136 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April- June 
plants and plant products from the United States of North America to those 
countries. 
The summary was compiled by Harry B. Shaw, plant-quarantine inspector 
in charge, Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, 
from the original texts or his translations thereof. The summaries were then 
reviewed by the appropriate officials of the respective countries. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and 
complete 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. The quarantines themselves should be 
consulted for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomolorfij and Pla)it Quarantine. 
SUMMARY OF THE PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE COLONY 
OF BRITISH HONDURAS 
Basic Legislation 
[Plant-protection ordinance of 1924 as amended by that of 1928] 
It shall be lawful for the Governor by proclamation : 
(a) To prohibit absolutely, or subject to such conditions as he may prescribe, 
the importation generally, or from any country or place named in such procla- 
mation, of any fruit, seeds, cuttings, i^lants, or any description of earth, or soil, 
or any articles packed therewith, or any package, covering, or thing in which 
they may be packed, or any article or thing which, in his opinion, is likely to be 
the means of introducing any plant disease Into the colony ; 
(&) To make any order he may deem fit respecting the disinfecting, trans- 
port, or storing or destruction of any of the articles aforesaid. (Ordinance of 
Aug. 23, 1928, to amend the plant-protection ordinance of 1924.) 
Impobtation of Banana Plants Prohibited feom Certain Countries 
The importation is absolutely prohibited into the colony of British Honduras, 
directly or indirectly, of the plant known as the banana plant and any other 
species of the genus Musa from the West Indian Islands, Republics of Guate- 
mala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, the continent of South 
America, Canary Islands, and West Africa, together with any articles or soil 
Ijacked therewith, or any package, covering, or thing in which it may be packed, 
unless it is imported by the Department of Agriculture for experimental pur- 
poses, or under a license issued by the agricultural officer. (Proclamation 
110. 18, May 1934.) 
Importation of Citrus Plants Restricted 
The importation into the colony, directly or indirectly, of citrus plants, 
including plants of grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime, and tangerine, is absolutely 
I)rohibited save and except under the following conditions: 
(a) All orders shall be placed through the Department of Agriculture and 
the selection of the nursery from which any plants are obtained shall be made 
by and be in the discretion of the agricultural officer. 
(&) Trees shall be fumigated on arrival if considered necessary by the agri- 
cultural officer. 
(c) Trees in each consignment shall be planted out in one block and shall be 
open to inspection at any time by officers of the Department of Agriculture. 
{d) Within 3 years after planting any tree as aforesaid, if in the opinion of 
the Agricultural Officer it is nece.ssary to destroy any tree or to spray the same 
in any particular manner due to the presence of harmful disease believed to 
have been introduced on such tree, the owner thereof shall, on being required 
to do so in writing by the agricultural officer, carry out at his own expense any 
such instructions as aforesaid. 
(r) All materials used in the packing of any trees, as well as any container 
In which the same may have been conveyed, shall be destroyed by fire after the 
plants have ))eon received on the farm on which they are to be set out. (Procla- 
mation no. 6, Feb. 13, 1934.j 
