186 TBINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XIX. 4. 



CONTROL AND INSPECTION OF PLANT IMPORTS. 

 Proclamation No. 43 of 1921. 



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 and specified in such proclamation shall not be imported into 

 the Colony except under such conditions as may be specified in such 

 proclamation ; 



And whereas for the purpose of protecting the agricultural interests 

 of the Colony against the introduction of pes ts and diseases of plants it 

 is expedient that imported plants be subject to inspection. 



Now, therefore, I, Thomas Alexander Vans Best, Acting Governor as 

 aforesaid, do hereby order and declare as follows : — 



(1) All plants, seeds, bulbs, cuttings or other parts of plants 

 intended for propagation imported into the Colony of Trinidad 

 and Tobago excepting material imported through the Post 

 Office shall be declared as such to the Collector of Customs or 

 his Officers in Port-of- Spain, San Fernando or Scarborough, 

 which shall be the only ports authorized for the entry of such 

 material ; 



(2) The Collector of Customs or his Officers shall detain all such 



material until the Director of Agriculture or an Officer 

 authorized by him for the purpose has issued a permit for 

 such material to be brought into the Colony or has ordered it 

 to be otherwise disposed of. It shall be the duty of the 

 Customs Officer in charge of such material to attach thereto 

 a tag showing the name of the owner or consignee, the port of 

 shipment and the name of the vessel, and notify the 

 Department of Agriculture by telephone or otherwise as soon 

 as possible after its arrival. In the event of an Officer of the 

 Department of Agriculture taking charge of any such material 

 for treatment or destruction he shall give the Officer of 

 Customs in charge a receipt for same ; 



(3) If the Postmaster-General or his Officers know or have reason 



to believe that any postal matter received from abroad 

 contains any such material as above specified in (1) then 

 such package shall te delivered to the Director of Agriculture 

 for inspection and the delivery of any such postal package at 

 the office of the Department of Agriculture and its return to 

 the Post Office shall be acknowledged in each case by a receipt 

 signed on behalf of the Director of Agriculture and of the 

 Postmaster- General lespectively ; 



