174 TBINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. \XIX. 4. 



Proclamation of Pests and Diseases. 



The following proclamation recently issued has replaced those 

 previously made, and contains all the pests and diseases at present 

 brought under the operation of the Ordinance. The Stem-bleeding 

 Disease of Coconuts has been removed from the list. 



PROCLAMATION NO. 56 OF 1921. 



Whereas by Section 2 of the Plant Protection Ordinance, 1919, it is 

 among other things provided that the expression " Disease" means any 

 disease affecting trees, shrubs or herbs caused by or consisting in the 

 presence of any pathogenical animal or vegetable organism which the 

 Governor may by proclamation from time to time declare to be a disease 

 within the meaning of the said Ordinance ; and that the expression 

 " Pest " includes any parasitical, epiphytal or other animal or vegetable 

 organism, and also any insect or other invertebrate animal (in whatever 

 stage of existence such insect or animal may be) affecting or injurious to 

 trees, shrubs or herbs, which the Governor may by proclamation from 

 time to time declare to be a pest within the meaning of the said 

 Ordinance ; 



And whereas it is expedient to declare the diseases and pests here- 

 under mentioned to be diseases and pests respectively within the meaning 

 of the said Ordinance ; 



Now, therefore, I Thomas Alexander Vans Best, Acting Governor 

 as aforesaid, do hereby declare Bud-rot disease. Red Ring disease 

 and Little-leaf disease of the Coconut palm ; Mosaic disease of the 

 Sugar-cane ; and Blossom-blight and Wither-tip of the Lime tree, to 

 be diseases within the meaning of the said Ordinance ; and the Bird 

 Vine, the Love Vine, the Coconut butterfly {Brassolis Sophorae), the 

 Parasol ant, the Cacao beetle, the Locust, the Gru-gru beetle {Bhynclw- 

 phoriis pahnaru77i) and the Rhinoceros beetle {Strategiis aloeus) to be 

 pests within the meaning of the said Ordinance. 



The proclamations Nos. 36 of 1907, 30 and 49 of 1912, 50 of 1915, 

 37 and 85 of 1918, 20 of 1920 and 45 of 1921 are hereby revoked. 



