244 I^UUEAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT (}T'AUAXTINE [July-Sept. 
B. E. P. Q. 452, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, TANGANYIKA TERRITORY 
August 19, 1937. 
This supplement is rendered necessary by the receipt of a copy of the Tangan- 
yika Plant Protection Ordinance No. 9 of April 23, 1937, which repeals and 
supersedes the Plant Pest and Disease Ordinance of November 9, 1921. 
Definitions 
The following definitions are included in section 2 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1937: 
"Animal organism" means any animal organism in any stage of existence. 
"Disease" means any abnormal condition of plants communicable or believed 
to be communicable by the transfer of a causative agent or by the propagation 
of the affected plant which the governor may, by order, declare to be a disease 
for the purposes of the ordinance ; also any unhealthy condition of any plant. 
"Pest" means any of the following which the governor, by order, may declare 
to be a pest for the purposes of this ordinance. 
(a) Any animal or vegetable organism inimical to the growth or existence of 
living plants or injurious to plant products, 
(&) Any other agent capable of producing a communicable disease of plants. 
"Plant" means any member of the vegetable kingdom and includes any part 
of a plant, whether severed therefrom or not. 
"Vegetable organism" means any vegetable organism at any stage of existence. 
Section 8 empowers the governor, by order, to prohibit, restrict, or regulate 
the importation into and the exportation from the Territory of any plants, and 
the soil, packages, coverings or wrappings thereof, and of any article or class of 
articles, whether of a nature similar to plants or not, and of any animals or in- 
sects likely to infect any plant with any pest or disease. 
. Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entoniolof/y and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 453. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, SURINAM (NETHERLANDS GUIANA) 
July 10, 1937. 
This statement of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of Surinam 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 
decree of September 28, 1928 (Gouvernementsblad vnn Suriname No. 31, 1929), 
and reviewed by the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Para- 
maribo, Surinam. 
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, and it is not to be interpreted 
as legally authoritative. The decree itself should be consulted for the exact 
text. 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomoloffij and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, SURINAM (NETHERLANDS GUIANA) 
Basic Legislation 
regulations governing the I^rPORTATlON OB' PLANTS 
[Decree of September 28, 1928, as amended by that of January 13, 1932] 
Importation Prohihiied 
Ahthle 1. (1) The importation is prohibited of living plants, and parts 
thereof, of sugarcane {Saceharuni offleinarnm L.), coffee (Coffea spp.), cacao 
{ Theohroma eaeao L,), cassava {Manihot (esculenta) utilissifna Pohl.), citrus 
(Citrus spp.), banana and plantain (Musa spp.), cotton {Qossijpinni spp.), 
pineapple {Ananas satirus Schult.), tobacco {?^^ieotiana tahacum L.), and green 
