194 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
Proclamation No. 32 of July 11, 1930, and reviewed by the Director of Agri- 
culture of the Colony. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be coirect and 
complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used 
independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original text of the proclama- 
tion, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The decree 
itself should be consulted for the exact text. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY OF TRINIDAD AND 
TOBAGO 
Basic Legislation 
[Plant Protection Ordinance, Chap. 138, as amended by No. 10 of 1929] 
Section 5 of this ordinance empowers the Governor, by proclamation, to 
prohibit the importation into the Colony of any plants, parts of plants, seeds, 
fruits, soil, or any class of goods, packages, coverings, or other articles or 
things named and specified in such proclamation and may also, by proclama- 
tion, order that the plants, parts of plants, seeds, fruits, soil, or any class of 
goods, packages, coverings, or other articles, or things named or specified in 
such proclamation shall not be imported into the Colony, except upon such 
conditions as may be specified in such proclamation. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
From All Countries 
Raw coffee (Coffea spp.) husked or unhusked, to prevent the introduction 
of the coffee berry borer (Stephanoderes (coffeae) hampei Hagedorn), and 
other injurious pests and diseases (Sec. 1 (b), Proclamation No. 32, July 11, 
1930). 
Soil and packages containing soil, to prevent the introduction of injurious 
pests and diseases (Sec. 1 (c), Proclamation No. 32 of 1930). 
Seed cotton, cottonseed, linters, and lint, to prevent the introduction of the 
pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.), (American) bollworm 
(Heliothis obsoleta Fab.), the cotton (leaf) blister mite (Eriophyes gossypii 
Bks.), and other injurious pests and diseases (Proclamation No. 29, June 9, 
1931). 
From Certain Countries 
Cocoa plants (Theobroma cacao L.) or portions thereof, and cacao beans 
from any part of the mainland of South America ; and 
Cured cacao beans from any part of the mainland of South America except 
Venezuela or Colombia, to prevent the introduction of Monilia disease, cacao 
beetle (Steirastoma depressum L.), and any other injurious pests and diseases 
(Sec. 1 (a) Proclamation No. 32 of 1930). 
Fruits and vegetables from all countries except British Isles, Canada, 
United States of America, and British West Indies, to prevent the introduction 
of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ccratitis capitata Wied.) (Sec. 1 (d), Procla- 
mation No. 32 of 1930 as amended by Proclamation No. 29 of 1932). This 
prohibition does not apply to bananas (plantains), nuts, dried, canned, can- 
died or otherwise processed fruits, onions, potatoes, or other processed vege- 
tables. Importation of apples and pears permitted from New Zealand. 
Cottonseed meal from all countries except British West Indies, to prevent 
the introduction of injurious insects (Proclamation No. 29, June 9, 1931). 
