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Ordinance No. 7 of 1913. The importation of copra is prohibited. No articles manufactured of South Sea Island materials, such as mats, gatu, baskets or any native food, cooked or uncooked, may be imported. All clothing, baggage, etc., coming from the South Pacific Islands may be searched and, if necessary detained to guard against the introduction of the Rhinoceros Beetle and other pests. When necessary, clothing, etc.. introduced must be fumigated.
UGANDA.
Importation of Plants Ordinance No. 2 of 1908.
The Governor may appoint places and ports of entry, and no plants may be imported elsewhere. All plants imported and their containers must be fumigated. If there is no fumigating station at the port of entry, the importer must convey the plants to a fumigating station and they must be removed by him after fumi- gation.
Packages of plants delivered to the Post Office are sent to the fumigation station and returned and delivered without further charge to the addressee. If required, the importer must keep the Botanical Authority informed as to disposal of plants, and must facilitate their examination at any time. No liability is incurred by the Governor, who may make rules for the passage of plants through the Protectorate in transit without fumigation, etc.
Importation of Plants Ordinance, 1911.
The Governor may prohibit or proscribe the importation of any plants, packages or earth, etc. The Botanical Authority may destroy any plant when disinfection is insufficient to eradicate any insect pest or fungoid disease. Plant Pests Ordinance, No. 13 of 1912.
The Governor may revoke, modify, publish and add to schedules specifying insects, fungi, etc., declared to be pests under this Ordinance, and the measures to be taken for the eradication of such pests. The Governor may appoint Boards to which reports must be made of the existence of pests, and which have power to require preventive or remedial measures to be taken either by the owner or at the owner's expense. Persons so authorised by the Board may enter upon and examine any land, etc. The owner is not entitled to any compensation for plants destroyed, but the Governor may order compensation if he thinks fit.
Notice No. 261 of 1913.`
All species of Hemileia found on coffee plants are declared pests under this Ordinance. No coffee plants may be exported from Buganda to any other part of the Uganda Protectorate.
Uganda Oustoms Consolidation Ordinance, 1904.
Notice, 1914.
The importation of coffee plants (living or dead) and coffee, except roasted beans and ground coffee, is forbidden, except with the consent of the Governor. This prohibition does not apply to any plant or coffee passed in transit under the Goods-in-Transit Ordinance, 1902, provided that the articles are securely packed and sealed at the place of entry by the Customs officer, remaining unopened in - the Protectorate. Any such package opened or damaged during transit may be destroyed without any compensation being payable.
Regulations, 1915.
The only port of entry for plants is Port Bell, and the only place of entry is Kampala.
The importation of cotton seed, and of all plants from Ceylon, is prohibited without the consent of the Governor.
ANTIGUA
Plants Protection Act, No. 4 of 1897.
The terms of this Act are the same as for Montserrat, Ordinance No. 3 of 1897 (see p. 38).
Fumigation of Plants Ordinance, No. 5 of 1905.
The terms of this Ordinance are the same as for Montserrat, Ordinance No. 1 of 1906.
Plants Protection Act, 1916.
BAHAMA ISLANDS.
The Plants Protection Act of 1914 is repealed. No importation of plants is permitted, except under the regulations made under this Act. By proclamation, plant importation may be prohibited and districts within the Colony may be declared infected with plant disease; authorised officers are empowered to enter any building and open any receptacle suspected of containing plants illegally imported, which are instantly seizable. Except in cases of poverty, the owner must pay all expenses incidental to the treatment, removal or destruction of plants attacked by diseases or insect pests. Owners of suspected plants must give information to the proper authorities.
Regulations, 1916.
Nassau is the only port of entry for plants. All packages containing plants have to be delivered by the importer to the Comptroller of Customs. Unless an official certificate can be produced that they have come from a place free from disease, the plants will be inspected and, if necessary, fumigated or destroyed. All expenses of removal and disinfection must be defrayed by the importer, who must, if required, keep the Board of Agriculture informed as to the subsequent disposal of any plants subjected to treatment. Packages sent through the post are also liable to inspection. Plants imported in contravention of these rules may be seized and destroyed. When an area in the Colony is declared infected, every owner or occupier within it must notify in writing the existence of any disease on his plants, and the Board of Agriculture will prescribe the treatment to be applied. If the occupier fails to carry out the treatment, the officers of the board may treat or destroy the plants at his expense.
Regulation, 1917.
Owing to the presence of the pineapple weevil_(Metamasius ritchiei) in Jamaica, the importation of pineapple slips into the Bahamas from that island is prohibited.
Trade Act, 1910.
BARBADOS.
Order, 1911. Seed cotton may not be imported from any country; nor may any banana plants, or packages in which they have been contained, be imported from any part of Central or South America or from Trinidad and Tobago.
Cotton seed from which oil is to be extracted may not be imported unless it is first fumigated on landing at the expense of the importer.
Sweet potato roots or any soil, package, etc., in which they have been packed may not be imported from British Guiana, Jamaica, Cuba, the United States of America, Cochin China, India, Madagascar or Australia, except under special license.
Any plants imported may be treated and destroyed, if necessary, by the Superintendent of Agriculture. Any plants imported through the Post Office must be sent to the Superintendent of Agriculture for inspection, the expense of delivery being borne by the importer. Importers must produce, when required, proof as to the country from which articles are imported.
This Order does not apply to articles imported solely for scientific purposes.
Order, 1912.
Sugar-cane or any growing graminaceous plant or plant of any other order or any soil, package, etc., in which they have been contained, may not be imported from South America, Central America, British Guiana, Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada or St. Croix. Any such plant on any vessel must be thrown overboard and the deck washed before entering the carenage. Manufactured articles or leaves of graminaceous plants which, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Agriculture, are not likely to introduce the Froghopper (Tomaspis varia), the Giant Moth Borer (Castnia licus) or any other pest of sugar-cane is exempt. The Superintendent of Agriculture may have disinfected or destroyed any plant that he deems necessary.
The above-mentioned articles when imported solely for scientific purposes are exempt from restriction.
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