■ 1937] SERVICE AND BEGULATORT ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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INPOETATION OF COCONUT PALMS, NUTS, AND LEAVES PROHIBITED 
[Ministerial order of August 1, 1927] 
Aeticlb 1. The importation by sea, the distribution, storage, and transit of 
coconut palms, coconuts, and leaves of the coconut palm, and of any other ma- 
terial that may contain parasites that attack this palm are prohibited for the 
French Settlements of India and Oceania. 
Indo-China 
(Including Annam, Cambodia, Cochin-China, Laos, and Tonkin) 
Separate orders have been promulgated to control the importation of plants 
and plant products into Indo-China. A summary of those orders follows: 
Banana {Musa spp.) : The importation, distribution, storage, and transit are 
prohibited of entire plants or parts thereof, fruits, and seeds of all species of 
: banana, and of soil and packing accompanying them, provided that they may 
be imported from a country declared not infected by the Panama wilt disease 
(Fusarium cuhense E. F. Sm.) on condition that they are conveyed in packages 
containing not more than 10 plants, and that they are accompanied by a cer- 
tificate indicating the number of plants and their origin. The certificate must 
be visaed by the French administrative or consular authority in the country of 
origin. After entry, the plants will be grown in quarantine for 1 year. (Order 
of March 28, 1928.) 
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) : The importation, distribution, storage, and 
transit of plants, pods, and seeds of Theohroma cacao, as well as of soils and 
packing accompanying them, are prohibited both from countries declared infected 
by witches'-broom (Marasmius perniciosus Stahel) and from any country into 
which the importation of the said products is neither prohibited nor subjected 
to phytosanitary control. 
The said products may be imported from countries not declared infected 
, under an authorization obtained in advance which will determine in each case 
: the number of plants admitted to importation on condition that they are con- 
veyed in closed containers and are accompanied by a certificate of origin visaed 
by the French administrative or consular authority of the producing country, 
attesting that the plants have not been collected in a country in which the 
presence of the said disease has been determined, or in a country into which 
the importation of such plants is neither prohibited nor subjected to phyto- 
sanitary control. ( Order of June 23, 1980. ) 
Coffee {Coffea spp.) : The importation, distribution, storage, and transit of 
plants or parts thereof, fruits, and seeds, soils and packing accompanying them, 
are prohibited ; provided, that beans for use as seed and in parchment may be 
imported from countries not declared infected by coffee rust (Hemileia vastatrix 
B. and Br.). These must be packed in perfectly closed metal receptacles weigh- 
ing not more than 20 kg and accompanied by a certificate indicating the number 
of containers and the source of the seeds. The certificate must be visaed by 
the French administrative or consular authority of the country of origin and 
•the seeds shall be disinfected on entry. For the importation of such beans from 
-countries declared infected by the said disease, the importer shall obtain 
£in import authorization in advance, and the beans shall be packed as above 
indicated and be accompanied by a certificate of origin issued by the phyto- 
sanitary service of the country of origin, attesting that the seeds were regularly 
disinfected before being placed in the containers. A second disinfection is 
required on entry. 
Coffee plants may be imported under an authorization obtained in advance. 
They must be packed in closed sacks or other containers, free from debris of 
the coffee plant, and be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate indicating 
origin and attesting that the plants are free from disease ; the certificate must 
be visaed by the French consular authority. After inspection on arrival, the 
plants will either be destroyed or placed in quarantine for 1 year, according 
to the findings. (Order of March 28, 1928.) 
Coffee {Coffea spp.) plants and parts thereof, dry or fresh coffee berries, coffee 
beans in parchment, hulled coffee seeds (fresh or unroasted), soil and composts, 
