THE CODLIN MOTH PEST.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2180, 29 June 1886, Page 2

THE CODLIN MOTH PEST.

The following is the draft bill to amend the Codlin Moth Act, which it is intended to submit to the meeting of the Waikato Horticultural Society on Thursday :— A Bill to Amkxd thk Codlin Moth Act, 1884, Mi ir E.VAcrKD, kc. 1. The short title of this Act is the Codlin Moth Act, 1884, Amendment Act, 18815. 2. In this and the amended Act, if not inconsistent with the context, inspector includes general inspector, orchard means any fruit tree wherever growing, notified means advertised in any newspaper circulating in the district, clean district and unclean dis trict mean respectfully districts notified an Hitch by an inspector, and the said Act moans the Codlin Moth Act, ISB4. 3. This Act shall bo read with and considered as a part of the Codlin Moth Act, 1884, and shall come into operation on the 15th day of September, 188(5. 4. Section 4 of the said Act is heieby repealed. 5. Section 5 of the said Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is enacted . There shall be payable to the Codlin Moth Fund by the occupier of every orchard in a ■clean district a contribution of a sum of not exceeding id, and by the occupier of every orchard in every unclean district * contribution of not exceeding $d for every tree growing in the orchard occupied by him, the amount of such contribution in any one year nut to exceed the aforesaid ratei, and to be fixed by the general inspector by notifications in one or more newspapers circulating in the district in the month of September in each year. Any contributions levied and not expended in any one year shall be available for exi>enditure during the next year, after which they shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. If at any time the contributions shall be inefficient to defray all lawful charges against the Codlin Moth Fund, the deficiency shall be paid from the Consolidated Fund. 6. Section 6 of the said Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is en* acted as follows : — The occupier of every orchard shall, on the Ist dny of Ocober, 1880, and on the same day in each succeeding year deliver at such place as the general inspector may appomt by notification in one or more newspapers circulating in the district, a return in the from in the schedule to the said Act stating the number and descriptions of trees growing in his orchard. And every occupier who refuses or neglects to make such return shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not exceeding £10 for each offence. 7. Section 9 of the said Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is enacted as follows :— There shall be applied out of the Codlin Moth Fund, or if that shall be insufficient out of the Consolidated Fund, such sums of money as may be required for the salaries and allowances of the General Inspector and all inspectors appointed by him, 4ud for the carrying out generally of 'the provisions of thtf »aid Act, and this Act notwithstanding any Act with reference to th n audit of .public accounts. 8. The Goveruor-in-Council may, from time to time, appoint a General Inspector of orchards, who shall have power to appoint on the recommendation of a road board, and from time to time to dismiss and remove any inspector*, and may from time to time dismiss and remove any such General Inspector. J). Section IT. of the said Act is hereby repealed, and iv lieu thcicof it is enacted as follows : — The gener.il inspector and every inspector shall exercise and discharge the seveial powers, ant hoi itie«, imd duties (irescrilted by tho s.ud Act, and may at any reasonable time enter upon any orchard in any district for the purpose of insiieuting the tiees in such orchard and the fruit thereon. If any person refuses to allow any inspector to enter at any reasonable time on his orchard or to examine any tree or fruit being therein or thereon, or impedes, hinders, or attempt* to impede or hinder any inspector from examining such trees or fruit, such person shall forfeit and pay a |ien.iltv not exceeding £20. 10. All districts shall be coterminous with the boundaries of counties unless otherwise specially provided for by Order-in Coun il. 11. Any inspe"t»r sh ill have power to declare the district in which ho is authorised to act, a clean or an unclean district, by notification iv a uewspiper jjeneraUy circulating in the district, and if it shall lie proved to him that any Codlin Moth or the larvae thereof exists in his district it shall bo his duty t» declare such distiict to be an unclean district upon the request of five occupiera of orchards. 12. The Governor-in-Council may, from time to time, make, rescind, and alter regulations. [Follow on as in Section 12, Codlin Moth Act, 1884.] 13. Any occupier in a clean district whose orchard is infected in any degree with Codlin Moth shall be liable to a penalty for each offence of £5, half of which shall be paid to the informer on a conviction being obtained. 14. At the end of Section 14 of the said Act the words " five pounds " shall be struck out and the words " twenty pounds" substituted therefor. 15. At the end of Section 15 of the said Act, the word "informant" shall be substituted for the word "defendant." IC. Section 17 of the said Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is enacted : — All penalties and sums of money recoverable under this Act, excepting such portion of a penalty as may be payable to an informer, shaft, when recovered be paid into the Connolidated^Fund to the credit of the Codlin Moth Fund. 17. The General Inspector shall exercise all functions exerciseable by Inspectors under the said Act in addition to bis powers and duties prescribed in this Act.

Messrs A. Laybourn and Co. 'a new advertisement appears in this issue. Lawrence Sutton, Waitetuna, bus filed a declaration in bankruptcy. First meeting of creditors at the deputy assignee's office, The Waikato Time* Buildings, Hamilton, on Monday next. Mr Sharp's sale of fruit trees at Te Awamutu is postponed until farther notice. The Cambridge Road Board invite tenders for spavelHug from Hay ton's corner to Cambridgde. The house ana land formerly in the occupation of the late Mr B. Edwards are advertised to be let or leased. For particulars see advertisement. Mr J. S. Buckland has received instructions from Mr John Brown to soil at his farm, near Cambridge, on Monday next, the sth July, the whole of his racehorses, Alpha, Snake, Joe, Ingomar, and the well-known stallion Kenihvorth, draught horses, hacks, waggons, drays, harness, implements, furniture, dairy cows, young cattle, &c. Sco list iv advertisement.