1934] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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British East Africa, Canary Islands, Cape Colony, Cape Verde Islands, Congo, 
Dahomey, Delagoa Bay, Egypt, France, Greece, Hawaii, Italy, Madagascar, 
Madeira, Malta, Mauritius, Natal, New South Wales, New Zealand, Nigeria, 
Palestine, Queensland, Rhodesia, Sicily, Spain, Syria, Tasmania, Tripoli, Tunis, 
Turkey, Uganda, Victoria, and Western Australia, may be imported only in 
limited quantities for experimental purposes and under special permit. (Ad- 
ministrative Order No. 12, approved June 14, 1933.) 
Fresh fruits from Texas, U.S.A., and from Mexico: Importation prohibited 
to prevent the introduction of the Mexican fruit fly or Morelos orange worm, 
Anastrepha ludens. Provision is made, however, for the importation of small 
quantities of those fruits to procure better varieties and new propagating 
stock, or specimens for experimental purposes in accordance with article 2 of 
Administrative Order No. 10, through the Bureau of Plant Industry, Manila. 
(Administrative Order No. 56, approved Aug. 21, 1928.) 
Mimosa invisa: Importation prohibited of plants in the natural state capable 
of propagation, except to procure new propagating stock for experimental pur- 
poses under the provisions of section 2 of Administrative Order No. 10 of 
March 19, 1932. (Administrative Order No. 57, approved Oct. 10, 1928.) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED IMPORT PERMIT AND INSPECTION CERTIFICATE REQUIRED 
Fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plant products intended for food pur- 
poses, or properly dried and poisoned botanical specimens, may be imported 
under the provisions of articles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of Administrative Order 
No. 10. (See art 14 of that order.) 
Plant materials for propagation not governed by special quarantines are 
admitted after inspection upon arrival if found free from injurious insects and 
plant diseases, under the general provisions of article 9 of Administrative Order 
No. 10. 
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF PLANT MATERIALS INTO THE 
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 
(Administrative Order No. 10, approved Apr. 25, 1932) 
Definitions 
Article 1. (a) "Person" is construed as singular or plural and applies to 
and includes corporations, societies, associations, firms, companies, and other 
legal entities. 
(ft) "Plant materials" includes living plants, rhizomes, fruits, seeds, cuttings, 
bulbs, and corms, grafts, leaves, roots, scions, and fruit pits, and such other 
parts of plants as are capable of propagation or of harboring plant pests and 
diseases. 
(c) "Country" shall refer to and include independent political units or 
sovereign nations, territories, colonies, and political or territorial subdivisions. 
Plant materials for which a permit is required 
Art. 2. Plant material governed by special quarantine orders may be imported 
from countries which maintain inspection in limited quantity under permit from 
the Director of Agriculture for the purpose, of keeping the country supplied 
with new varieties and necessary propagating stock, and from countries which 
do not maintain inspection in limited quantities for experimental purposes only, 
subject to such conditions as the Director of Plant Industry may impose, in 
compliance also with the particular administrative orders governing them re- 
spectively and with these regulations. Manila is the authorized port of entry 
for such importations. 
Application for import permit 
Art. 3. All persons who intend to import plant materials must apply to the 
Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry in advance of the shipment. 
Art. 4. On approval by the Director of Plant Industry of an application to 
import plant materials under quarantine, a permit shall be issued, but before 
issuing a permit the Director may require the importer to file a bond in twice 
the invoice cost of the plants imported. 
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