1922.\ 185 



Proclamations concerning Plant Importation. 



IMPORTATION OF CACAO PLANTS AND" CACAO BBANS PROM 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



Proclamation No. 58 of 1920. 



Whereas by Section 5 of the Plant Protection Ordinance, 1919, power 

 is hereby given to the Governor to prohibit by proclamation the 

 importation into this Colony of phmts, parts of plants, seeds, fruits, soil, 

 or any class of goods, packages, coverings or other articles or things 

 named and specified in such proclamation and also to order that the 

 same things shall not be imported into the Colony except upon such 

 conditions as may be specified in such proclamation ; 



Now, therefore, I, John Robert Chancellor, Governor as aforesaid, 

 do hereby prohibit the importation into this Colony from any part of 

 the mainland of South America of cacao plants or portions thereof and 

 of cacao beans except cured cacao beans from Venezuela and Colombia. 



The Proclamation No. 13 of 1905 is hereby revoked. 



IMPORTATION OF COTTON SEED, SEED COTTON, 

 AND GINNED COTTON. 



Proclamation No. 75 of 1920. 

 Whereas by Section 5 of the Plant Protection Ordinance, 1919, it is 

 enacted that the Governor may from time to time by Proclamation 

 prohibit the importation into the Colony of any plants, parts of plants, 

 seeds, fruits, soil, or any class of goods, packages, coverings, or other 

 articles or things named and specified in such proclamation, and may also 

 by proclamation order that the plants, parts of plants, seeds, fruits, soil, 

 or any class of goods, packages, coverings, or other articles or things 

 named or specified in such proclamation shall not be imported into the 

 Colony except upon such conditions as may be specified in such 

 proclamation. 



And whereas it is expedient to take steps to prevent the introduction 

 into the Colony of the Pink Boll AVorm of Cotton ; 



Now, therefore, I, John Robert Chancellor, Governor as aforesaid, 

 do hereby prohibit the importation into the Colony of cotton seed, seed 

 cotton, and ginned cotton, except under a permit issued by the Director 

 of Agriculture ; 



Proclamation No. 4 of 1918 is hereby revoked. 



Note : In consequence of a resolution j^assed at a meeting of the 

 Board of Agriculture held September 21, 1921, the Governor on the 

 recommendaiion of the Director of Agriculture decided that in order 

 to avoid the introduction of Pinh Boll Worm no permit under the 

 Proclamatio7i ivould he issued for importations of cotton seed, seed 

 cotton or ginned cotton, in transit or other ivise, from any part of the 

 mainland of South America. 



