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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Sugarcane plants (Saccharum officinarum L.) from all places, to prevent the 
introauction of the mosaic disease. (Proclamation of July 6, 1936.) 
Banana plants {Muna spp.) and parts thereof, including fruits: Importation 
prohibited from all places except Barbados and the Leeward Islands (Anguilla, 
Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Nevis, Redonda, St. Kitts, and the Virgin Islands, 
B. W. I), to prevent the introduction of the Panama wilt disease {Fusarium 
mihensG E. F. Sm.). (Proc. of July 6, 1936.) 
Citrus family (tribe Citratae) : Importation prohibited of all rooted plants 
or parts thereof, including their fruits, except oranges and grapefruit, from 
all places, to prevent the introduction of lime withertip {Gloeosporium limeU 
ticoJum R. F. Clausen). (Proc. of July 6, 1936.) 
Coconuts (Cocos nucifcra L.), growing or sprouted: Importation prohibited 
from Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent, Trinidad, and Central and South 
America, to prevent the introduction of the bud rot disease (Phytophthora 
palmivora Butler). (Proc. of July 6, 1936.) 
Cottonseed, seed cotton (Gossyphim spp.), and all packages, coverings, bags, 
other articles or things that have been used as packages, coverings, or bags 
for any cottonseed, lint cotton or seed cotton from all places during the period 
from April 15 to August 31, inclusive, in each year and from places other than 
the Leeward Islands during the remaining period of each year as well as the 
period hereinbefore prohibited, provided that any cottonseed bags and pack- 
ages imported under the authority of a license granted by the governor to 
the curator of the botanic station, shall be fumigated immediately on landing 
and a guarantee given by the importer that the said seed is to be used solely 
for oil extraction. 
Except as indicated above, plants and plant products, mcluding fresh fruits 
and vegetables, originating in the United States may be imported into Montserrat 
without other restriction than Inspection on arrival and fumigation if deemed 
necessary, no certificate being prescribed in the regulations. 
B. E. P. Q. 431. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COLONY OF ST. VINCENT, BRITISH 
WEST INDIES 
Apbil 1, 1937. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of St. Vincent, 
British West Indies, has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, 
plant-quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and 
plant products to that colony. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector, in charge, 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
Plant Protection Ordinance of May 10, 1935. and the proclamation of August 1, 
1935, and reviewed by the superintendent of agriculture of that colony. 
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, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COLONY OF ST. VINCENT, BRITISH 
WEST INDIES 
Basic Legislation 
The Plant Quarantine Ordinance, May 10, 1935: 
This ordinance empowers the governor in council, by proclamation, to pro- 
hibit absolutely, or to admit under prescribed conditions, the importation into 
the colony of any plant materials or packages; to have the same examined 
before they are landed and to prohibit their landing if found infected by any 
pest or disease. 
AUTHORIZED PORT OF ENTRY 
Section 6 of the ordinance prescribes that all plant material shall be landed 
at the port of Kingstown, unless permission has been obtained to land at 
another place. 
