190 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-Jime 
Fumigation of Used Empty Sacks Required 
Used empty sacks must be fumigated at the port of embarkation and the 
certificate of fumigation must be visaed by the Salvadorean consul in that 
district. If the sliipnient arrives without the certificate of fumigation, the 
imiKirtcr will be obliged to pay a surtax of 10 percent of the duty in addition 
to the established 10 percent for registration and examination, as well as the 
cost of fumigation at the port of entry. (Decree of July 10, 1930.) 
Inspection Certificate Required With Each Shipment of Fruit From San 
Francisco 
The Salvadorean consul at San Fi'ancisco, Calif., will require shippers of 
fruits to the Republic of Salvador to present with the documents applying 
to each shipment an inspection certificate, issued by competent authority, af- 
firming that the fruits shipped are in the condition noted in the respective bill 
of lading. (Decree of Oct. 8, 1930.) 
Cottonseed Must Be Fumigated 
Each shipment of cottonseed offered for entry into Salvador must be 
accompanied by an official certificate aflSrming that it has been duly fumi- 
gated. 
If such a shipment is not accompanied by a fumigation certificate its fumi- 
gation at the port of entry may be required, at the expense of the consignee, 
before being withdrawn from the dock. To facilitate fumigation, cottonseed 
shall be entered only through the port of La Libertad. (Decree of Jan. 23, 
1924.) 
Impoetation of Coffee Stems, Shrubs, and Seeds Prohibited 
To prevent the introduction of certain diseases affecting coffee plantations 
in other countries, the importation of coffee stems, shrubs, or seeds into Salva- 
dor has been indefinitely prohibited. (Executive decree of Feb. 7, 1925.) 
B. E. P. Q. 446. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, TERRITORY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA 
May 10, 1937. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of Southern 
Rhodesia has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quaran- 
tine oflScials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products 
to that Territory. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector in charge, 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from 
Government Notice No. 462, of August 5, 1982, of the Territory of Southern 
Rhodesia. 
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 independ- 
ently of, nor as a substitute for, the original text of the ordinance, and it is 
not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The ordinance itself should be 
consulted for the exact text. 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, TERRITORY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA 
Basic Legislation 
Importation of Plants Ordinance, 1904. 
Under this ordinance the importation of plant regulations (Government No- 
tice No. 4G2, Aug. 5, 1932) were promulgated. Notice No. 462 cancels the fol- 
lowing Government notices, namely : No. 253 of 1913, No. 491 of 1921, No. 603 
of 1921, No. 72 of 1922, No 30 of 1926, No. 484 of 1926, No. 597 of 1928, No. 440 
of 1929, No. 744 of 1929, No. 560 of 1930, and No. 369 of 1931. 
