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DISINFECTION MAY BE REQUIRED 
Art. 3. The imported products, in order to be admitted into the colony, with- 
out reference to their origin, may he subjected to disinfection, for which the 
administration of the colony will establish regulations. 
All imported plants, grains, or products which on arrival are found to be 
infected or attacked by parasites must be destroyed at the expense of the 
importers. 
ENTRY UNRESTRICTED 
Art. 4. Agricultural and horticultural products, kitchen vegetables, grains, and 
fruits intended for consumption are free from the preceding provisions. 
Art. 5. Seeds intended for food purposes are not subject to any special 
regulation. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
Art. 6. The importation of coconuts, seed hulls of coconut palms, and basket- 
making goods of coconut palm leaves that originate outside the archipelago of 
New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands into New Caledonia and its dependencies 
is absolutely prohibited. Every product of this kind that is seized on arrival in 
Noumea shall be destroyed by burning. 
POTATOES MUST BE CERTIFIED 
Art. 7. Potatoes will be admitted to entry only when accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate issued by an authorized official of the exporting coun- 
try and affirming that they were inspected on shipment and were free from any 
kind of pest. 
Tubers found on entry to be infected are to be returned or destroyed. 
B. E. P. Q. 399 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, PRESIDENCY OF DOMINICA, 
BRITISH WEST INDIES 
June 1, 1936. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Presidency of 
Dominica, British West Indies, has been prepared for the information of nursery- 
men, plant-quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants 
and plant products to that country. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant-quarantine inspector, in charge of 
foreign information service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
plants-protection ordinance, 1927, and proclamations promulgated thereunder, 
and reviewed by the agricultural superintendent of the Botanic and Agricul- 
tural Department of Dominica. 
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 independ- 
ently of nor as a substitute for the original texts, and it is not to be interpreted 
as legally authoritative. The ordinance and proclamations should be consulted 
for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, PRESIDENCY OF DOMINICA, BRITISH 
WEST INDIES 
Basic Legislation 
Plants-protection ordinance, 1927, approved April 23, 1927. 
Section 1. This ordinance may be cited as the plants-protection ordinance, 
1927. 
Definitions 
Sec. 2. In this ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires : 
"Disease" means any disease affecting trees, shrubs, or herbs caused by or 
consisting in the presence of any pathogenic animal or vegetable organism which 
the Governor may declare to be a disease within the meaning of this ordinance. 
