90 



Legal action to enforce removal of lalang, particularly from 

 holdings bordering on estates or other clean holdings, was commenced 

 in 1915 in the States of Perak and Selangor. During 1916 this 

 action was continued steadily and a certain number of cases were 

 instituted in Pahang ; in Negri Sembilan no legal action has 

 yet been inforced, reliance being placed entirely on the advice 

 of the inspecting officers, which is fairly frequently adopted 

 especially by Chinese. The process of educating the small holders 

 to realize the importance of doing the work necessary to keep his 

 land free from this serious pest, which not only itself damages the 

 rubber tree but is frequent source of almost entire loss though fire, 

 will be as slow as that of teaching him to treat pink disease and is 

 again to be arrived at only by gradual and steady education. 



These then are the three main lines of action which have been 

 followed during the years 1915 and 1916, and the number of court 

 cases which have been taken in connection with them are given in 

 the following table : 



Pink Disease, 



Lalang. 



