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to be adopted for the suppression of agricultural pests. It 

 provides that, in every municipal district, there shall be 

 established a committee charged with the inspection of agri- 

 cultural and forest lands with a view to the discovery, preven- 

 tion and suppression of pests. All classes of persons em- 

 ployed in agricultural pursuits are to be obliged, under pain 

 of a fine of 50 pesetas (37s.) to report to the committee any 

 cases of pests which may come under their observation. All 

 agriculturists are obliged to adopt such measures as may be 

 prescribed by the committee and sanctioned by the Govern- 

 ment inspectors. A scale of fines is laid down for non- 

 compliance and of compensation for damage suffered by 

 individuals through measures of isolation, &c. Steps are to 

 be taken to spread a knowledge of pests and of the methods 

 of dealing with them. The scheme is to be financed by the 

 formation in each district of a fund which may not exceed 

 5 per cent, of the capital sum at which the district is assessed 

 for taxation under the heading of " Agricultural wealth." 



A large number of Royal Orders, dealing with almost every 

 aspect of agricultural life, were also published during the 

 year. One of the most important obliges sellers of natural 

 and chemical manures and fertilisers to guarantee their com- 

 position, and grants to buyers the right of having their pur- 

 chases analysed at the Government agricultural laboratories. 

 Other Royal Orders have for their object the stamping out of 

 locusts, with which several Spanish provinces are now in- 

 fested. 



Agriculture is, like all other branches of national activity, 

 to benefit by the scheme for the economic reconstruction of 

 Spain. In addition to that part of the project which refers 

 to irrigation, agriculture is to receive direct advantages in 

 the form of a grant of 2,000,000 pesetas (,£74,000), to be spent' 

 on supplying the existing agricultural schools and experi- 

 mental stations with modern necessities. Additional estab- 

 lishments of this sort are to be provided for those provinces 

 which do not already possess them, and a school for the train- 

 ing of agricultural engineers is to be founded. 



