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plants may be prohibited. The Minister may permit the importation for scien- tific purposes of destructive insects, infected plants, etc. No compensation shall be given for necessary treatment or destruction. After 15th December, 1914, no plant or vegetable matter may be moved from any nursery unless the owner possesses a certificate of freedom from disease in his nursery.

Potato Canker Act, 1910.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

The Governor-in-Council may make regulations (a) for the prohibition in general or in particular of potatoes for any purpose whatever; (b) as to the terms upon which and the ports of entry at which potatoes may be introduced; (c) for the treatment of potatoes and by whom to be applied; (d) for the destruction of potato crops when necessary; (e) for the granting of compensation (for the prohibition of sale of potatoes; (g) for notification of the disease; (h) for the confiscation of potatoes in the case of a breach of this Act. The Minister of Agriculture and Mines may empower any person to enter upon premises and take specimens, and he may prohibit the removal of potatoes which might spread the disease.

The Governor-in-Council may make orders to prevent the introduction of the Colorado Beetle and the spreading of the beetle, by prohibiting the removal or authorising the destruction of any crop of potatoes, etc. Lands may be entered upon and crops destroyed when deemed necessary, and the sale, etc., prohibited.

CEYLON.

Insect Pest and Quarantine Ordinance, No. 5 of 1901.

The Governor may make, revoke or vary regulations:-(a) For prohibiting the importation of plants, etc.; (b) for prohibiting the landing of plants from vessels either absolutely or conditionally; (c) for cleansing or disinfecting by the consignee of all plants, or, if expedient, destroying without compensation. Proclamation, 1901.

The cacao fungus, known in Java as "Krulloten Ziekte," is declared a fungus pest under this Ordinance.

Regulations, 1906.

(1) All imported living plants, tubers, etc. (with the exception of potatoes, onions, tumeric and culinary vegetables imported for consumption), and the fruits named in (2), with their packages, etc., are before being handed over to the consignee subject to treatment with hydrocyanic acid gas or any other treat- ment deemed necessary.

(2) Oranges, lemons, citrons, limes and all fruits of the Citrus family are subject to fumigation.

(3) The plants, fruits, etc., must be landed at the Customs premises at Kockchikade and after treatment delivered to the consignee with a certificate showing that they have been so treated.

(4) Securely closed packages of plants for the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens are forwarded direct to Perandeniya, where they are fumigated.

(5) A certificate of fumigation, not merely of inspection, by the authority at the port of shipment is accepted as exempting fruit, plants, etc., from further

treatment.

Regulations, 1909.

The owner of any dead coconut tree must uproot it and either burn it or keep it completely submerged in water. The owner of any living coconut tree attacked by Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or by Oryctes rhinoceros must either destroy the tree or cut out the portion attacked, together with all the contained beetles, eggs and larvae, and fill up the cavity with mortar, etc. No person may keep on any land dead coconut stems (unless they have been sawn into rafters for building) or other matter likely to harbour beetles. No manure may be left unused on any land longer than four months. Authorised officials have access at all times to inspect any land on which there is any coconut tree.

Regulation, 1909.

In addition to the fruits mentioned in the regulations (2) of 1906, as being subject to fumigation, the seed of cotton is now made subject to the same treat- ment.

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Regulations, 1912.

No coconuts in husk may be imported into Ceylon, except at the port of Colombo, and all coconuts so imported are subject to fumigation before delivery to the consignee. These regulations do not affect husked nuts, which are exempt from treatment.

Proclamation, 1914.

Xyleborus fornicatus, Eich., the Shot-hole Borer of tea, is declared to be an insect pest within the meaning of The Insect Pest and Quarantine Ordi- nance, No. 5 of 1901."

The presence, or supposed presence, of the pest must be notified in writing to the Director of Agriculture, who shall have right of entry in person or by agents. A register of infested estates is to be kept by the Department. If the pest be found, the estate shall be placed in quarantine. No plants or parts of plants, other than leaf for manufacture or tea seed, shall be removed from a quarantined garden, except under permit, nor shall any such plants be removed unless the nature of the contents of the package be clearly marked thereon with the name of the estate where they were grown and the name and address of the shipper, owner and consignee.

Regulations, 1916.

The importation of tea seed from India is prohibited, except at the port of Colombo. Such imported seed must be disinfected at Colombo, unless accom- panied by a certificate from a scientific officer either of the Indian Tea Associa- tion or of the Imperial Department of Agriculture to the effect that the leaf disease called Blister Blight (Exobasidium vexans) does not exist within a radius of ten miles of the estate or garden on which the seed was grown. The disinfect- tion will be carried out at the risk of the consignee.

No tea seed imported from India may be cleared locally from the Customs until the importer has produced for the inspection of the Principal Collector of Customs a certificate from the Government chemist to the effect that the imported seed is not packed in soil or in a mixture containing soil. The Plant Pests Ordinance, No. 6 of 1907.

The Governor in Executive Council may revoke, alter or modify schedules specifying: (a) The insects, parasitic plants, or fungi which are declared to be pests for the purposes of this Ordinance; (b) the powers of any Board that may be established (Plant Pests Boards.)

The Plant Pests Board has power to require preventive or remedial measures to be taken on being advised of the presence of any pest. Should the owner of infected plants, not carry out instructions as to treatment, etc., it is performed by the Board at the owner's expense.

The Board authorises officers to enter upon any land and to examine it when suspected of being affected by a pest. The owner is not entitled to any compen- sation in respect of damage caused by any treatment ordered, but the Governor in Executive Council may order compensation, if he thinks fit, for plants, etc., destroyed. The Chairman of the Board must report the existence of any pest in his district.

Proclamation, 1907.

The following insects are declared pests for the purposes of this Ordi- nance :-(a) Red Coconut Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus); (b) Black Coco- nut Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros),

All fallen or dead coconut trees must be burned.

A further Proclamation of the same year instructs the Board that all unsplit coconut stems must be removed from fences when such stems are more than twelve months old, and that the further use of unsplit coconut stems for fences is to be prevented.

Proclamation, 1908.

The fungus, Theilaviopsis ethaceticus, causing the stem-bleeding disease of the coconut tree, is declared a pest under this Ordinance.

The diseased parts of the tree must be cut out, the wounds scorched and tarred with hot tar.

Proclamation, 1912.

Shot-hole Borer (Xyleborus fornicatus) is declared a pest under this Ordi nance and the removal of tea plants, or pests of tea plants (other than leaf for

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