1937] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Rules on the Importation of Plants into British India 
[Notification No. F.-320/35-A, of jTuly 20, 1936] 
definitions 
Article 1. (a) "OflScial certificate" means a certificate granted by the proper 
officer or authority in the country of origin (U. S. Department of Agriculture). 
(&) "Plant" means a living plant or part thereof, but does not include seeds. 
(c) "Prescribed port" means any of the following ports, namely, Bombay, 
Calcutta, Cochin, Dhanushkodi, Karachi, Madras, Negapatam, Rangoon, and 
Tuticorin. 
id) All provisions applying to plants or seeds shall apply also to all packing 
material used in packing or wrapping such plants or seeds. 
importation of plants by letter or sample mail prohibited 
Art. 2. No plant shall be imported into British India by letter or sample 
post; provided that sugarcane for planting, intended to be grown under the 
personal supervision of the Government sugarcane expert, Coimbatore, may be 
imported by him by such mail. 
importation of plants by air prohibited 
Art. 3. No plant shall be imported into British India by air; provided that 
plants infested by living insects and intended for the introduction of such 
insects may be so imported if they are accompanied by a special certificate 
from the Imperial entomologist to the Government of India that such plants 
are imported for the purpose of introducing such insects. 
imported plants must be fumigated on arrival 
Art. 4. No plants, other than fruits and vegetables intended for consump- 
tion, potatoes, and sugarcane shall be imported into British India by sea except 
after fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas and at a prescribed port : 
Provided that plants infested by living parasitized insects intended for the 
introduction of such parasites may be imported without such fumigation if 
they are accompanied by a special certificate from the Imperial entomologist 
to the Government of India that such plants are imported for the purpose 
of introducing such parasites. 
Provided also that in the case of plants imported direct by M. K. Seetharama 
-Chetty, so long as he holds the post of superintendent, Government Gardens, 
Mysore, such fumigation shall be dispensed with on condition that he makes 
himself personally responsible for the effective fumigation under the super- 
vision of the mycologist of the Mysore Agricultural Department of all such 
plants within four days of their landing in India, and that before release from 
the fumigatorium the plants are certified as free from insect pests and diseases 
by the Government mycologist and by the Government entomologist, Mysore 
State. 
FEDERAL INSPECTION CEHTinCATB REQUIRED 
Art. 5. No plants, other than fruits and vegetables intended for consumption, 
and potatoes, shall be imported into British India by sea unless accompanied 
by an official certificate in the form prescribed and unless they are free from 
injurious insects and diseases. 
POTATOES MUST BE CEIRTIFIED AGAINST WART 
Art. 6. Potatoes shall not be imported into British India by sea unless ac- 
■companied by — 
(a) A declaration from the shipper stating fully in what country nnd dis- 
trict the potatoes w^ere grown and guaranteeing that potato wart was not 
known to exist on the farms where the potatoes were grown, and 
(b) An official certificate that no case of wart disease of potatoes has been 
"known during the 12 months preceding the date of the certificate within 5 
