•240 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Order, or for any other purpose of the Order. Any such 

 Order may, if the Privy Council think fit, prohibit the 

 keeping, selUng, or exposing or offering for sale, or the 

 keeping of living specimens of- the said insect, in any stage of 

 existence, or the distribution in any manner of such speci- 

 mens. Any such Order may impose penalties for offences 

 against the Order, not exceeding ten pounds for any offence ; 

 and those penalties shall by virtue of this Act be recoverable, 

 with costs, on summary conviction before two justices of the 

 peace, and shall be applied as penalties recovered under the 

 Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, are applicable. 



111. — Where by any Order under this Act the Privy 

 Council direct or authorise the removal or destruction of any 

 crop, they may direct or authorise the payment by the Local 

 Authority of compensation for the crop ; and the Local 

 Authority shall pa}' the same, subject and according to the 

 following provisions: — 1. In the case of a crop on which the 

 said insect, in any stage of existence, is found, the compen- 

 sation shall not exceed one half of the value of the crop. 

 •2, Li every other case the compensation shall not exceed 

 three-fourths of the value of the crop. 3. The value of the 

 crop shall in each case be taken to be the vahie which, in 

 ordinary circumstances, the crop would have had at the time 

 of its removal or destruction. 4, The Local Authority may, 

 if they think fit, require the value of the cro]) to be ascer- 

 tained by their officers or by arbitration. 5. The Local 

 Authority may, if they think fit, withhold compensation if, in 

 relation to the crop, the owner or the person having charge 

 thereof, has, in their judgment, done anything in contra- 

 vention of, or failed to do anything in compliance with, any 

 Order under this Act. 



IV. — The Local Authorities under the Contagious Diseases' 

 (Animals) Act, 1869, with their respective districts, local 

 rates, clerks, and committees, shall be in like manner Local 

 Authorities for the purposes of this Act. The Privy Council 

 may, if they think fit, require a Local Authority to carry into 

 effect any Order of the Privy Council under this Act. The 

 expenses incurred and compensation paid by a Local 

 Authority in pursuance of any Order under this Act shall be 

 paid by them out of the local rate. 



This Act may be cited as The Destructive Insects Act, 

 18/7. 



