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rope, but when enveloped in a suitable material, sucb as paper, it is 

 completely protected from infestation. Further investigations as to 

 the best method of effecting this are in progress. 



LEGISLATION. 



Disposiciones vigentes sobre el Servicio de Sanidad Vegetal. [Regulations 

 in Force under the Plant Welfare Service.] — Cuba, Sec. Sanidad 

 Vegetal, Havana, Circ. 5, 1919, .32 pp. [Received 1st April 1920.] 



The legislation that is enforced under the Plant Welfare Board, 

 created by a decree of 3rd July 1916, is given verbatim. This board 

 is empoAvered by a decree dated January 1919 to enforce the following 

 regulations : — No living plants are to be transported from any part 

 of Cuba without a certificate from the Plant Welfare Board. In the 

 case of plants destined for Florida, these must be defoliated before 

 consignment, as a safeguard against the dissemination of the black-fly, 

 Aleurocanthus woglumi, as well as being accompanied by a certificate. 

 An exception is made in the case of tobacco, which is not subject to 

 infestation by this pest. The re-export of potatoes not grown in Cuba, 

 or imported from countries under quarantine decree of the United 

 States government, is forbidden. The importation of plantains, unless 

 accompanied by a certificate declaring their freedom from pests, is 

 prohibited. Other prohibitions include the introduction into Cuba 

 of the fruits and seeds of aguacate or alligator- pear [Persea grafissima] 

 from Mexico or Central America, on account of the presence there of 

 Heilij)us lauri (avocado weevil) ; the introduction of cotton plants or 

 any part of them, as a safeguard against Platyedra (Gelechia) 

 gossypiella (pink bollworm); of any leaves or shoots of bananas, 

 owing to infestation with Cosmopoliles sordidus ; of any fruits indicated 

 by the Board as being hkely to be infested with Ceratitis capitafa 

 (Mediterranean fruit-fly) from a number of countries, unless accom- 

 panied by a certificate of fumigation or, failing that, of inspection by 

 the Board. Parcels or packets of plants must be labelled with the 

 number and, date of their certificate. Commercial growers of vegetables 

 and fruit whose fields are free from pests may obtain a general 

 certificate from the Board authorising them to transport their produce 

 for a limited time, to be fixed by the Board, which shall keep a register 

 of all such growers. The Board, or its deputies, are to be allowed 

 facilities for inspection. The fines to be imposed for any infringement 

 of these regulations are fixed by the penal code. 



All decrees and regulations that were in force when this legislation 

 was pronuilgated are to remain in observance unless expressly 

 modified or repealed. These include the prohibition against im- 

 porting CHriis plants from Mexico, and their admittance from other 

 countries only after preliminary fumigation, and the proliibition against 

 importing any food-plant of Aleurocanthus ivoglumi (black-fly) from 

 India, the Bahamas or Jamaica. Infestations of tliis pest are notifiable 

 to the Board. 



In an appendix is given the text of various laws passed in the 

 United' States as a safeguard against the introduction from Cuba of 

 A. woglumi and other pests occurring in the Island. 



