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districts (such contributions not to exceed one halfpenny per tree), and 

 to make regulations for the destruction and eradication of the pest. 



Both the American blight and the codlin moth are still with us, 

 but both are kept well under in all the fruit-growing districts. It 

 is in small holdings where a few odd trees are grown and are not 

 registered, or get overlooked, that all the dangerous fruit pests are 

 found. Within recent years much more comprehensive legislation 

 than these isolated Acts covered was passed. Thus in 1903 was 

 enacted " The Orchard and Gardens Pest Act" — "An Act to prevent 

 the Introduction into New Zealand of Diseases affecting Orchards 

 and Gardens, and to provide for the eradication of such Diseases, 

 and to prevent the spread thereof." Section 4 gave power to the 

 Governor in Council to prohibit absolutely the introduction of any 

 plant, fruit, fungus, parasite, insect or any other thing likely to 

 introduce any disease into New Zealand. The First Schedule detailed 

 the following insects which were to be kept out by all possible means : 



Mediterranean or West Australian fruit fly {Halterophora capitata), 



San Jos6 scale {Aspidiotus perniciosus), 



Queensland fruit fly {Tephrites tryoni), 



Vine louse or Phylloxera {Phylloxera vastatrix). 

 The Second Schedule contained the names of pests already in the 

 country, whose eradication was left to district authorities to deal 

 with: 



American blight (Schizoneura lanigera), 



Codlin moth (Carpocapsapomonella), 



Mussel- or oyster-scale {Mytilaspis potnorum). 



Red mite (Bryobia pratensis). 



This Act was re-enacted in 1908 in the Orchards and Gardens 



Diseases Act, which consolidated all previous legislation. This Act 



is still in force, but its operations have been greatly extended by 



numerous Orders in Council, specifying certain insects, fungi, etc., 



to be rigidly kept out^. 



' The following is a list of these prohibited insects, etc., the fungoid and bacterial 

 pests being left out, as I have not attempted to deal with them in this work. Those 

 marked t have never been introduced into New Zealand as yet. If fruit, timber, 

 or other foreign material have shown any signs of these pests, they have been seized 

 at the port of entry and destroyed. 



1908, Sept. 7th: 



Tomato fruit fly {Lonchaa splendida) 



1911, Aug. 2ist: 



t Dacus facialis f Dacus kirki 



f Dacus virgatus -j- Dacus raratongiensis 



t Dacus melanotus \ Dacus passifloree 



t Dacus cucumis Currant-borer (Mgeria tipuliformis) 



f Dacus tongite \ Gypsy moth (Ocneria dispar) 



