6. Subject to the foregoing regulations 

 stone-fruit trees, and all portions thereof, 

 may be imported into the Colony, pro- 

 vided that such consignment of trees, or 

 portions thereof, be accompanied by a 

 sworn declarationJrom the consignor that 

 the articles proposed to be imported were 

 not grown in the United 8tates of America 

 or in the Dominion of Canada, and with- 

 out such declaration no such articles shall 

 be permitted to enter the Colony. 



7. On the Examining Officer being 

 satisfied as to the sufficiency of the de- 

 claration in iSection 6 above mentioned, 

 he shail give a certificate to that effect to 

 the consignees, and without such certifi- 

 cate no such article shall be permitted to 

 enter the Colony. 



8. The Government does not hold 

 itself responsible for any loss or damage 

 that may result from the destruction of 

 the articles under the provisions of these 



regulations, or from any process 1 that may 

 be considered necessary to cleanse or dis- 

 infect the articles or to discover the exist- 

 ence or otherwise of any noxious insect 

 or plant disease. 



9. No charge will be made for the 

 examination of consignments, but the im- 

 porter will, in every case, be charged wit! 

 the actual cost of treatment^ 



10. These regulations shall not apply 

 to canned or preserved fruits. 



11. For the purpose of these regula- 

 tions the Port of Durban will be regarded 

 as the one port of entry for all fruit trees, 

 plants, or portions thereof. 



12. These regulations will not apply to 

 consignments which it can be proved to 

 the satisfaction of the Department of 

 Agriculture were on order on the date 

 upon which these regulations were pro- 

 mulgated. 



