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NETHERLANDS. 



Prohibits (decree of May 23, 1899) importation and transit, direct 

 or indirect, of live trees and shrubs, or live parts thereof, produced 

 in America, including boxes, casks, baskets, sacks, vessels, and other 

 articles used for packing, unless accompanied by certificate issued 

 by consular officer of Netherlands or competent authority in port of 

 shipment, and objects shall not be landed unless certificate is satis- 

 factory to receiver of import duties.' 



NEW ZEALAND. 



Prohibits (Act of 1896) importation of fruit of any kind infested 

 with fruit-flies. Fruit infested with codling moth will be destroyed 

 unless immediately reshipped. Fruit, plants, trees, cuttings or buds 

 infested with any scale insect will be admitted only when accom- 

 panied by certificate. Otherwise it will be fumigated at expense of 

 importer or destroyed. 



Imported fruit admitted only at Bluff, Dunedin, Christchurch, 

 Wellington, and Auckland. 



Live plants admitted only at Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, 

 and Auckland. 



Fumigation performed only at Dunedin, Christchurch, Welling- 

 ton, and Auckland. 



SWITZERLAND. 



Prohibits plants ; prohibits importation of fresh fruit f roin America, 

 except through Customs Bureau at Basle, where it is subject to an 

 examination by an expert for San Jose scale or other parasites. No 

 restrictions to direct importation of dried fruits. 



TURKEY. 



A note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the United States 

 Minister at Constantinople, dated October 18, 1899, states that the 

 Imperial Government has decided to interdict the importation of 

 trees, plants, and fruits coming from the United States. 



L. O. Howard, 



Entomologist. 

 Approved : 



James Wilson, 



Secretary. 



Washington, D. C, August 2Jt., 1900. 



1 Exceptions: (a) Importations from countries bordering on the Netherlands 

 in which measures have been taken for combatting the San Jose scale, (b) 

 Importations for scientific purjjoses. (c) To meet requirements of frontier 

 commerce. 



