300 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct-Dec 
tributing coffee rust {Heniilcia vastatrix B. and Br.): See order of May 19, 
1924, page 30. 
Cotton {Gossypiutn spp.) plants or parts thereof in the dry or green state, 
ginned or unginued cotton, cottonseed, soil or compost, packing or containers 
that have served to transport these products, and any seeds, plants, or parts 
thereof capable of harboring the pink boUworm, especially plants of Hibiscus 
caunahinus, H. esculentus, and Baiihinia: See order of February 22, 1926,^ 
page 32. 
Sugarcane {SaGCharum offiicinarum L.) : See. order of December 3, 1929, 
page 34. 
General Quaeantines Applying to Designated Colonies 
Banana Plants (Musa spp.) 
[Order of December 7. 1926, as amended by that of February 9, 1935] 
importation prohibited from countries infected by PANAMA DISEASE 
Article 1. The importation into, distribution and storage in. and transit 
through the French colonies named in article 6 of the present order, are pro- 
hibited of banana plants proceeding from countries in which the presence of 
the Panama wilt disease (Fusarium cuhense E. F. Sm.) has been determined, or 
from those into which the importation of the said plants is neither prohibited 
nor subjected to phytosanitary control. 
ENTRY from OTHER SOITSCES PERMITTED iCTNDER CERTIFICATION 
Art. 2. The movements of banana plants from any source indicated in article 
1 in the French colonies named in article 6 may be authorized only on presenta- 
tion of a certificate issued by the competent authority of the country of origin, 
attesting that the said plants were neither collected in a region where the 
Panama wilt disease had been determined nor in a country into which the 
importation of the said plants is neither prohibited nor subjected to phyto- 
sanitary control. 
IRREGLTLAR SHIPMENTS DENIED ENTRY 
Art. 3. Any of the above-mentioned plants olTered for importation into the 
French colonies named in article 6 not meeting the provisions of articles 1 and 
2 will be reladen immediately or seized and destroyed by fire at the exi^ense of 
the holder. 
This applies also to shipments for which the importer does not furnish a 
valid certificate of origin. 
ENTRY PERMITTED AT DESIGNATED PORTS ONLY 
Art. 4. For plants offered for entry under one of the forms indicated in article 
1 and accompanied by the certificate prescribed by article 2, the authorization 
for importation, distribution, storage, or transit in the French colonies named in 
article 6 may be granted only in one of the points of entry designated for each 
colony by an order of the local administration, granted only after an inspection 
by the authority designated by the Governor, showing the products to be appar- 
ently healthy and free from the parasite referred to in the present order. 
SUSPECTED LOTS DENIED ENTRY 
Art. 4 contd. Any suspected lot will be reladen immediately or seized and 
destroyed by fire at the expense of the holder. 
IMPORTATIONS FROM INFECTED COUNTRIES EXCEPTIONALLY PERMITTED 
Art. 5. Provides for derogations from the preceding provisions from prescribed 
sources, for material of a real technical or economic interest, through adminis- 
trative channels. 
