2S BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
The act also empowers the local government, subject to the control of the 
Governor-Geiieral-in-Council, to make rules for the detention, inspection, disin- 
fection, or dostruction of such article or class of articles and to impose "peu- 
alties for infractions of the said rules. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Coffee plants, seeds, and beans {Coffca spp.) : May be imported only by the 
Director of Agriculture, Madras Presidency, for experimental planting, to pre- 
vent the introduction of insect pests, especially the coffee berry borer {Ste- 
plianodvrcs hanipci Hagedorn). (Notification of July 20, 1936, art. 12, p. 7.) 
Cotton, unginnod (other than cotton from a Kathiawar port), that has been 
produced in India, shall not be imiK)rted by sea or air, to prevent the intro- 
duction of various pests of cotton. (Art. 14 (1), p. 8.) 
Flax (Liuiim usitatissimmn L.), berseem {Trifoliutn alexandrinum L.), and 
cotton (Gossi/ijiiuii spp.), seeds of: May not be imported by letter or sample 
mail otherwise than by sea, to prevent the introduction of dodder {Cuscuta 
spp.). (Art. 11 (a) p. 7.) 
Mexican jumping beans {Schastiania palmeri Rose, Euphorbiaceae) : Import- 
ation absolutely prohibited to prevent the introduction of Grapholitha saltitans 
Westwood. (Art. 11 [h) p. 7.) 
Plants may not bo imported into British India by letter or sample mail, or 
by air, except as provided in articles 2 and 3. (See pp. 5 and 6.) 
Rubber plants and seeds {Hevea spp.) : Importation from America or West 
Indies prohibited except by the Director of Agriculture, Madras Presidency, 
to prevent the introduction of Fomes (semitostus) lignosus Kl., Sphaerostilhe 
rcpcuH B. and Br., Fusicladinm uiacrosporum Kuyper, and Oidium hevae 
Steinmann. (Art. 10, p. 7.) 
Sugarcane (Socchaynim officiuarum L.) : Importation prohibited from the Fiji 
Islands, New Guinea, Australia, and the Philippines, to prevent the introduction 
of injurious pests and diseases of sugarcane. (Art. 9, p. 7.) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Citrus plants and cuttings : May not be imported unless accompanied by a 
federal certificate in prescribed form and also certifying freedom from "mal 
del secco" (Deuterophonia frachciphila Petri). (Art. 8, p. 7.) 
Cottonseed for experimental purposes : May be imported only by a designated 
officer (see p. 8) and only through the port of Bombay subject to fumigation 
on arrival or presentation of a fumigation certificate, and in quantities not 
exceeding one hundredweight (112 pounds). (Art. 14 (2), p. 8.) 
Flax (Linum nsiiatissitnum L. ) and berseem (TrifoUum alexmidrbunn L.), 
seeds of: Mny be imported only under a license from the Department of Agri- 
culture of India. (Art. 13, p. 8.) 
Plants other than fruits and vegetables intended for consumption, and pota- 
toes, must be accompanied by a federal certificate in the prescribed form (see 
p. 8). (Art. 5, p. 6.) 
Potatoes: Must be accompanied by a shipper's declaration and a federal 
certificate affirming freedom from wart. Provided that potatoes may be 
imported under a certificate from the Imperial economic botanist, Imperial 
Agricultural Rosen rch Institute, New Delhi. (Art. 6, p. 6.) 
Potatoes from Italy: Must be accompanied by a certificate of freedom from 
disease. (Art. 6. Text omitted.) 
Rubber plants {Hrvca spp.) imported by sea: Must be accompanied by an 
olficial certificate that the estate on which the plants originated, or the indi- 
vidual plants, are free from specified plant pests. (Art. 7, p. 6 ; see also art. 
10, p. 7.) 
Sugarcane {F^ncchnrum nf]fici}uinim L.) intended to be grown under the super- 
vision of the Government sugarcane expert Coimbatore, may be imported by 
him by mnil. (Art. 2, p. 5.) 
Sugarcane from countries other than the Fiji Islands, New Guinea, Australia, 
or the Philippines, must be accompanied by a federal inspection certificate. 
(Art. 9 (2), p. 7.) 
