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the infested trees. Neither treatment yielded satisfactory results. 
The action of gas-lime was also tried by placing the maggots in 
mixtures of gas-lime and soil in different proportions. The gas- 
lime was apparently without effect upon them. 
In an orchard where there was a flow of artesian water it was 
found possible to drown 6ut the maggots by making a circular 
dam round the trees and keeping them flooded for a few days. 
Another plan was to pick the fruit unripe, and allow it to 
ripen under shelter. 
Of vineyard pests the most destructive in W.A. are the cut- 
worms, which are in nearly every vineyard, the most effective 
remedy being a poisonous bait of bran and Paris Green. The 
common vine-moth does not occur; neither does Phylloxera 
Vastatrix. Nearly all the pests common to vegetable gardens in 
the eastern colonies have found their way into W.A. 
No. 8.—ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 
By W. W. Frocearr, Entomologist to the Department of 
Agriculture, N.S.W. 
(Read Tuesday, 11 January, 1898. ) 
Published in Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W., vol. ix, Part 3. 
No. 9.—ON THE PINE TREES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
By R. T. Baker, F.L.S., Curator, Technological Museum, 
Sydney. 
(Read Tuesday, 11 January, 1898.) 
No. 10.—MILK ANALYSIS IN ITS RELATION TO THE 
BUTTER AND CHEESE INDUSTRIES. 
By £. W. Ports, F.C-8. 
(Read Tuesday, 11 January, 1898.) 
