306 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUAliANTINE [Oct.^Dec. 
ENTKY OF SI SPBCTED LOTS DEMKI) 
Each suspected lot will be at once reladeii or seized and destroyed by fire at 
the expense of the holder. 
ADMITTED SUGARCANE KEPT UNDKK OUSEIU A I ION 
Any lot of sugarcane that is admitted will be taken in charge by the local 
agricultural service, which will grow the plants and keep them under observa- 
tion for the necessary time, namely, a minimal period of 3 months. Plants then 
found healthy will be delivered: any plant found to be diseased will be destroyed 
by fire without indemnity to the Importers. 
B. E. P. Q. 466. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY OF FIJI 
October 21, 1937. 
This summary of the plant-Quarantine import restrictions of the British Col- 
ony of Fiji has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quaran- 
tine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant 
products to that Colony. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector, in charge of 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
Noxious Weeds and Diseases of Plants Ordinance, No. 21, of November 18, 1929, 
and proclamations made thereunder, and reviewed by the Director of Agricul- 
ture of the Colony of Fiji. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used indepen- 
dently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be inter- 
preted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of EntomoJoqy and Plant Quaraniitie. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY OF FIJI 
Basic Legislation 
[Noxious Weeds and Diseases of Plants ordinance No. 21, November 18, 1929] 
This ordinance empowers the Governor in Council to prohibit the importation 
into the Colony of any plant, including plants generally or specified plants from 
any designated place, and either absolutely or conditionally. 
authorized ports of entry 
Section 5 of the ordinance prescribes that no plants shall be imported into the 
Colony except through the ports of Suva, Levuka, or Lautoka, or such other 
ports as may be authorized by the Governor. 
phytosanitary cektificate beqtjired 
The same section prescribes that every importation of plants whether for sale 
or for private use must be accompanied by a certificate signed by an officer of 
the Department of Agriculture, or other department to which the duties relating 
to horticulture are assigned, of the country or place where the plants were 
grown or whence they were imported, certifying that the plants are free from 
disease. 
Administrative Regulations 
[Noxious Weeds and Diseases of Plants Regulations, November 12, 1930] 
definitions 
Article 1. In these Regulations — 
"Plant" means any tree, flower, shrub, vegetable, or other vegetable growth; 
and includes the expression "part of plant", which in turn includes any root, 
