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beyond the boundaries thereof, of grapes, vines, trees, plants, roots, 
bulbs, &c. 
ave, &c. 
The Director, (Signed) CHARLES MILLS. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
REGULATIONS. 
1. The importation into this Colony, from places beyond the boun- 
daries thereof, of all grape vines or cuttings, or portions of grape vines, 
is absolutely prohibited. 
importation in the port of Cape Town of trees or plants 
(other than grape vines), and of tubers, roots, and bulbs, from any place 
beyond the Meme of this Colony, will only be allowed under the 
following conditions :— 
(a.) No such imi or plants, tubers, roots, or bulbs with earth 
adhering thereto, or in or cases containing earth, with 
the exception of grafts packed in clay = seed potatoes, shall 
be introduced into the port of Cape Tow 
(b.) A declaration from the consignor made bore a magistrate o 
other local authority having the power of administering athe, 
stating (1) that the articles proposed to be imported were 
taken from a field, garden, greenhouse, hothouse, or other 
place containing no vine plant or any portion thereof, either 
growing or stored; (2) the distance of the nearest vineyard, 
and whether such vineyard has at any time suffered or is 
suffering from the Phylloxera vastatrix, must be produced by 
the consignee before such articles shail be allowed to be 
(e) ei packages cases, pots, or coverings whatsoever containing 
s, pla s, tubers, roots, or bulbs shall be examined, before 
DU y an officer appointed for that purpose, and it 
shall be the duty of jus oe to open all such packages, 
cases, pots, or coverings, for the purpose of the examination 
eee and to afford every facility to the examining officer 
during his examination. 
(d.) On ihe examining officer being satisfied as to the absence of the 
Phylloxera vastatrix from the articles proposed to be imported, 
sufficiency of the declaration in section (b) above 
mentioned, he shall give a certificate to that effect to the 
consignee, ‘and without such certificate no such articles shall be 
landed. 
(e.) Should it appear to the examining officer that there are reasons 
for suspecting that such articles may harbour the Phylloxera 
vastatrix, he may, if he think fit, order the said articles to be 
disinfected in such manner as the Government may from time 
to time require. 
(f.) All packages, cases, pots, or coverings containing articles which 
shall be found to be infected with the Phylloxera vastatrix, 
together with the articles therein, shall be immediately 
destroyed. 
(g. e Government does not hold itself liable for any loss or 
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penen jenes them, or from any process that may be 
idered necessary to discover the existence or otherwise of 
the Pipan vastatrix 
