128 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
Art. 9 (&) (p. 7) : The words "Fruits, whole grains, and seeds of any kind" 
would be more correctly translated as "Products (frutos), whole grains, and 
seeds of any kind." 
Art. 10 (p. 7) : The words "when grain, fruits (malt, peanuts, etc.)" are 
to be replaced by "when grain, products (malted barley, peanuts, etc.)." 
Art. 16, par. 2 (p. 8) : Insert the words "from the phytosanitary certificates 
referred to in articles 8 and 9 and" in the second line between the words 
"are exempt" and "the analysis referred to." 
Art. 45 (c) (p. 17) : Replace the words "Peruvian wintergrass" by "reed 
canary grass (Fhalaris arundinacea L.)." 
Art. 47 (p. 7) : "1 percent" should be "5 percent." 
Art. 54 (p, 20) : Replace "guinea grass (Paiiicum maximum Jacq.)" by 
"broomcorn {Sorghum vulgare var. technicum (Foern.) Jav.)." 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 430. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, PRESIDENCY OF MONTSERRAT, 
BRITISH WEST INDIES 
April 1, 1937. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Presidency 
of Montserrat has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant 
quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and 
plant products to that country. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector, in charge, 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from 
Ordinance No. 3 of 1897, Ordinance No. 1, of 1906, and Proclamation No. 7 
of July 6, 1936, and reviewed by the Agricultural Authority of Montserrat. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts of the said ordinances 
and proclamation ; those publications should be consulted for the exact texts. 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS PRESIDENCY OF MONTSERRAT, 
BRITISH WEST INDIES 
Basic Legislation 
Plants Protective Ordinance, 1897 (no. 3, Apr. 20, 1897) : 
Section 3 of the ordinance empowers the governor, with the advice of the 
executive council, by proclamation, to prohibit absolutely or conditionally the 
importation from any country or place into the Presidency of Montserrat of 
plants, seeds, berries, earth, soil, or other article packed therewith, or goods, 
packages, coverings, or other articles which there shall be reason to believe 
to be affected with disease or which in his judgment may be likely to com- 
municate disease to plants. Any proclamation under this ordinance may be 
modified or revoked by the like authority. 
Section 4 provides that any article imported into the Presidency in con- 
travention of this ordinance may be seized, forfeited, destroyed, or otherwise 
dealt with as the governor may direct. 
Summary 
importation PROHIBITED, EXCEPT UNDER LICENSE OR FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES 
Coffee plants (Coffea spp.) and iincured cofTee berries: Importation pro- 
hibited from Ceylon, Fiji, India (Southern), Java, Mauritius, Natal, Reunion, 
and Sumatra, to prevent the introduction of the rust, Hemilcia vastatrix B. and 
Br., and injurious insect pests. (Plants Protection Ordinance, 1897, see. 2.) 
