80 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Plants may not be imported into British India by letter or sample mail or by 
air, except as provided in article 2 of the notification of June 22, 1922, page 3. 
Sugarcane {Saccharum officinarum L.) : Importation prohibited from the Fiji 
Islands, New Guinea. Australia, and the Philippines, to prevent the introduction 
of injurious pests and diseases of sugarcane (notification of June 22, 1922, art. 
6 (l),p. 4). 
Hevea rubber plants and seeds : Importation from America or West Indies 
prohibited except by the Director of Agriculture, Madras Presidency, to prevent 
the introduction of Fomcs semitostus Berk., Sphacrustilbc repent B. and Br., 
Fu8tcladium macrosporum Kuyper, and Oidium hcvcac Steinmann (notification 
of June 22. 1922, art. 7, p. 5). 
Seeds of flax [Linum usitatissinvum L.), berseem {Trifolium alcxandrinum 
L.), and cotton (Gossypium spp.) : May not be imported by letter or sample mail 
otherwise than by sea, to prevent the introduction of dodder (Cuscuta spp.) 
(notification of June 22. 1922, art. 8, p. 5). 
Coffee plants, seeds, and beans (Coffca spp.) : May not be imported except 
by the Director of Agriculture, Madras Presidency, for experimental planting, 
to prevent the introduction of insect pests, especially Stephanoderes ham pel 
Hagedorn. (See exceptions in art. 9, notification of June 22, 1922, p. 5.) 
Unginned cotton, other than cotton from a Kathiawar port, that has been 
produced in India, shall not be imported by sea or air, to prevent the intro- 
duction of various pests of cotton (notification of June 22. 1922, art. 11 (1), 
P. 5>. 
Mexican jumping beans (Sebastiana putimeri Rose; Euphorbiaceae) : Importa- 
tion absolutely prohibited to prevent the introduction of Grapholitfia saltitans 
Westwood. 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Sugarcane intended to be grown under the supervision of the Government 
sugarcane expert, Coimbatore, may be imported by him by mail (notification of 
June 22, 1922, art. 2, p. 3). 
Sugarcane from countries other than the Fiji Islands, New Guinea, Australia, 
or the Philippines must be accompanied by an official inspection certificate 
(notification of June 22, 1922, art. 6 (2), p. 4). 
Plants, other than fruits and vegetables for consumption, potatoes, and sugar- 
cane, may be imported by sea only at an authorized port, and after fumigation 
witli hydrocyanic acid gas, except as provided in article 3. notification of June 
22, 1922. page 4. to prevent the introduction of injurious pests and diseases. 
Potatoes: Must be accompanied by a shipper's declaration and a certificate 
of competent authority affirming freedom from wart (notification of June 22, 
1922. art. 4, p. 4). 
Potatoes from Italy: Must be accompanied by a certificate of freedom from 
disease (notification of June 22, 1922. art. 4). 
Rubber plants imported by sea : Must be accompanied by an official certificate 
that the estate on which the plants originated, or the individual plants, are 
free from specified plant pests (notification of June 22, 1922. art. 5). 
Flax sefds ( Linum usitatis.simuni L.) and berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum 
L.) may be imported only under a license from the Department of Agriculture 
of India (notification of June 22. 1922, art. 10, p. 5 ) . 
Cottonseed : May be imported by sea at the port of Bombay when accom- 
panied by a certificate, as prescribed in article 11 (2) of the notification of 
June 22. 1922. page 5. 
Cotton, including ginned cotton, droppings, strippings, fly. and other cotton- 
mill wastes, other than yarn wastes: See conditions under article 11 (2), 
paragraph 2. notification of June 22. 1922, and Notification No. 1581 of October 
l. 1931, pages 5 and 6. 
RULES OX THE IMPORTATION OF PLANTS INTO BRITISH INDIA 
(Notification no. 5S0-240. of Juno 22, 1922, is amended up to Feb. 4, 1935) 
