straw 3/- cwt
Trees for Leeton send Fumigation Certificate to J.C. Guy Cole District Inspector
P.O. Box 111. Leeton.
Trees for Griffith or Yenda send certificate to District Inspector (crossed out section) Dept. of Agric. Leeton N.S.W.
Trees sent to Irrigation Areas must be accompanied by Phylloxera Certificate in addition to the Fumigation Certificate, Post certificates to the District Inspector, (crossed out section) Dept. of Agric. Leeton N.S.W.
All trees for N.S.W must have Lucerne Flea Certificate posted to Border (illegible) Inspector Albury N.S.W. showing on contents what varieties of trees, also whether sent by rail or boat. Contents must also be marked on label.
