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Importation Regulations. 



over 7 lb. in weight or the Inspector is required for any reason to 

 travel to the place where the consignment is to be examined. In this 

 case a charge of £2 2s. will be made, which must be paid before the 

 certificate can be issued. 



2. In cases in which consignments of plants are only admitted on 

 production of a certificate from the Board that the nursery in which 

 they have been grown has been examined and found to be free from 

 certain specified pests, application for the attendance of an Inspector 

 must be made before May 1st each year, in order that the nursery 

 may be examined from time to time during the summer. A fee of 

 £2 25. will be charged for the certificate, and the remittance must 

 be sent to the Board not less than a month before the beginning 

 of the shipping season. 



3. In cases in which a certificate of the Board is required stating 

 that no disease of a certain kind has been reported from the neigh- 

 bourhood in which the plants were grown a declaration signed (and 

 in some cases sworn) by the grower must be sent, stating that the 

 plants (in most cases potatoes) were grown on a particular farm, 

 and naming the parish and county in which such premises are situate, 

 together with a declaration that the disease in respect of which the 

 certificate is issued has not occurred on those premises. 



The application should be received by the Board not less than three 

 days before the consignment is to be dispatched. No charge is made 

 for this certificate. 



In cases in which the certificates required do not fall within any 

 of the foregoing categories nurserymen who wish to export plants 

 should apply to the Board for further particulars. 



Importation of Live Stock into British West African Colonies. — The 



Board have received, through the Colonial Office, the following in- 

 formation relating to the importation of cattle 

 Importation into the British West African Colonies and 



Regulations. Protectorates :— 



Northern Nigeria.— There are no laws in force for the prevention 

 of the introduction of contagious diseases. 



Southern Nigeria. — The Prevention of Disease (Animals) Ordinance 

 of 1908 empowers the Governor in Council to make rules prohibiting 

 the importation of animals, and such rules may provide for the 

 establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations for animals and 

 for slaughtering diseased animals with or without compensation, or 

 animals suspected of being diseased, with compensation. 



There is, however, no regular examination of animals entering 

 the Colony. 



Gold Coast. — Ordinance No. 10 of 1876 empowers the Governor 

 to prohibit the importation of infected live stock. 



Sierra Leone. — There are no laws for the prevention of the intro- 

 duction of contagious diseases of animals. 



Gambia. — The Prevention of Disease (Animals) Ordinance of 1909 

 empowers the Governor in Council to make rules similar to those 

 under the Ordinance of 1908 of Southern Nigeria. 



Importation of Animals into German East Africa. — The Deutsches 

 Kolonialblatt of December 1st contains a decree of the Governor- 

 General of German East Africa, dated August 15th, 191 1, prohibiting 



