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production, dealing with the distribution of seed, uproot- 

 ing of plants, hand cotton gins, licences and permits to 

 purchase raw cotton, markets, inspection of raw cotton 

 and ginning factories, etc. A copy of the rules in force 

 is given below : 



(As published in the Uganda Official Gazette of July 31, 

 1913, page 311.) 



THE UGANDA COTTON ORDINANCE, 1908, 



AND 



THE UGANDA COTTON (AMENDMENT) 

 ORDINANCE, 1910. 



RULES. 

 THE UGANDA COTTON RULES, 1913. 



I. These Rules may be cited as " The Uganda Cotton 

 Rules, 1913." 



II. Cotton seed (for sowing purposes) shall be distri- 

 buted by the Government at such times and places and by 

 such persons as the Governor shall prescribe. 



III. No person shall grow cotton from seed which has 

 been obtained from any other source than the Govern- 

 ment. 



IV. All cotton plants shall be uprooted and destroyed 

 after the first season's crop has been picked therefrom, 

 and on no account shall they be allowed to remain for a 

 second season, or for more than one year in the ground. 



V. The Director of Agriculture may from time to time 

 fix by notification in the Official Gazette a date prior to 

 which all the previous season's cotton plants shall be 

 uprooted and destroyed in any district and all such plants 

 shall be uprooted and destroyed prior to such date. 



VI. No person owning or possessing a hand cotton 

 gin shall use or permit the same to 'be used unless and 

 until it is registered at the Office of the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Every hand cotton gin in actual use shall be registered 

 annually during the month of October. 



VII. All cotton seed obtained from hand cotton gins 

 shall forthwith be destroyed by the person so obtaining it 

 or by any person into whose possession or ownership such 

 seed shall come. 



Provided always that it shah* not be necessary to destroy 



