324 Regulations as to Importation of Seeds, [july, 



The Governor may allow, by Proclamation, the importation of bees 

 from any colony or territory in South Africa if reciprocal legislation 

 exists therein prohibiting the importation of bees, except under special 

 permission. (Board of Trade Journal, June 10th, 1909.) 



Regulations as to the importation of honey into Cape Colony were 

 given in this Journal in April, 1909, p. 53. 



A notice was issued in the "Orange River Colony Gazette" of 

 May 7th last, stating- that, under Government Notice No. 68 of 1907, 

 all consignments of potatoes entering the 

 Importation of Orange River Colony, or offered for sale, which 

 Diseased Potatoes into appear on examination to be affected with 

 Orange River Colony, the diseases "White Rot" or " Scab " will 

 be confiscated and destroyed. 

 The attention of merchants and growers is also drawn to the fact 

 that under Transvaal regulations potatoes sent to that Colony and 

 found on examination to be affected with either of the above diseases 

 will be condemned. (Board of Trade Journal, June 10th, 1909.) 



The " Nyasaland Government Gazette " of April 30th last contains 

 Proclamation No. 48 of 1909 prohibiting, from the date of publication, 



Im ortation of t ^ ie ^ m P orta ^ on °^ potatoes into the Protec- 



_ , ^ . , XT torate, in consequence of the prevalence in the 



Potatoes into Nyasa- TT , TZ . , , , c 



, ., . , United Kingdom and elsewhere of a disease in 



land Prohibited. potatoe s known as black scab. (Board of 

 Trade Journal, June lyth, 1909.) 



Notices as to the importation of potatoes into Natal were given in this 

 Journal for March, 1909, p. 929, and June, 1909, p. 220. 



Sweden. — In reference to the notice which appeared at p. 53 of the 

 Journal for April, 1909, respecting the importation of seeds into Sweden, 

 the Board have received, through the Foreign 



Regulations as to Office, a copy and translation of a Swedish 

 Importation of Seeds. Royal Order, dated April 26th, prescribing the 

 method by which the Customs authorities are 

 to proceed in treating imported seeds with Eosin. This document may 

 be inspected by persons interested at the Office of the Board of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries, 4 Whitehall Place, S.W. 



Australia. — The Board of Trade have been informed by the Repre- 

 sentative of the Commonwealth of Australia in London that the 

 Commonwealth Customs Department have decided that, for the pur- 

 poses of the Australian Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act, flower seeds 

 are not considered to be agricultural seeds, and, consequently, the import 

 provisions of the Commerce Regulations made under that Act are not 

 applicable thereto. 



Should, however, any description be voluntarily applied, such flower 

 seeds would be subject to the provisions of the Commerce Regulations, 

 which require that the description shall state the names of the seeds and 

 their condition as to soundness, cleanness, and newness. (Board of 

 Trade Journal, June ijth, 1909.) 



