42 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and 
complete up to the time of publication, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. The original texts should be consulted. 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COLONY OF GAMBLA. 
Basic Legislation 
[The riant Importation and Rps;ulation Ordinance, No. 2, Mar. 14, 193G] 
DEFINITIONS 
Section 2 of the Ordinance No. 2 includes the following definitions : 
Plant. — Shall include everything in the nature of a plant, and the fruit, 
leaves, cuttings, bark, or any part thereof whatsoever, whether living or dead, 
severed or attached, but shall not include seed, unless specifically mentioned, 
nor manufactured products of plants ; 
Pest. — Shall mean any insect or other invertebrate animal that may be in- 
jurious to agricultural or horticultural crops ; 
Plant disease. — Shall mean any disease caused by fungus, bacterium, virus, 
or other organism that may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
Sec. 4. Authorizes the Governor-in-Council to make regulations for all or 
any of the following purposes : 
{a) Prohibiting, restricting, or regulating the importation into the Colony 
of any plant, seed, soil, manure, containers, straw, and other packing material 
or any other similar goods or things ; 
( & ) Prescribing or designating the authority which may prescribe the con- 
ditions on which any such goods or things as are referred to in the preceding 
paragraph may be imported into the Colony, including conditions to become 
operative after importation ; 
(c) Prescribing the places at which any goods or things may be imported 
into the Colony when not imported by mail ; 
id) Providing for the detention and examination of any such goods or things 
on their importation into the Colony ; 
(c) Providing for the destruction of any such goods or things which upon 
importation are found to be infected with any plant disease or pest for their 
treatment by the Agricultural Department or otherwise, and for the similar 
treatment of any such goods or things as a precautionary measure whether 
or not found to be infected. 
Any regulation made under this section may be limited in its application 
to goods or things coming from particular countries, and such countries may 
either be specified in the regulation or in a notice by the Governor, who may 
also prescribe penalties for any broach of any such regulations. 
Importation Prohibited 
[Proclamation No. la, Jan. 12, 1925] 
Importation of maize and maize stratv prohihited. — The importation into the 
Colony and Protectorate of Gambia is prohibited of any maize or maize straw 
having come either directly or indirectly from the Gold Coast Colony, Ashanti, 
West Indies, or the United States of America. 
B. E. P. Q. 425 (.supersedes B. E. P. Q. 377). 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, UNION OF SOVIET 
SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 
Maech 3, 1937. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, 
