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likely to be a means of introducing any plant disease or pest. The 

 latter include the giant moth borer [Castnia liens], mealy-bug 

 [Psetidococcus], wood ants, beetles, locusts, froghoppers [Tomaspis], 

 cane-fly on sugar-cane [Stenocranus saccharivorus], and various other 

 pests, as well as any to which this Ordinance shall be made to apply 

 by Order of the Board of Agriculture. Any articles arriving from a 

 place from which importation is prohibited or restricted shall be 

 deemed prohibited goods within the meaning of the Customs Ordinance, 

 1884. The powers of the Board of Agriculture as regards inspectors, 

 the declaration and treatment of infected areas, penalties in cases of 

 neglect or refusal to carry out orders, and the compensation that may 

 be granted for the removal or destruction of crops, trees or bushes 

 are defined. 



An Act to provide for the Eradication of the Mosaic Disease of any 

 Sugar-cane or Grasses, 1921-39. — Barbados, 12th November 1921, 

 3 pp. [Received 5th April 1922.] 



Under the above Act, dated 12th November 1921, mosaic disease 

 of any sugar-cane, grass or other plant is notifiable in Barbados. 

 The powers of the Commissioners appointed to administer this Act, 

 their right of entry to search for the disease, and orders for its 

 eradication, together with the various offences, penalties and exemptions 

 are defined. 



[Quarantine Measures in the French Colonies against Stephanoderes 

 hampei.']— Journal Official [Paris], 19th March 1922. 



In view of the damage caused in Java, Sumatra and Uganda by the 

 Scolytid coffee-borer, Stephanoderes hampei [coffeae), and of the 

 possibihty of its introduction into the French Colonies, a decree has 

 been passed, dated 27th February 1922, prohibiting, in French Colonies 

 that are free from this beetle, the importation, circulation, storage 

 or transit of any product likely to propagate the insect, originating 

 from any country where the presence of the borer has already been 

 recorded, or where the importation of such products is not prohibited 

 or controlled. The prohibition apphes to coffee plants or any part of 

 them ; to coffee beans, either fresh or dried, either in the capsule or 

 husked, and includes any soil or manure with the plants, and any 

 bags, boxes or packing that have been used for their transport. Any 

 other plants or parts of plants likely to harbour S. hampei, notably 

 Hibiscus spp. and Rubiis spp., are hkewise prohibited. Consignments 

 of the above-mentioned materials originating from countries not 

 included in this quarantine must be accompanied by a certificate of 

 their origin, duly vised, otherwise they are liable to be destroyed by 

 fire. Certificates of entry can only be granted at specified ports of 

 each Colony and by the local administration. The countries for which 

 certificates can be granted include Indo-China, Madagascar, New 

 Caledonia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guiana and French West Africa. 

 The quarantine imposed includes the produce of the Dutch Indies, 

 the English Antilles, Reunion and French [? British] Equatorial 

 Africa, and all countries where such produce is not prohibited nor 

 subject to any phytopathological control. Further countries may be 

 brought under this quarantine order as necessity arises. Penalties 

 for infringement of this order have been fixed on the fines of a previous 

 decree. 



