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languages are issued for this purpose and field 
demonstrations are given. This educational work 
is an important function of the Inspecting Officers. 
At the present time, in the Federated Malay States 
and Johore, pink disease and mouldy rot are the 
most important pests of rubber requiring constant 
attention, while in the Federated Malay States and 
the Colony much time is being devoted to experi- 
mental measures for the control of various padi 
pests. 
Enactments and Ordinances. 
In the Federated Malay States, The Agricultural 
Pests Enactment was passed in 1913. This em- 
powers Inspecting Officers to enter on any agricul- 
tural land and inspect the plants growing on it. 
If the cultivated plants are attacked by any pest, 
or if the land or the plants are in a condition favour- 
able to the introduction and/or spread of any pests, 
the Inspecting Officer can order the owner or occupier 
of the land to take such action as he may consider 
necessary for the treatment or control of the pest. 
This order is in the form of a notice stating the 
action to be taken and the time within which it must 
be completed. If the owner or occupier fails to do 
the work satisfactorily, the Inspector can enter the 
land and have the work done, after which the 
Secretary for Agriculture, or such other officer to 
whom the Secretary may have delegated powers, 
may authorise recovery of the cost by civil suit. 
For wilful neglect to comply with an order, the 
owner or occupier of the land can be prosecuted by 
the Inspector, if so authorised by the Secretary or 
other officer to whom the Secretary may have dele- 
gated powers, and can be fined. Inspecting Officers 
can thus control existing known pests of crops and 
