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Bahama Islands : The Plants Protection Act 1916. 



The Plants Protection Act of 1914 is repealed and replaced by a 

 new Act assented to on 1st August 1916. No importation of plants is 

 permitted, except under the Rules made under the Act. By pro- 

 clamation, plant importation may be prohibited, and districts within 

 the Colony may be declared infected with plant disease, or to be clean ; 

 authorised officers are empowered to enter any building and open any 

 receptacle suspected of containing plants illegally imported, which are 

 instantly seizable. Except in cases of poverty, the owner must pay all 

 expenses incidental to the treatment, removal or destruction of plants 

 attackedby diseases or insect pests. Owners of suspected plants must 

 give information to the proper authorities. Offences against the Act 

 are punishable on summary conviction by a penalty of £20. 



Bahama Islands : Rules made under the Plants Protection Act 1916.— 



Official Gaz. Bahamas, Nassau, no. 41, 7th October 1916, 

 pp. 216-217. 



Under these rules the following provisions are made : — Nassau is the 

 only port of entry for plants in the Bahamas. All packages containing 

 plants have to be delivered by the importer to the Comptroller of 

 Customs. Unless an official certificate can be produced that they have 

 ■come from a place free from disease, the plants will be inspected and, 

 if necessary, fumigated or destroyed. All expenses of removal and 

 disinfection must be defrayed by the importer, who must, if required, 

 keep the Board of Agriculture informed as to the subsequent disposal 

 of any plants subjected to treatment. Packages sent through the post 

 are also liable to inspection. Plants imported in contravention of 

 these rules may be seized and destroyed. When an area in the Colony 

 is declared infected, every owner or occupier within it must notify in 

 writing the existence of any disease on his plants, and the Board of 

 Agriculture will prescriu the treatment to be applied. If the occupier 

 fails to carry out the treatment, the officers of the Board may treat or 

 destroy the plants at his expense. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTICES. 



Mr. C. F. C. Beeson (Temporarj^ Captain, R.A.M.C.). Forest 

 Zoologist to the Government of India, has been on special duty in 

 Mesopotamia since May 1916, in charge of anti-fly and vermin 

 measures. 



