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Sir Daniel Morris proposed that a Committee should be 

 formed, consisting of Dr. Howard, Dr. Hewitt, Prof. Forbes, 

 Dr. MacDougall, Mr. Warburton, and the President of the 

 Section, to bring forward a resolution on Mr. Rogers's paper at 

 the next meeting of the Section. Mr. Rowland-Brown re- 

 quested Sir Daniel Morris to act on the Committee ; and Dr. 

 Hewitt having seconded the motion, it was unanimously carried. 



S. A. Forbes said that he had received for presentation at the 

 Congress a letter from C. W. Mally, Cape Province Entomo- 

 logist of South x\frica, which bore directly on the matter under 

 discussion. The essential part of the letter is as follows * 



" Insect Pest Regulations are sure to come up for discussion, 

 and I am therefore taking the liberty of sending you a copy of 

 the Agricultural Pest Act for the Union of South Africa, and also 

 the Regulations framed thereunder. The Act, together with the 

 Regulations, really constitutes a consolidation of all the Regulations 

 of the former Colonies — -now Provinces — and covers all British 

 South Africa except Rhodesia. 



" The outstanding feature of the Act is the limitation of plant 

 introductions to a very small number, and then only by special 

 permit. The object is to enable nurserymen and private parties 

 to get all the new varieties that seem desirable, and at the same 

 time prevent the miscellaneous introduction of common stuff 

 in large quantities. This limitation is really the outcome of the 

 plant-inspection work at Cape Town since 1900, the year I took 

 charge of the work. Up to that time nursery stock was imported 

 in bulk, sometimes as many as 15 to 20,000 trees at a time. In 

 two of these large consignments I found San José Scale, and the 

 whole consignments were therefore destroyed. 



"I found it exceedingly difficult to go through such large 

 consignments, and do not feel sure that I have not overlooked 

 some pest or other. The amount of time required was also a very 

 important item, for during the shipping season I could do nothing 

 else, and this coincided with the critical time for the starting of 

 investigation work for the year. It meant that I must do one 

 or the other. With the small lots of trees we can get through 

 them in a reasonable amount of time, and make almost absolutely 

 sure that there is no pest or disease present. When we led the 



