Executive Order No. 68 (1913)

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU.

MANILA, August 26, 1918.

EXECUTIVE ORDER |

No. 68. {

In order that necessary measures may be taken to more effectively control the locust pest throughout the Islands, the following regulation is hereby enacted: It is the duty of the Director of Agriculture to notify the Executive Sec-retary of such provinees as he deems it advisable should submit monthly reports on the locust situation, and for what duration of time he desires this information to be furnished. The Executive Secretary shall then notify all the municipal presidents and all the governors of provinces so designated of the request of the Director of Agriculture. It shall then be the duty of all municipal presidents so notified to submit to the governors of their respective prov-inces, weekly reports of the locust situation in their respec-tive municipalities during the specified period, such reports to contain the following information:

1. The number and names of the barrios infested with locusts.

2. The date of the appearance of the locusts in each barrio.

3. Stage of development of the pest (hoppers or fliers).

4. Source and movement of winged swarms.

5. Whether or not the locusts deposited eggs, and if so, in what barrios.

6. The locust equipment of the municipality—that is, the amount of sheet iron, nets, etc. (The first report should contain this information; subsequent reports to make men-tion only of changes as the equipment is augmented or decreased.)

It shall be the duty of all provincial governors so notified to submit monthly reports to the Director of Agriculture, based on the weekly reports of the municipal presidents, containing the following information:

1. The number and names of the municipalities infested with locusts.

2. The date of the appearance of locusts in each munic-ipality.

3. Stage of development of the pest in each municipality (fliers or hoppers).

4. The uegree of infestation in each district (light or heavy) where areas of infestation include more than one municipality.

5. Movements of winged swarms, giving as nearly as possible their source, the municipalities visited in their flight, and the municipalities in which eggs were deposited.

6. The date on which municipalities, formerly infested with locusts, are declared free from the pest.

7. The locust equipment of the province, such as sheet iron, nets, etc., by municipalities. (This last statement need be made only with the first report.)

The necessary forms for both provincial and municipal reports may be obtained from the Bureau of Agriculture.

W. CAMERON FORBES, Governor-General.