1937] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
237 
B. E. P. Q. 424, Revised. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COLONY OF GAMBIA 
August 21, 1937. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Colony of 
Gambia 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 Importation and Regulation Ordinance No. 2, of March 14, 1936, and 
Importation of Plants Regulations, May 26, 1936. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and 
complete up to the time of publication, but it is not intended to be used 
independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to 
be interpreted as legally authoritative. The original texts should be consulted. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COLONY OF GAMBLA. 
Basic Legislation 
The Plant Importation and Regulation Ordinance,- No. 2, March 14, 1936. 
DEFINITIONS 
Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2 includes the following definitions : 
Plant. — Shall include everything in the nature of a plant, and the fruit, leaves^ 
cuttings, bark, or any part thereof whatsoever, whether living or dead, severed 
or attached, but shall not include seed, unless specifically mentioned, nor manu- 
factured products of plants. 
Pest. — Shall mean any insect or other invertebrate animal that may be 
injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
Plant disease. — Shall mean any disease caused by fungus, bacterium, virus, 
or other organism that may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
Section 4 empowers the governor-in-council to make regulations to prohibit 
or restrict the importation into the colony of plants, seeds, soil, manure, con- 
tainers, straw, and other packing material. 
Regulations Governing the Importation of Plants 
[Regulations No. 11, May 26, 1936] 
Article 1. These regulations may be cited as the Importation of Plants 
Regulations, 1936. 
PLANT interchange SCHEDULE 
Art. 2. "Plant Interchange Schedule" means a list of West African countries 
in respect of which agreements have been made with the Government of the 
Colony of Gambia concerning the making and enforcement in such countries 
and Gambia of regulations governing the interchange of plants and seeds of 
plants. 
authorized port of entry 
Art. 3. No person shall import or cause to be imported into the colony of 
Gambia any plant or seed except by mail or through the port of Bathurst 
importation prohibited 
Art. 4. The following plants, produce, and seeds shall not be imported into- 
the colony of Gambia : 
(a) Plants in soil other than special rooting compost. 
(&) Plants of cocoa {Theohroma cacao L.) from Central America, South 
America, and West Indies. 
