30 BUREAU OF EXT0M()L0(;Y and plant quarantine IJan.-March 
miles of the place where the potatoes were grown. Provided that potatoes may 
be imported under a certificate from the Imperial agricultural botanist, Im- 
perial Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. 
SPECIAL CEHTIFICATION OF RUBBER PLANTS 
Art. 7. Rubber plants shall not be imported into British India by sea unless, 
in addition to the general certificate required under article 5, they are ac- 
companied by an official certificate affirming that the estate from which the 
plants originated or the individual plants are free, from Fomcs lifrnof^its KL, 
Sphacrofitilhc rci)cns B. and Br., Mvl(uioi)fta)in»op.'<iff ulci (Henn.) Stahel= (jPj^- 
sicladiuni macrosporium Kuyper), and Oidium hcveae Steinmann. 
SPECIAL CEJ^TIFICATION OF CITRUS PLANTS 
Art. 8. No lemon plants, lime plants, orange plants, grapefruit plants, or 
other citrus plants, and no cuttings of such plants shall be imported into 
British India unless, in addition to the general certificate recjuired under 
article 5, they are accompanied by an official certificate that they are free 
from the mal del secco (Dcuterophotna tracheiphila Petri) or that the disease 
does not exist in the country in which they are grown. 
SUGARCANE RESTRICTIONS 
Art. 9. (1) The importation of sugarcane into British India by sea from the 
Fiji Islands, New Guinea, Australia, or the Philippine Islands is prohibited 
absolutely. 
(2) The importation of sugarcane into British India by sea from any other 
country is prohibited unless, in addition to the general certificate required 
under article 5, it is accompanied by an official certificate that it has been 
examined and found free from cane borers, scale insects, aleurodes, root disease 
(any form), pineapple disease (Thiclaviopsis paradoxa (De Seyn) Hoehn.), 
sereh and cane gummosis, that it was obtained from a crop which was free 
from mosaic disease, and that the fiji disease of sugarcane does not occur in 
the country of export. 
importation of HE:\-EA prohibited from CERTAIN COUNTRIES 
Art. 10. Hevea rubber plants and seeds shall not be imported into British 
India from America or from the West Indies except by the Director of Agri- 
culture, Madras Presidency. 
Art. 11. (a) Seeds of flax, berseem, and cotton shall not be imported by letter 
or sample post, otherwise than by sea. 
(&) The importation of Mexican .lumping beans {Sel)asti(niia pahneri Rose, 
of the family Euphorbiaceae) is prohibited absolutely to prevent the introduc- 
tion of GraphoUtha saltitans Westwood. 
restrictions on IMPORTATION OF COFFEE 
Art. 32. Coffee plants, coffee seeds, and coffee beans shall not be imported 
into Britisli India except for experimental planting by the Director of Agri- 
culture, Madras Presidency, who shall take all measures necessary to insure 
that such coffee plants, beans, or seeds as are imported by him are free from 
plant diseases and injurious insects. Provided that the prohibition herein- 
before contained shall not apply (a) to roasted .and ground coffee, or Cb) to a 
consignment of unroasted or unground coffee beans or seeds produced in India 
and covered by a certificate of origin in the prescribed form. 
Art. LS. Seeds of flax {Linum uffifafifisiiini}}} L.) and berseem (Trifolium 
nlc.rniuJriiiiitn L.) shall not be imported into P>ritish India by sea, unless the 
consignee produces before the collector of ciLstoms a license from the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture in India in that behalf. 
cotton restrictions 
Art. 14. (1) Unginned cotton, other than cotton from a Kathiawar port, 
which has been produced in India, shall not be imported by sea or by air. 
