252 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [ .Ttily-Sept. 
B. E. P. Q. 458. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
(BRITISH) 
July 10, 1937. 
This digest of tlio plant-qnnrantine import restrictions of the Feder<ated 
Malay States has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant- 
quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant 
products to tliose States. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant-quarantine inspector in charge, 
Foreij^n Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from noti- 
fication No. oG59 of 1935, as published in Federated Malay States Government 
Gazette, No. IS, August 23, 19C5, and reviewed by the Chief Agricultural Field 
Officer, Department of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States. 
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, nor is it to be inter- 
preted as legally authoritative. The original Notification should be consulted 
for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Steiono, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
(BRITISH) 
Basic Legislation 
The Agricultural Pests Enactment, 1926. 
This enactment, among other things, authorizes the chief secretary to make 
rules for preventing the introduction of pests into the Federated Malay States 
or any part thereof and for preventing the spread of pests therein. Such rules 
may provide for prohibiting the landing in the Federated Malay States from 
places outside the said States of any plant or animal the landing of which may 
appear to the chief secretary to be likely to introduce any pest : for the treat- 
ment or destruction of any plant or animal that has been landed, and of the 
packages, cases, pots, or coverings in which the same may be packed. 
General Regulations 
[Notification No. 3659 of 1935 ; Federated Malay States Government Gazette. No. 18, 
August 23, 1935, pp. 1775-1776] 
IMPORTATION CONDITIONALLY PROHIBITED 
The chief secretary hereby prohibits the importation of the following mer- 
chandise from places other than the colony or a Malay State, except on com- 
pliance with the conditions established by this notification. 
Rubber, all species of Hevca. 
Cotton, all species of Oossypium. 
Sugarcane {Saccharum officinanim) . 
Seeds of coconut palm {Cocos nueifera). 
Growing palms of every species. 
Coffee (Coffea spp.), except dried beans intended for consumption or trans- 
shipment. 
Banana sprouts for planting (all subspecies and varieties of Musa sapientum, 
M. caveyidishii, M. rhincnsis, M. paradisiacu, and M. textilis). 
Oil-palm seeds (Elaeis spp.). 
Tea (all varieties of Camellia thea) ; living plants or parts thereof, and seeds. 
Pineapple (all varieties and forms of Ananas sativus) : Shoots or other living 
parts thereof intended for propagation except pineapple fruit from the Nether- 
lands Indies for consumption or when preserved in jars. 
DEFINITION OF PLANTS 
For the purposes of this notification, the word "plants" includes trees or 
shrubs, and fruits, seeds, tubers, bulbs, grains, stocks, suckers, slips, cuttings, 
and other parts of a plant. 
