298 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE tOct.-Dec. 
OcmNiA, Settlements in 
(Including Gambier Archipelago, Marquesas Islands, Tnamotou, French Leeward 
Islands, Society Islands, and Tubuai) 
Banana plants {Musa spp.) : See the order of January 12, 1916, page 20, as 
rendered applicable to Oceania by that of February 11, 1931. 
Cocoa plants {Theohroma cacao L.) : See the order of December 3, 1929, page 
26. 
Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) palms and all plants and leaves of the palm fam- 
ily, and soils and composts that may carry their parasites : See order of January 
12, 1916, as amended by that of November 15, 1924, page 20; also ministerial 
order of August 1, 1927, below. 
Coffee {Coffea spp.) plants, berries, or seeds, and any product capable of 
distributing coffee rust {Hemeleia vastatrix B. and Br.) : See order of May 19, 
1924, as rendered applicable to Oceania by the orders of January 12, 1916, and 
November 15, 1924. page 30. 
Cotton {Gossypium spp.) plants or parts thereof, in the dry or green state, 
ginned or unginned cotton, cottonseed, soil or compost, and packing or containers 
thereof : See order of February 22, 1926, page 32. 
Sugarcane {Saccharum officinarum L.) : See order of December 3, 1929, page 
34. 
IMPORTATIOX OF COCONUT PALMS, NUTS, AND LEA\-ES PROHIBITED 
[Ministerial Order of August 1, 1927] 
Article 1. The importation by sea. the distribution, storage, and transit of co- 
conut palms, coconuts, and leaves of the coconut palm, and of any other material 
that may contain parasites which attack this palm are prohibited for the French 
Settlement of India and Oceania. 
Oceania 
general regulations 
[Order of January 12, 1916, as amended by that of November 15, 1924, also the order of 
August 1, 1927] 
Entry of Coconut Palms, Coffee, and Banana Plants ProhiMted 
Article 1. The entry by sea into the Settlements of Oceania is prohibited of 
coconut trees {Cocos nucifera L.) and all other plants of the palm family, coffee 
{Coffea spp.), banana and other Musaceae and their fruits, leaves, or branches, 
and soils or composts that may carry parasites of those plants. 
Certification of Merchandise from Tropical Regions 
Art. 2. Merchandise proceeding from tropical regions may be unladen only on 
a certificate issued by the customs service, affirming that the packing does not 
consist of hay. straw, fiber, or any other agricultural product that may repre- 
sent a danger from the agricultural point of view. In case of doubt or dispute, 
recourse shall be made to the chief phannacist in the Service of the Colonial 
Hospital and/or the crop agent (agent de culture) in charge of the Station of 
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. 
Phytosanitary Certificate Required for Other Plants 
Art. 3. No living plants or parts thereof, stocks, cuttings, buds, other than 
those mentioned in article 1. including seeds, shall be admitted into the Colony 
unless they are accompanied by a certificate indicating the name and address of 
the shipper and the place of origin of the products : that document, duly coimter- 
signed by an inspector or an agent of the phytosanitary service of the country of 
origin, shall affirm that the plants or seeds are not infested by any disease ; that 
they do not proceed from a contaminated locality, or that they have been disin- 
