322 Prevalence of Stem Eelworm and Frit Fly. [july, 



or to the Local Authority, as the case may be, a report on the facts of 

 the case. If Foul Brood is found to exist on the premises inspected, the 

 report is to contain a short and concise statement of the method of 

 treatment, if any, which the Inspector recommends should be carried 

 out by the bee-keeper. If the Inspector in his report advises destruc- 

 tion, he is also to state, approximately, the amount, if any, payable 

 in- accordance with the scale of compensation, if any, adopted by the 

 Local Authority 



The Local Authority is to decide as to the action to be taken in each 

 case reported by their Inspector, and to cause to be served on the bee- 

 keeper, either by their Executive Officer or by the Inspector, a notice 

 in the Form A set out in the Schedule, or as near thereto as practicable, 

 requiring him to carry out within three days from the date of such notice 

 the measures for cleaning, disinfection, and destruction specified therein. 



The Department may cause a like notice to be served in cases reported 

 by their Inspector. 



The bee-keeper must notify in writing to the Local Authority or to 

 the Department, as the case may be, the date on which he complied 

 with the requirements of the notice. 



The Inspector shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent the 

 disease being- carried by him from an infected apiary to another apiary, 

 whether infected or not. If the bee-keeper so desires, the Inspector, 

 when inspecting an apiary, shall permit the bee-keeper to manipulate 

 the stocks to be dealt with, provided that the bee-keeper acts in all 

 respects to the Inspector's satisfaction. If necessary for the proper 

 examination of comb in a fixed comb hive, the Inspector may cut out 

 a portion of the brood comb. 



Compensation for the destruction of bees, articles, and appliances may 

 be allowed by a Local Authority at a rate not exceeding amounts laid 

 down by the regulations. 



Any bee-keeper whose bees, articles, and appliances have been de- 

 stroyed under these regulations, and who has complied in every respect 

 with the Notice served on him may claim compensation for such de- 

 struction from the Local Authority, provided such Local Authority has 

 adopted the resolution referred to in Section 6 (3) of the Act. The Local 

 Authority is to decide as to the amount of compensation. 



Compensation is not in any case to be paid by a Local Authority 

 without the written direction of the Department of Agricultural and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland. 



The regulations provide for an annual return of all cases reported 

 to Local Authorities under the Act. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have received information 

 as to damage done to the oat crop during the present year by the 

 Stem Eelworm and the Frit Fly. 

 Prevalence of Stem The Board desire to inform farmers that 

 Eelworm and Frit Fly. copies of leaflets on the subject may be 

 obtained gratis and post free from the 

 Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4 Whitehall Place, 

 London, S.W. Letters so addressed need not be stamped. 



