288 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec 
plant-quarantine oflScials, and others interested in the exportation of plants 
and plant products to that Colony. 
This revision was rendered necessary by the promulgation of the customs 
(Importation of Fruit from the United States of America) notice of September 
7, 1937, and proclamation No. 33 of August 21, 1937. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector in charge, 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
original texts of the ordinances and proclamations of the Governor in Council, 
and reviewed by the agricultural superintendent of the Colony. 
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, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legal^v authoritative. The original ordinances and proclama- 
tions should be consulted for the exact texts. 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COLONY OF ST. LUCIA, BRITISH 
WEST INDIES 
Basio Legislation 
[Plants Protection Ordinances, 1909 and 1913, as revised by No. 14 of 1916] 
Under these ordinances, the Governor in Council may, by proclamation, abso- 
lutely or conditionally prohibit the importation, directly or indirectly, from any 
country or place, of plants, or earth or soil, or any article packed therewith, or 
packages or other articles or things which in the opinion of the Governor in 
Council are or is likely to be a means of introducing any plant disease or pest 
into the Colony. 
DETINITIOX OF PLANT 
"Plant" includes tree, shrub, herb, or vegetable ; and cuttings, bulbs, seeds, 
berries, buds, and grafts ; and the fruit or other product of any plant ; and the 
whole or any part of any growing, dying, or dead plant, including emptied pods, 
husks, or skins. 
SUMMAEY 
IMPOETATTON PROHIBITED 
Plants and seeds of all kinds from Ceylon : General precautions to prevent the 
introduction of injurious plant diseases or pests. (Proclamation No. 14 of 1916, 
chap. 7, art. 2 (a).) 
Cocoa plants (TJieohroma caeao L.) or parts thereof from South America east 
and south of the Isthmus of Panama : General precautions to prevent the intro- 
duction of injurious diseases and pests. (Proc. No. 14 of 1916, chap. 7, art. 
2 (&).) 
Banana plants {Musa spp.), suckers, or parts thereof, from Grenada. Jamaica, 
Trinidad, Tobago, or any part of Central America or South America : General 
precautions to prevent the introduction of injurious plant diseases and pests. 
(Proc. No. 14 of ]916, chap. 7, art. 2 (c), as amended by the proc. gazetted 
September 8, 1917, and that gazetted May 23, 1925.) 
Bananas, banana plants, or parts thereof (Musa spp.) from the Canary Islands 
or West Africa : General precautions to prevent the introduction of injurious 
plant diseases and pests. (Proc. gazetted December 29, 1925.) 
Coconuts (Cocos nncifera L.), coconut plants, or parts thereof from any- 
country or place, to prevent the introduction of the "red ring disease" (Aphelen- 
choides eocophilus (Cobb) Goodey). (Proc. No. 14 of 1916, chap. 7, art. 2, super- 
seded by the proc. gazetted April 12, 1924.) 
Citrus plants (including all plants of the tribe Citratae), or parts thereof, and 
citrus fruits and parts thereof from any place outside of the Colony, to prevent 
the introduction of citrus canker (Bacterium citrl (Hasse) Doidge). (Proc. No. 
14 of 1916, chap. 7, art. 2 (c), as amended by that gazetted March 26, 1927.) 
Earth or soil with plants or parts thereof, to prevent the introduction of 
injurious plant parasites. (Proc. No. 14 of 1916, chap. 7, art. 2 (f).) 
