Report of the Government Entomologist for the ...W.A. Richards & Sons, 1896 |
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Page 29 - A Coccus, as it should seem from the description, imported about thirty years ago from the Mauritius, or else with the Constantia vine from the Cape of Good Hope, has destroyed nearly nine-tenths of the peach trees in the island of St. Helena, where formerly they were so abundant that, as in North America, the swine were fed with them. Various means have been employed to destroy this plague, but hitherto without success.
Page 31 - America, from whence apple trees had also been imported by the proprietor of that nursery. Whatever its origin, it spread rapidly. At first it was confined to the vicinity of the metropolis, where it destroyed thousands of trees. But it has...
Page 50 - Place ten pounds of lime and twenty pounds of sulphur in a boiler with twenty gallons of water, and boil over a brisk fire for not less than one hour and a half, or until the sulphur is thoroughly dissolved. When this takes place the mixture will be of an amber color. Next place in a cask...
Page 29 - ... and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months with or without hard labour. (2.) An attempt to commit any such offence shall be punishable as the offence is punishable.
Page 49 - So much of any law as may be repugnant to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed. 2. For the purposes of this Act the terms '-plant pest" and "plant disease" shall signify any pest or disease injurious to cultivated plants.
Page 48 - A" hereunto annexed, and so much of any laws as may be repugnant to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be...
Page 19 - Were this brood marshalled in line with ten individuals to a linear inch touching one another, the procession would extend to the sun (a space which light traverses in eight minutes), and beyond it to the nearest fixed star (traversed by light only in six years), and still onward in space beyond the most distant star that the strongest telescope may bring to our view, — to a point so inconceivably remote that light could only reach us from it in twenty-five hundred years.
Page 37 - Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows : I.
Page 48 - ... be registered by the owner or occupier thereof at the office of the said local board, in a book which shall be kept by such board...
Page 41 - SEC. 12. If the inspector or deputy shall find after examination of any hotel that this law has been fully complied with, he shall issue a certificate to that effect to the person operating the same, and said certificate shall be kept posted up in a conspicuous place in said inspected building. Such certificate shall be prepared in blank by said commission.