ORCHARD AND GARDEN PEST.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 95, 11 July 1902, Page 4

ORCHARD AND GARDEN PEST.

; vd ' anjl /jurats; Bill, which Minister of- Lands,- "» '*w£aanr&' oF"' twenty three clauses,- ;ip, ‘ the Government to prohibit by Girder in Qowueil- the introduction into the colony, or tftre^fettiov|.l ? frohi ond part of the fruit, insect., /or any other thing 1 wltich, 4itF hisf, opinion, is likely to ¥iite tnlAcc yfiseash inf.o New Zea land, jEhay /iljsa appoint’ 7spfecilied ports* the - only ports of entry'. 4or plants ojf fruit,( and may appoint "grounds' where plants or fruit teay be'disinfected or destroyed. Certain clauses are included in the Bill to provide for the eradication of diseases from orchards. -.These/'stipulate that the occupierw bf the orchard must do whatever is accessary" in this respect, and must, wifcffln forty eight hours afteL becoming ft ware of the presence of disease in his- or chard, give written notice ‘thereof te the Secretary for Agriculture at Wellington. A There is provision for the. appointment of inspectors, who are t > have power to enter any orehaycNoi - >or Ago/ <>n board any iind<. disinfect ,or destroy, at theexpcri'e of the owner, any diseased plants or fruit should the owner himself fail to do : so. ! * Compensation shall not be I payable- iii respect; * f anything <1 one by Tm inspector’ in the discharge of his duties, under this Act, nor shall a;tr inspector die - deemed to be a trespasser by reason of any entry or any rein >val' of property.. To ere a ret two schedules to the. Bill, giving the diseases aimed at. These are : First or 'West Australian fruit fly, San Jose scale, Queensland i'ru.it fly , and phyllpxeia; Second American blight, apple *sca 1%,, codliii moth, ..mussel or oyster scale. The C m.icil i*n any county, however, ' may declare that the second schedule : nail 1 e suspended in the district with- . i it- jurisdiction.