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Arts. 21 to 23. Penalties. 
Art. 24. The Secretary-General of the High Commissariat, the president of 
the State of Syria, the governors of the States of Great Lebanon and of Alaoui- 
tes are charged each in that which concerns him, with the execution of the 
present decree. 
P.Q.C.A.-314, Supplement No. 5 May 7, 1934. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH HONDURAS 
Proclamation No. 6, of February 13, 1934, revokes Proclamation No. 1, of 
February 5, 1929, and supersedes it. Proclamation No. 6 prescribes: 
An absolute prohibition of importation into the Colony, directly or indirectly, 
of citrus plants, including plants of grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime, and 
tangerine trees, save and except under the following conditions : 
"(a) All orders shall be placed through the Department of Agriculture 
and the selection of the nursery from which any plants are obtained shall 
be made by and be in the discretion of the agricultural officer. 
"(&) Trees shall be fumigated on arrival if considered necessary by the 
-agricultural officer. 
"(c) Trees in each consignment shall be planted out in one block and shall 
be open to inspection at any time by officers of the Department of Agriculture. 
li {d) Within 3 years after planting any tree as aforesaid, if in the opinion 
of the agricultural officer it is necessary to destroy any tree or to spray the 
same in any particular manner due to the presence of harmful disease 
believed to have been introduced on such tree, the owner thereof shall, on 
being required to do so in writing by the agricultural officer, carry out at 
his own expense any such instructions as aforesaid. The owner shall be 
precluded from claiming any damage or compensation arising through any 
destruction or treatment of any plant as aforesaid. 
"(e) All materials used in the packing of any trees, as well as any container 
in which the same may have been conveyed, shall be destroyed by fire after 
the plants have been received on the farm on which they are to be set out." 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
B.P.Q.-314, Supplement No. 6 May 15, 1934. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH HONDURAS 
IMPORTATION OF COCONUT PALMS PROHIBITED 
Proclamation No. 25, August 14, 1933, effective August 19, 1933, prohibits all 
importations into the Colony, directly or indirectly, of any part or portion 
of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), including plants, leaves, leaflets, and 
unhusked fruits (but not including the husked nut of commerce), except 
by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of experimental work under- 
taken by that Department. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
P.Q.C.A.-314, Supplement No. 7 June 15, 1934. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH HONDURAS 
Proclamation No. 18, of May 4, 1934, revokes Proclamation No. 5 of Novem- 
ber 27, 1920 (see P.Q.C.A.-314, p. 1), and supersedes it. 
Proclamation No. 18 prohibits absolutely the importation into the Colony of 
British Honduras, directly or indirectly, of the plant known as the banana 
plant and any other species of the genus Musa from the West Indian Islands, 
Republics of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, the Con- 
