1909.] Regulations as to Importation of Seeds. 53 



Wharf in Great Britain for the purpose of slaughter thereat, in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of the Foreign Animals Order of 1903. 



The Order prohibiting the landing of live animals from the State of 

 Pennsylvania, as well as the Orders prohibiting the landing of hay or 

 straw from the States of New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware, 

 and Pennsylvania, still remain in force. 



The Board of Trade correspondent at Cape Town (Mr. E. J. Cattell) 

 reports (Board of Trade Journal, February 25th, 1909) that several 

 consignments of honey recently arriving at 

 Regulations as to that port have been rejected on account of 

 Importation of Honey omission to comply with the terms of the 

 into Cape Colony. Proclamation prohibiting the introduction of 

 honey and beeswax into the Colony except 

 under written permit previously obtained from the Secretary for Agri- 

 culture. A note of these Regulations appeared in this Journal, Febru- 

 ary, 1909, p. 875. 



A further Proclamation (No. 87 of 1909), amending the previous 

 Proclamation of 1908, provides for the prohibition of the importation 

 of beeswax or foundation comb, except under a written permission 

 previously obtained from the Secretary for Agriculture, and subject 

 to the production in the case of each consignment of such sworn 

 declarations, in prescribed form, as may be required. 



The declarations that are required to accompany the importations 

 of beeswax or foundation comb prescribe (1) that the wax has been 

 melted for not less than i\ hours at a temperature of not less than 

 212 0 F., and (2) that no bee disease of any description exists on the 

 premises of the person making the declaration or within 2 miles 

 thereof. 



Sweden. — A Swedish Royal Ordinance, dated February 5th, 1909, 

 and coming into force on June 1st next, contains the following provi- 

 sions as to the importation into Sweden of 

 Regulations as to foreign seeds. 

 Importation of Seeds. Sect. 1. — Foreign seed of red clover (trifolium 

 pratense) and hybrid clover (trifolium hybridum), 

 as well as hop seed (medicago lupulina), may not be imported into 

 the country unless enclosed in sacks, marked clearly on the outside 

 with the words " utlandskt fro" (''foreign seed"), and having 

 previously undergone treatment with a solution of " eosin " in the 

 manner described below in Sect. 3. 



All seed imported into the country from abroad, which has not 

 been satisfactorily proved to be Swedish seed previously exported from 

 Sweden, is to be considered as foreign seed. 



Sect. 2. — Goods received from abroad and submitted to Customs 

 inspection as being foreign seed in accordance with the terms of Sect, i, 

 but not enclosed in sacks as prescribed, may be imported if ' the 

 sacks are marked in accordance with Sect. 1 at the owner's expense, 

 or the seed repacked in other sacks similarly marked. 



Sect. 3. — The treatment by a solution of " eosin " mentioned in 

 Sect. 1 shall be carried out by the respective Customs authorities before 

 being delivered for import. 



