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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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is confiscated or otherwise dealt with. Plants entering with the importer must be declared and a certificate must be produced. If considered necessary, all plants may be disinfected. Should any certificate prove incorrect the whole consign- ment is liable to be confiscated. All plants must be securely packed, and should any package become damaged or opened in the course of transit it may be con- fiscated at the discretion of the Agricultural Authority.

The importation of the following plants from all countries must be accom- panied by a certificate to the effect that they have been grown in areas free from diseases or pests:-Rubber, cacao, coconuts, rice, tobacco, potatoes.

The importation of the following plants from all countries is subject to the permission of the Agricultural Authority being first obtained :-Coffee, tea.

PAPUA.

Plants Diseases Ordinance, No. 28 of 1911.

The Lieutenant-Governor may prohibit or restrict the importation of any plants and their removal. Plants illegally imported or removed may be seized and disposed of. The Lieutenant-Governor appoints the necessary inspectors, who may seize and examine and detain any plants suspected to be diseased, may enter upon land to search for diseased plants, and may order the owner to treat or destroy such as is deemed necessary; should he not comply, the inspectors may take the measures at his expense.

No compensation is given in respect of any measures lawfully taken for the eradication of any disease, or the destruction of any pest, except in the case of any plant not diseased which is destroyed for the purpose of preventing the spread of a virulent disease.

All expenses incurred in the administration of this Ordinance are paid out of moneys appropriated by the Legislative Council for that purpose. The Lieu- tenant-Governor may make regulations (1) For regulating or prohibiting the introduction or removal of any plant, etc.; (2) for securing the detention and examination of plants, boxes, etc., suspected of being infected; (3) for securing effectual treatment or destructon of diseased plants, etc.; (4) for defining the duties of inspectors and prescribing penalties and generally for carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

Plants Diseases Ordinance, No. 17 of 1913.

Any pest or disease that occurs in any orchard, garden or plantation must be notified by the owner, etc., to the Director of Agriculture.

SOUTHERN RHODESIA.

Importation of Plants Regulation Ordinance, No. 20 of 1904.

The Administrator may prohibit the introduction of plants, etc., affected with disease. He may make any regulations he deems necessary and may impose fines up to Ten Pounds. Any authorised person may inspect any imported article at the port of entry, where a satisfactory certificate must be produced, failing which the article may be seized or detained.

Government Notice, No. 259 of 1913. Regulations applying generally to any plant, etc., imported:-

Any plant or package of plants may be examined, whether imported by rail or by post, before being delivered to the consignee. Any plant found infected may be treated or destroyed, without compensation, at the discretion of the In- spector. An examination fee is charged, and a fumigation fee when treatment is necessary. A certificate is issued after inspection, and the consignee mast furnish a certificate when required with respect to any consignment showing particulars. The Government is not liable in respect of any loss or damage to plants as a result of the carrying out of these Regulations.

Regulations affecting plants from outside British South Africa :—

No plant may be introduced from places outside British South Africa except by post or through the port of Umtali or other proclaimed ports of entry. No person may introduce from any place outside British South Africa (a) any eucalyptus, acacia or coniferous plant, or any part of such except the seeds; (b) any stone fruit tree, or part of it, which was grown in any part of North America in which either of the diseases known as peach yellows or peach rosette exists; (c) any live peach stones; (d) any stone fruits in their fresh state, including apricots, plums, peaches, nectarines and cherries; (e) any stocks whatever except

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those of the following, which may be imported in quantities of not less than 1,000 only:-Almond, pear, plum, persimmon, cherry, Northern Spy and other apple stocks accepted by the Chief Inspector as being resistant to the attack of woolly aphis (Eriosoma lanigerum).

The introduction from places outside British South Africa of the under- mentioned plants or any portion thereof for propagation, with the exception of seeds and fruit, is limited to importations made under the direct supervision of the Government and subject to such precautionary measures as may be deemed necessary, namely:-Grape vines or other plants of the family Vitaceae, sugar- cane, plants cultivated for the production of rubber, tea plants, coffee plants; but this limitation does not apply to the seeds or fruit, except those of coffee.

No person may introduce from any place outside British South Africa (a) any. flowering or ornamental plant, (b) any cotton seed, except by special permission of the Director of Agriculture. Subject to the foregoing, any other tree or fruit- bearing plant or part thereof for propagation may be introduced only after a special permit has been obtained from the Director of Agriculture, which limits the introduction to not more than ten trees or 100 cuttings of any one variety and not more than 100 trees or 1,000 cuttings to any one person during any one year.

Regulations affecting plants from British South Africa :-

No person may introduce from any other part of British South Africa (a) any grape vine or cutting, unless the same is resistant or grown upon roots resistant to the attack of the Grape Phylloxera (Phylloxera vastatrix); (b) any apple stock or tree, unless grown upon Northern Spy roots or other roots accepted by the Chief Inspector as being resistant to the attacks of the Woolly Aphis (Erisosoma lani- gerum); (c) any tree or plant that was propagated beyond British South Africa, unless the above Regulations permit its introduction."

No nursery

stock may be introduced from other parts of British South Africa unless the nurseryman from whom the stock is obtained holds a permit from the Director of Agriculture. Any fruit tree or plant or portion of the same, except fruit and seed, must be fumigated prior to shipment with hydrocyanic acid gas. Every consignment must be accompanied by a certificate of particulars. The introduction of any plant, not being seed, fruit, bulb, tuber, cut flower, vegetable or vegetable transplant originating in British South Africa, except nursery stock grown in a registered nursery, and the introduction of any coffee seeds for pro- pagation is prohibited except with the permission of the Drector of Agriculture. No person may introduce any grape vine, Virginia creeper or other plant of the family Vitaceae, or any fruit or portion of it, except seed, from certain districts of the Cape Province; the district of Barberton, in the Transvaal; the county of Pietermaritzburg, in Natal. This regulation does not apply to grape jam, wine, brandy, vinegar or must.

Potato Regulations :-

No potatoes may be introduced from outside British South Africa without certain statements and certificates as to black scab (Synchitrium endobioticum), etc., except in respect of potatoes imported from outside British South Africa into the South African Union and partly or wholly re-consigned to S. Rhodesia. Any consignment of potatoes imported from other parts of South Africa or from oversea, if found to be infested with Root-knot Eel-worm (Heterodera radicicola) or with any other species of eel-worm injurious to plants is refused admittance or destroyed. If any consignment is found infested with black scab it is destroyed. Injurious Substances and Animals Ordinance, 1909.

The term "animal" means any animate being which is not human, endowed with the power of voluntary motion." The Administrator may prohibit or restrict the importation of any animal or substance or withdraw any prohibition. Any animal, etc., introduced contrary to this Ordinance may be confiscated and des- troyed or quarantined at the importer's expense.

Nurseries Ordinance, 1909.

Every nurseryman must be registered before 1st September in each year, and no stock grown in an unregistered nursery may be sold, whether free from disease or not. Every nursery is inspected at least once a year, when the inspector may place under quarantine any part within eight yards of any infested tree or plant. Such quarantine remains in force until a written certificate is obtained of its removal. Quarantined parts may be examined between the regular inspections once free of charge and once more at the owner's expense if he desires. The

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