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ever, cannot be allowed to take place, 

 and can only be stopped by bringing the 

 defaulters to Court. 



Locusts Acts.. 



ACT No. 42, 1901, should have been in- 

 cluded when publishing the Locusts 

 Acts in the last issue. 



In order to clearly show the effect of 

 the Amending Act of 1901, Act No. 30, 

 1898, is republished minus its repealed 

 clauses, and read in conjunction with 

 Act No. 42, 1901, should meet the case of 

 those wishing to bring pressure to bear 

 upon their neighbours— whether coloured 

 or otherwise— who refuse to take part in 

 locust destruction. 



ACT No. 30, 1898. 



To extend the provisions of Act No. 33, 

 1895, entituled an ' Act t > provide for 

 the Extermination of Locusts. 



BE IT ENA(;TED by the Queen's 

 Most Excellent Majesty, by and wiih 

 the advice and consent of the Legislative 

 Council and Legislative Assembly of 

 Natal, as follows : — 



1. This Act and Ac No.33,189o, shall be 

 read and construed together as one Act. 



2. [Repealed by Act No. 42, 1901.] 



3. Where any farm is infested by 

 locusts at that stage of their growth when 

 they are as yet unable to fly, the owner 

 or occupier of any adjoining farm may, 

 by notice in writing, call upon the owner 

 or occupier of the first-mentioned farm 

 to destroy the said locusts, and the latter 

 shall, if called upon to do so, assist, both 

 by himself and by his servants, in eflfecth 

 iiig their destrnction. 



4. Where any person requested to de- 

 stioy the locusts upon his farm shall 

 neglect or refuse to do so, the person who 

 requested him shall be at liberty to enter 

 upon the farm, together with his servants, 

 for the purpose of destroying the locusts, 

 and while so engaged neither he nor his 

 servants shall be deemed to be trespassers. 



5. Any expense incurred in destroying 

 locusts after notice given in the manner 

 hereinbefore provided shall be borne in 

 equal proportions by both parties, whether 

 the locusts shall have been destroyed by 

 both parties jointly, or by one or other of 

 them, and the party by whom the ex- 



penses may have been paid shall have a 

 right of action against the other party for 

 his proportionate share of such expenses. 



6. [Repealed by Act No. 42, 1901.] 



7. [Repealed by Act, No. 42 1901.] 



Given at Government House, Natal, 

 this Fifteenth day of August, 1898. 



I y command of iiis Excellency the 

 Governcjr, 



HKNRY BALE, 



Attorney-General. 



ACT No. 42, 1901. 



" To extend the operation of the Law 

 relating to the destruction of 

 Locusts.'''' 



BE IT ENACTED by the King's Most 

 Excellent Majesty, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Legislative 

 Council and Legislative Assembly of 

 Natal, as follows :— 



1. Hectiims 2, C, and 7 of Act No. 30, 

 1898, are hereby repealed. 



2. The provisions of Act No 30, 1898, 

 as amended by this Act, shall extend to 

 the whole Colony. 



3. 'Hie word " farm," as used in Act 

 No. 30, 1898, shall mean any rural pro- 

 perty, inclusive of Crown Lands and 

 lands of the Natal Native Trust. 



4. The notice provided for by Section 

 3 of Act No. 30, 1898, shall, in the case of 

 Crown Lands or lands belonging to the 

 Natal Native Trust, be given to the 

 Magistrate of the Division at least ten 

 days in advance. 



5. In the case of Crown Lands, the 

 propel proportion of the expenses referred 

 to in Section 5 of Act No. 30, 1898, shall 

 be borne by the general revenue, and in 

 the case of lauds belonging to the Natal 

 Native Trust, it shall be borne by the 

 Natal Native Trust. 



Given at Government House, Natal, this 

 Twenty-sixth day of August 1901. 



By command of His Excellency the 



CHARI.es J. SMYTHE, 



Colonial Secretary. 



The Shorthorn Society is movin? with the 

 times The principle of registering prefixes apd 

 affixes, which has worked so well in horse- 

 breeding, will be adopted by Shorthorn breederse 

 It will be the breeder's sign-manual on his stools, 



