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(b) When any fruit tree, fruit bearing plant, 

 rose plant, or portion thereof, is included in 

 a consignment, such consignment shall, in 

 transit, be delivered to the Inspector at 

 Johannesburg or Pietovia for purposes of 

 inspection or treatment. 



(c) If accompanied by a certificate from the Chief 



Nurseiy Inspector of the Coleny in which 

 the plaint was grown to the effect that the 

 plant is apparently free from insect pests 

 and plant diseases,' the consignment may be 

 received at any place in this Colony. 



(d) That such consignment is accompanied by a 

 certificate in the form "B" annexed to these 

 Regulations, specifying the number and kinds 

 of plants contained in the consignment, and 

 showing that the plants were not grown in 

 a nursery, and further that the provisions 

 of Regulations 18 and 20 have been observed. 



21. All plants or portions thereof, such as cuttmgs, 

 roots, tubers, bulbs, fruit, and seed, and all packages, 

 cases, pots, or other coverings of the same may, belore 

 being delivered to the consignee, be detained and 

 examined by an Inspector, so as to determine as far 

 as possible whether or not any insect pest or plant 

 disease is present, and it shall be the duty of the 

 consignee or his agent to open the coverings and to 

 afford every facility to the Inspector during such 

 examination. Such articles shall, when deenied neces- 

 sary by the Inspector as a precautionary measure 

 against the introduction of any insect pest or plant 

 disease, be treated b or at the expense of the con- 

 signee in the manner presciibea by or to the satisfac- 

 tion of the Inspector, and if not so treated or if such 

 treatment be deemed ineffectual, the Commissioner of 

 Lands may cause such consignment to be destroyed. 



22. The inspection and other treatment of consign- 

 ments imposed by these Regulations sliall, save as 

 herein excepted, take place on premises appointed by 

 the Commissioner of Lands for the purpose, but special 

 arrangements may be made by the Commissioner of 

 Lands for the execution of all the provisions of Regu- 

 lation 21 on the premises of the consignee, or other 

 place, when approved facilities are provided. 



23. Any article subject to examination under these 

 Regulations which is introduced into the Colony by 

 post may be intercepted and examined by an Inspector, 

 and if lound infected with any insect pest or plant 

 disease shall be cleansed or destroyed as provided for 

 in Regulation 21. 



