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Remedy. Where it is noticed in carpets, they should be at once 

 taken up and beaten thoroughly out of doors, the floors mopped 

 with scalding soap water. A great deal of the damage to woollen 

 articles which is attributed to the common cloth moth is the work 

 of this beetle. 



Appendix. 



THE INSECT PESTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1898. 



AN ACT to prevent the introduction into Western Australia of 

 Diseases affecting Orchards and Gardens, and to provide for 

 the eradication of such Diseases, and to prevent the spread 

 thereof. 



[Assented to, 28th October, 1898.] 



BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of 

 Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the 

 authority of the same, as follows : 



Short Title. 



1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Insect Pests Amend- 

 ment Act, 1898. 



Interpretation. 



2. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, 



" Disease " means any insect, fungus, or parasite found on or attack- 

 ing fruit or plants ; 



" Fruit " means the product of any plant, and includes the peel, skin, 

 or shell of such product, and also the seeds of such plant, whether 

 such fruit is or is not attached to such plant ; 



" Infected " means infected with disease; 



" Infected package " includes every case or other package in which 

 any diseased plant or fruit is or has been contained, or with 

 which any such plant or fruit has come in contact ; 



" Minister " means the Minister presiding over the Department of 

 Agriculture, or any member of the Executive Council, being a 

 responsible Minister of the Crown, who for the time is acting for 

 him; 



" Occupier," in the case of any orchard or land which is unoccupied, 

 or whose actual occupier is unknown or cannot be found, includes 

 the owner ; 



"Orchard" means auy land used for the purpose of growing or 

 cultivating plants, and extends to and includes garden, nursery, 

 vinery, vineyard, and hothouse ; 



"Plant" means any tree, flower, shrub, vegetable, or other vegeta- 

 tion. 



