LEEWARD ISLANDS.

VIRGIN ISLANDS.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS.
1955, No. 8.

 

Tae Sage Mounratn (Forrsrry AREA DectaRaATIoN) ORDER,
1955, patep Jury 4, 1955, Mapge BY THE GOVERNOR IN
CoUNCIL UNDER SECTIONS 3 AND 4 OF THE PROTECTION OF
TrreEs AND CoNSERVATION oF Soin AND WaTeER OrpI-
NANCE, 1954 (No. 8/1954).

WHEREAS by section 3(1) (4), section 4 (1) (6) G)
and sectien 4 (2) of the Protection of Trees and Uonserva-
tion of Soil and Water Ordinance, 1954 (No. 8 of 1954) it
is provided inter alia that—

(«) subject to the provisions of section 4 of the
said Ordinance it shall be lawful for the Governor in
Council by Order from time to time to declare any land
to be a forestry area for the purposes of the Ordinance;

(b) before making any Order under the provisions
of section 3 of the Ordinance, the Governor in Council
shall satisfy hintself that the declaration of the area
under the Order is necessary in the case of a forestry
area to prevent the de-afforestation and denudation of
land on steep slopes; and

(c) before making any Order as aforesaid, the
Governor in Council shall request the Superintendent
of Agriculture to inquire into the necessity of making
the Order, and thereupon the Superintendent of Agri-
culture shall hold or shall depute an officer to hold a
public inquiry into the necessity for making the Order
and the Superintendent of Agriculture or the officer so
deputed, as the case may be shall report his findings to
the Governor in Council:

AND WHEREAS the Superintendent of Agriculture
having been requested as aforesaid and having held a public
inquiry and reported his findings pursuant to the above-
recited provisions of the said Ordinance, the Governor in