P«lOCEEDIX<-i S OF THE THIHD EXTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 1057 



General in Council is pleased to issue the following order for the purpose 

 of prohibiting, regulating and restricting the import into British India 

 of the articles hereinafter specified. 



1. In this order : — 



{i) " official certificate " means a certificate granted by the proper 

 officer or authority in the country of origin ; and the officers 

 and authorities named in the third column of the Schedule 

 are the proper officers and authorities to grant in the countries 

 named in the second colunui the certificates required by the 

 provisions referred to in the first column thereof ; 



• plant " means a living plant or part thereof but does not 

 include seeds ; and 



"prescribed port" means any of the following ports; namely 

 Bombay, Calcutta, Dhaneshkodi, Karachi, Madras, Negapatam, Rangoon 

 and Tuticorin ; 



{ii) all provisions referring to plants or seeds shall apply to all 

 packing material used in packing or wrapping such plants 

 or S€eds. 



'■2. No plant shall be imported into British India by land or sea by 

 means of the letter or sample post, provided that sugarcane for planting 

 intended to be gi-own under personal supervision of the Government 

 Sugarcane Expert may be imported by him by such post. [Gazette of 

 India, Pt. I, p. 155, 9th February 1918]. 



"3. No plants other than fruits and vegetables intended for con- 

 sumption, potatoes and sugarcane shall be imported into British India 

 by sea except after fumigation with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas and at a 

 prescribed port : 



•• Provided that plants which are infested with hving parasitized 

 insects and are intended for the introduction of such parasites may be 

 imported without such fumigation if they are accompMned by a special 

 certificate from the Imperial Entomologist to the Govermnent of India 

 that such plants are imported for the purpose of introducing such para- 

 «ities. 



• 4. Potatoes shall not be imported into British India b}^ sea, unless 

 they are accompained by — 



(i) a certificate from the consignor stating fully in what country' 

 and in what district of such country the potatoes were 



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