250 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE tJuly-Sept. 
independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts of ordinances and 
proclamations. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, NYASALAND PROTECTORATE 
Basic Legislation 
The Plant Pests and Diseases Ordinance of 1924. 
Proclamation No. 5 of 1924. 
DEIFINITIONS 
The term "plant" means fruit, leaves, seeds, cuttings, roots, or other parts, 
as well as entire plants, trees, and shrubs. 
The term "pest" includes any insect or other invertebrate animal injurious 
to plants. 
The term "disease" includes any fungous, bacterial, or other disease. 
IMPORTATION 
All plants must be imported by mail, or in bulk through Port Herald only. 
Imported plants must be submitted to the Department of Agriculture for 
examination. Plants imported by mail are submitted for inspection by the 
postal authorities before delivery. Arrangements for the inspection of plants 
imported through the Customs must be made between the importer and the 
Comptroller of Customs. Any imported plants may be fumigated or otherwise 
dealt with as may be considered desirable, at the expense of the importer 
if necessary. 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
The importation of plants and seeds of cotton, coffee, tea, rubber, mangoes, 
sugarcane, rice, and tobacco, from all countries, is prohibited without the 
previous written permission of the Director of Agriculture. 
The importation of potatoes and tobacco is prohibited without a certificate 
from an authority in the country of origin that the consignment is, in the 
case of potatoes, free from wart disease (Synchytriuni endobioticnm (Schilb.) 
Perc.) and Colorado potato beetle {Leptinotarsa dccemlineata Say) ; and in 
the case of tobacco, free from wild fire (Bacterium fahacum Wolf and Foster) 
and angular leaf spot {Bacterium angulatiim Fromme and Murray) ; and that 
they have been grown in areas free from these diseases and pests. 
B. E. P. Q. 457. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
JUI.Y 10, 1987. 
This digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic 
of China has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine 
officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products 
to that country. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant-quarantine inspector, in charge 
of Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from 
the Plant Quarantine Regulations of October 5, 1934, promulgated by the 
Government Testing Burenu, Ministry of Industries, Shanghai. 
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 
independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original text, and it is not to 
be interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee a. STitoNO. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF CHINA 
Basic Legislation 
Laws for Inspection and Testing of Commercial Commodities, Article XVIII. 
