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faberi Maube. and P. meadi McRae), and that on the estate or estates where 
the said trees grew no material has ever been imported from countries where 
these diseases occur. 
Paragraphs 4, 5, and 6, respectively, of this article provide (1) that plant 
material may be imported from China without the certificate prescribed by 
paragraph 1; (2) that fruits assembled in the Netherlands may be imported 
if accompanied by a certificate issued by the phytopathological service at 
Wageningen ; (3) that cacao plants {Theohroma cacao) from America may 
be imported only in the form of living cacao plants grown from seed in Europe 
in European soil. 
Inspection on arrival 
Abt. 2. (1). The plant material referred to in the preceding article, and the 
containers, and packing material in which it was imported, will be allowed 
to proceed to the consignee only after having been inspected by the expert men- 
tioned in sections 2 and 3, and found to be free from pests and diseases of 
cultivated plants; or if that be practicable, after it has been disinfected or 
otherwise freed from the organisms concerned. 
Arts. 3, 4, 5, and 6. Concern the disposal of shipments of plant material 
on arrival. 
Section 6. Fees for inspection and disinfection. 
Section 7. Exemption of shipments of plant material intended for the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce and institutions connected with 
that department. 
Section 8. Prescribes forms for import permits, reports of seizure, etc. 
Restrictions on the Importation of Fruits and Potatoes 
[Decree of Oct. 21, 1929] 
The following provisions have been promulgated by the director of agricul- 
ture, industry, and commerce, Buitenzorg, by Decree No. 9660-A, October 21, 
1920, for the importation of fresh fruits and potatoes. 
PORTS OF ENTRY 
A. Without regard to mail shipments of fresh fruits and potatoes, to which 
the provisions of the decree of November 3, 1926, remain applicable, the ports 
of Balipapan and Lingkas (Tarakan) are designated as ports of entry for 
fresh fruits and potatoes. 
B. The following regulations apply to the importation of the products named 
in A through the places named therein. 
IMPORT PERMIT REQUIRED 
Article 1. Fruits and potatoes are admitted into unrestricted traffic after 
a permit has been issued by the chief ofllcial of the import and export customs 
and tariff service, or in his name. 
phytosanitary certificate required 
Art. 2. This permit will be issued only when the fruits and potatoes offered 
for entry are accompanied by : 
(a) A certificate signed by an expert of the government of the country of 
origin or one of its organizations, in which is indicated the kind and quantity 
(number of packages), itemized as far as necessary, and aflirming that the 
fruit or potatoes contained in the shipment, according to his inspection, were 
free from pests and diseases of cultivated plants. 
(6) With respect to potatoes, in addition, a certificate issued by a phytopatho- 
logical institution in the country of origin in which it is affirmed that the 
potatoes were found free from potato wart {SyncJiytrium endohioticum) and 
that in the field in which the potatoes were grown and for a radius of 500 
meters this disease does not occur. 
(c) A declaration of the phytosanitary official in charge of the national 
phytosanitary service in the locality or, in his absence, of the physician of the 
Batavian Petroleum Co. (Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij ) to the .effect 
