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LEGISLATION. 



Ordinance relating to Insect Pests and Diseases in Western Samoa:— 



British Military Occupation of Samoa, Proclamation no. 25, 1916. 

 [Received 10th November 1916.] 

 Under date of the 2nd February 1916, the Acting Administrator of 

 Samoa has promulgated an order providing that all imported soil, 

 plants, fruit, native matting, or other articles liable in the opinion of 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture at Apia to be affected with insect 

 pests or other disease, shall be subjected to such treatment as may be 

 deemed necessary. Importation must be through the port of Apia. 

 Before the above articles are exported, a certificate of the Com- 

 missioner to the effect that they are free from pests must be 

 obtained. Where treatment is necessary, either for imports or exports, 

 a fee of M. is charged for each box or parcel and for each plant dealt 

 with. Any breach of the provisions of this ordinance is punishable by 

 a fine not exceeding £5 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days. 



Regulations under the Ceylon Insect Pest and Quarantine Ordinance, 



no. 5 of 1901.— Ceylon Govt. Gaz., Colombo, no. 6,831, 27th October 

 1916. 



Under the above Ordinance regulations are issued, dated 25th 

 ©ctober 1916, which cancel previous ones dated 4th October 1910. 

 The importation of tea seed from India is prohibited, except at the 

 port of Colombo. Such imported seed must be disinfected at Colombo, 

 unless accompanied by a certificate from a scientific officer either of 

 the Indian Tea Association or of the Imperial Department of Agriculture 

 to the effect that the leaf disease called Blister Blight {Exohasidiwn 

 vexans) does not exist within a radius of 10 miles of the estate or garden 

 on which the seed was grown. The process of disinfection will be 

 earned out at the risk of the consignee. 



Restrictions on Plant Importations into St. Lucia. — Agric. News, 

 Barbados, XV, no. 378, 21st October 1916, p. 341. 

 All plants and seeds imported into St. Lucia are submitted by the 

 Custom authorities to the Agricultm'al Superintendent, who inspects 

 them, and disinfects them in such a manner as he deems adequate. 

 Plants considered to be infected with any pest or disease that may be a 

 source of grave danger to the Colony, may be destroyed. Under 

 suspicious circumstances he may require the plant to be planted in 

 some safe place, where he may inspect it from time to time and take 

 such steps as he thinks fit to control any pest or disease present. The 

 importation of any plant comiected with any dangerous disease may 

 be prohibited ; this has been done in the case of coconuts from 

 Trinidad, Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba or any part of Central or South 

 America ; banana plants from Trinidad, Tobago, or any part of 

 Central and South America ; cacao plants from South America. | 

 No citrus plant may be imported from the United States of America, 

 Cuba, Porto Rico, Jamaica, Hayti or San Domingo. No rooted plant, 

 or plants in earth may be imported from any of these comitries, unless 

 accompanied by a certificate to the effect that citrus canker does not 

 exist and has not existed for the past two years in the place of exportation. 



