BOARD OF AGRICULTURE ORDERS, 315 



The same Oixler also refers to other pests which so far 

 have not been discovered doing any damage here, but 

 which would undoubtedly do so if they once obtained a 

 footing in this country. They are the Vine Louse, or 

 Phylloxera, San Jose Scale, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, 

 Colorado Beetle, Potato, Gipsy, and Nun Moths, Cherry 

 Fly, Gooseberry Black Knot Disease, Tomato Leaf Spot, 

 Melon Canker, and the American Pear Blight. 



Eeaders of this volume would do well to carefully 

 study the facts embodied in the recent Order, which we 

 print i7i extenso below. It is particularly essential that 

 they should do so in the cas'e of the Black Scab Potato 

 Disease and the iVmercian Gooseberry Mildew, not only 

 in the interests of themselves, but in that of the crops. 

 The directions given in the Order are very clear, and are 

 as follows : 



" Notification of Discovery of iNf^ECT or Pest. 



" 1. — (1) The occupier of any premises on which an 

 insect or pest mentioned in the schedule to this Order 

 exists, shall forthwith notify the fact, with particulars of 

 the time and place of discovery, to the officer appointed 

 by the local authority to receive such notices; or, if no 

 such officer has been appointed, to the Board; and, where 

 practicable, a specimen of the insect or pest shall accom- 

 pany the notice. 



*' (2) An officer of a local authority who receives a 

 notice under this article shall forthwith report the fact 

 to the local authority. 



" (3) The local authority, on receiving in any manner 

 notice of the existence or apparent existence of an insect 

 or pest mentioned in the schedule to this Order shall 

 forthwith transmit the information to the Board, and 

 take such steps as may be necessary to determine to what 

 extent the insect or pest exists. 



'' Powers of Entry. 

 " 2. An inspector or other officer appointed in that 

 behalf by the local authority, and any inspector of the 



