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certificate of fulfilment of quarantine regulations. In case an im- 

 portation of animals is owned by more than one person, a release 

 will be issued to each owner or agent covering the animals which 

 belong to him. 



Importation of Pure-bred Animals for Breeding Purposes. — The 

 regulations relating to the duty-free importation of pedigree stock for 

 breeding purposes were given in this Journal for March, 191 1, p. 1029. 

 Importers of such stock will not be required to give the bond or 

 stipulation for the production of registry certificates, provided for 

 by these last regulations, until the end of the quarantine period, in 

 order that they may avail themselves of such period to procure from 

 the Department of Agriculture the required certificates of record and 

 pedigree. 



Disposal of Diseased Animals. — Animals which are found to be 

 suffering from a contagious disease, and animals which have been in 

 contact with them, are only permitted to be landed and quarantined at 

 the discretion of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, who 

 may also order the animals to be valued and slaughtered. The regula- 

 tions provide also for the disinfection of a vessel that has carried 

 diseased animals. 



Importation of Plants, Bees, and Exotic Animals into South Africa. — 



The laws in force in the various States of the Union of South Africa 

 relating to the importation of plants, bees, and exotic animals have 

 been consolidated by the Government of the Union in the "Agricultural 

 Pests Act, 1911," of which Sections 8 to 13 deal with the importation 

 of plants, and Sections 21 to 23 with the importation of bees and exotic 

 animals. 



Plants may be introduced into the Union from oversea countries 

 by post or through the ports of Cape Town, Durban, East London, 

 and Port Elizabeth, or other place which may be prescribed as a port 

 of entry by proclamation of the Governor-General. 



The importation of eucalyptus, acacia, and coniferous plants, fresh 

 grapes, and peach stones is prohibited. In the case of any other plants 

 the importer must obtain a permit from the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, which permit may limit the number of articles to be introduced 

 thereunder to 10 rooted plants or 100 cuttings of one variety. No 

 permit is, however, required for fruit, bulbs, tubers, vegetables, such 

 portions of plants as cannot be propagated, and such herbaceous plants 

 as may in the future be specified by the Minister of Agriculture. The 

 following articles, in addition to requiring a permit, must be imported 

 under the supervision of an officer of the Department of Agriculture, 

 and under such precautions as the Department may in each case pre- 

 scribe : — Grape vines and other plants of the family Vitaceae ; sugar- 

 canes; plants cultivated for the production of rubber; tea plants and 

 cotton seeds. 



All plants, together with the materials in which they are packed, 

 may be examined by an officer of the Department of Agriculture, for 

 the purpose of discovering whether any insect pest or plant disease is 

 present. This officer may order disinfection or other such treatment as 

 is prescribed by the Department, the costs of such treatment being 

 chargeable to the consignee, and in certain cases also the destruction 

 °f the plants affected. The consignee may be asked to furnish par- 



