1934] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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SUMMARY OF THE PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF JAMAICA, 
BRITISH WEST INDIES 
Article 
Proclamations, orders, etc., in force 
Instrument 
Date 
Provisions 
Citrus: 
Fruits. 
Plants, buds, and grafts. 
Cotton, including any part of 
any plant of any species or 
variety of Gossypium. 
Proclamation under 
law 23 of 1916. 
Order under law 10 
of 1925. 
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Coconuts in the husk. 
Banana plants or parts thereof 
or articles used as packing or 
covering for. 
Tools or implements usually 
employed in the cultivation 
of bananas. 
Earth or soil. 
Fruits and vegetables (except 
dried or processed) grains, 
seeds, potatoes, onion, or any 
species of Allium. 
Proclamation under 
law 23 of 1916. 
do 
.do. 
Feb. 13,1924 
June 18,1925 
Dec. 5, 1933 
June 18,1925 
May 15,1923 
Apr. 3, 1917 
do 
.do. 
do. 
do. 
Jan. 13,1934 
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Plants or parts thereof, includ- 
ing any soil, articles, cover- 
ings, or packages in which 
they may be enclosed or 
packed. 
.do. 
Order under law 10 
of 1925. 
Sept. 
June 
2, 1933 
4, 1929 
.do- 
Agricultural tools or imple- 
ments of labor. 
(a) New and unused 
(6) Used.... 
.do. 
Apr. 26,1930 
June 4, 1929 
Prohibited from all countries. 
Prohibited from all countries, but 
may be imported by Director of 
Agriculture at any time from any 
country. 
Prohibited from all countries (ex- 
cept Turks and Caicos Islands) 
except under special license from 
Director of Agriculture. 
Prohibited from all countries. 
Do. 
Prohibited from Central America, 
South America, and Trinidad. 
Prohibited from all countries. 
Prohibted except from countries 
specified in schedule (United 
Kingdom and Ireland, Canada, 
Bahamas, United States of 
America) . 
Permitted importations to be cer- 
tified by a competent authority 
of the government of the country 
of origin as home grown, free from 
disease, and from a country 
where Mediterranean fruit fly 
does not exist. 
Importer to give 7 days notice of 
arrival. On arrival subject to 
inspection, treatment, or destruc- 
tion by officer authorized by the 
Director of Agriculture. 
Prohibited from all countries. 
(1) From the United Kingdom may 
be imported without permit. 
Entry permitted into port of 
Kingston only. On arrival must 
be fumigated with hydrocyanic 
acid gas. 
(2) From any country other than 
the United Kingdom permitted 
only if and when a written permit 
has been granted by the Director 
of Agriculture previous to impor- 
tation. 
Admission allowed into port of 
Kingston only. Goods must be 
consigned to the Director of 
Agriculture and on arrival will 
be subjected to such disinfection 
or fumigation as may be con- 
sidered necessary. 
The permit will take the form of a 
label which must be forwarded 
by the importer to the supplier, 
who must attach it to the pack- 
age containing the plants. 
Packages arriving without a per- 
mit attached are to be destroyed 
forthwith by post office or cus 
toms. 
Same as (1) and (2) above. 
A permit as in (2) above is neces- 
sary before used tools and imple- 
ments can be imported from any 
country, including United King- 
dom. 
