130 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
Procl-\mation Under the Plant Protection Ordinance, 1935 
[Aug. 1, 1935] 
importation prohibited 
Article 1. The following shall not be imported into the colony : 
id) Soil and packages containing soil. 
(h) Packages, coverings, bags, or other articles- or things that have been in 
contact with or suspected of having been in contact with cottonseed, seed cotton, 
cotton lint, or cottonseed meal. 
{(') Plants, fruits, seeds, cuttings, or other parts (but not including manu- 
factured or processed products) of — 
(1) Cotton, including cottonseed, seed cotton, cottonseed meal, and cotton 
lint {Gossi/piuni spp.). 
(2) Citrus, provided that the fruit of the orange and grapefruit may be 
imported from the British West Indian Islands if the agricultural authority 
is satisfied that the fruit is home grown. 
(3) Sugarcane {Saccharuni offivlnnrum 1^.) . 
(4) Coffee {Coffca spp.), including raw coffee, husked or unhusked (except 
raw coffee from the islands of the British West Indies). 
(5) Banana, plantain, or other species of Musa. 
(6) Cocoa {Theohroma cacao L. ). 
(7) Coconut {Cocos unci f era L.). 
(8) Sweetpotato (Ipouioca batatas Poir.). 
(9) Cassava {Manihot escnJcnta L.). 
(10) Arrowroot (Maranta aruvdinacea L.). 
(11) Hcvca spp. 
(12) Nutmegs (Myristica fra grans Houtt.) . 
(13) Groundnuts or peanuts {Arachis hypopaea L.). 
((/) Fruits and vegetables not specified in paragraph (c), except from the 
British Isles, Canada, United States, and British West Indies;^ provided that 
this prohibition shall not apply to nuts, dried fruits, canned, candied, and other 
processed fruits or vegetables, onions, and potatoes. 
importation restricted 
Certificate of origin required 
(e) Fruits and vegetables not specified in i)aragraph (c) from the British 
West Indies,* Canada, United States, and the British Isles, except on produc- 
tion of a certificate of origin stating, to the satisfaction of the agricultural 
authority, that such products are home grown ; provided that this prohibition 
shall not apply to nuts, dried fruits, canned, candied, or other processed fruits 
or vegetables, onions, and potatoes. Citrus fruits may be imported from the 
British West Indies if the agricultural authority is satisfied that the fruit is 
home grown. (See art. 1, par. (c).) 
Phytosanitary certificate required 
Plants and parts of plants : Must be accompanied by a phytosanitary cer- 
tificate as prescribed in schedule I. (See art. 3.) 
importation unrestkicted 
Nuts, dried fruits, canned, candied, and other processed fruits and vegetables, 
onions, and potatoes. (See art. 1, pars, (d) and (c).) 
Raw coffee from the British West Indies.* (See art. 1, par. (c) (4).) 
agricttltural authority may import any plant material 
Art. 2. Nothing in the preceding part of this proclamation sliall prevent the 
agricultural authority from importing into the colony any i)lant material from 
« In paragraphs (d) and (e) the expression "British West Indies" does not include 
Bermuda, Jamaica, the Bahamas, or British Guiana. 
