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  An 
  Act 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  Introduction 
  into 
  British 
  India 
  of 
  any 
  Insect, 
  

   Fungus 
  or 
  other 
  Pest, 
  which 
  is 
  or 
  may 
  be 
  destructive 
  to 
  Crops. 
  

  

  An 
  Act 
  entitled 
  " 
  The 
  Destructive 
  Insects 
  and 
  Pests 
  Act, 
  1914," 
  

   which 
  received 
  the 
  assent 
  of 
  the 
  Governor-General 
  of 
  India 
  on 
  the 
  3rd 
  

   February 
  1914, 
  empowers 
  the 
  Governor-General 
  in 
  Council 
  to 
  prohibit 
  

   or 
  regulate, 
  by 
  notification 
  in 
  the 
  Gazette 
  of 
  India, 
  the 
  import 
  into 
  

   British 
  India 
  of 
  any 
  article 
  or 
  class 
  of 
  articles 
  likely 
  to 
  cause 
  infection 
  

   to 
  any 
  crop. 
  Customs 
  Officers 
  are 
  authorized 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  any 
  such 
  

   prohibited 
  articles 
  as 
  though 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  restricted 
  or 
  prohibited 
  

   under 
  the 
  Sea 
  Customs' 
  Act. 
  The 
  Local 
  Government 
  is 
  empowered, 
  

   subject 
  to 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Governor-General 
  in 
  Council, 
  to 
  make 
  

   rules 
  for 
  the 
  detention, 
  inspection, 
  disinfection 
  or 
  destruction 
  of 
  any 
  

   such 
  articles 
  or 
  of 
  any 
  article 
  that 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  contact 
  or 
  proxi- 
  

   mity 
  thereto. 
  Fines 
  up 
  1000 
  rupees 
  may 
  be 
  inflicted 
  for 
  a 
  breach 
  

   of 
  such 
  rules. 
  

  

  A 
  New 
  Regulation 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  Importation 
  of 
  Potatoes 
  into 
  Canada. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Order-in-Council 
  was 
  passed 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  March 
  1914, 
  

   amending 
  the 
  regulations 
  under 
  The 
  Destructive 
  Insect 
  and 
  Pest 
  Act 
  

   of 
  the 
  Dominion 
  of 
  Canada, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  prohibit 
  the 
  importation 
  of 
  

   potatoes 
  from 
  California 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Kegulations 
  under 
  ' 
  The 
  Destructive 
  Insect 
  and 
  Pest 
  Act,' 
  

   estabhshed 
  by 
  Order-in-Council, 
  dated 
  11th 
  May, 
  1910, 
  are 
  amended 
  

   by 
  adding 
  to 
  Section 
  12 
  thereof, 
  which 
  contains 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  destructive 
  

   insects, 
  pests 
  and 
  diseases 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  said 
  Act 
  shall 
  apply, 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  insect 
  pest 
  — 
  ' 
  the 
  Potato 
  Tuber 
  Moth 
  (Phthorimaea 
  operculella, 
  

   Zell.) 
  ' 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  adding 
  to 
  Section 
  13, 
  after 
  the 
  word 
  ' 
  Miquelon 
  ' 
  in 
  

   the 
  second 
  line 
  thereof, 
  the 
  following 
  words, 
  ' 
  also 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia, 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  of 
  America. 
  ' 
  " 
  

  

  A 
  Notice 
  restricting 
  the 
  Importation 
  of 
  Coffee 
  Plants 
  or 
  Coffee 
  into 
  the 
  

   Uganda 
  Protectorate. 
  — 
  Uganda 
  Official 
  Gazette, 
  28th 
  Feb. 
  1914. 
  

  

  This 
  notice 
  prohibits 
  the 
  importation 
  of 
  cofiee 
  plants 
  (whether 
  living 
  

   or 
  dead) 
  and 
  coffee, 
  other 
  than 
  roasted 
  beans 
  and 
  ground 
  cofiee, 
  into 
  

   the 
  Protectorate 
  except 
  under 
  a 
  written 
  permit 
  previously 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  This 
  prohibition 
  does 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  

   properly 
  packed 
  and 
  sealed 
  packages 
  of 
  plants 
  or 
  coffee 
  passed 
  in 
  

   transit 
  through 
  the 
  Protectorate. 
  But 
  if 
  such 
  a 
  package 
  is 
  opened 
  

   in 
  transit 
  or 
  is 
  so 
  damaged 
  that 
  its 
  contents 
  may 
  escape, 
  the 
  package 
  

   and 
  its 
  contents 
  may 
  be 
  destroyed 
  without 
  compensation. 
  

  

  VuiLLET 
  (A.). 
  Sur 
  la 
  presence 
  de 
  V 
  Aphis 
  maidis. 
  Fitch, 
  en 
  Afrique 
  

   occidentale. 
  [Presence 
  of 
  Aphis 
  maidis 
  in 
  West 
  Africa.] 
  — 
  Bull. 
  

   Soc. 
  Entom. 
  de 
  France, 
  Paris, 
  1914, 
  no. 
  3, 
  pp. 
  116-117. 
  

  

  Aphis 
  maidis, 
  the 
  widely 
  distributed 
  pest 
  of 
  maize 
  and 
  Indian 
  millet 
  

   has 
  been 
  found 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  Africa 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  

   In 
  the 
  French 
  Sudan 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  both 
  on 
  maize 
  and 
  millet, 
  rolled 
  

   up 
  in 
  the 
  leaf 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  inflorescence. 
  Although 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  a 
  pest, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  as 
  much 
  damage 
  as 
  is 
  due 
  sometimes 
  to 
  

   the 
  allied 
  species, 
  A. 
  sorghi, 
  Theo. 
  

  

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  A 
  

  

  