IQ BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-Marcb 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Plants, including trees or plants, cuttings, slips, and all live parts of trees or 
plants the entry of which is not prohibited : Importer shall notify customs of 
intent to import; on arrival of the plants they shall be placed at disposal of 
customs for fumigation. (Statutory Rules, No. 4, February 28, 1923, p. 6.) 
Cottonseed (G-ossypium spp.) : Importer shall notify customs of intent to 
import; he shall also furnish to customs a certificate from responsible officer 
of the Department of Agriculture of Queensland that the cottonseed has been 
examined and fumigated by said Department, or that it has been examined and 
is found free from disease. (Statutory Rules, No. 4, February 28, 1923, p. 6.) 
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) : Importer shall notify customs of 
intent to import and shall produce to the director of agriculture the following 
certificates: (1) Fumigation certificate from Queensland Department of Agri- 
culture ; (2) certificate from properly qualified pathologist that the sugarcane 
proceeds from a disease-free area and is itself free from disease; (3) certificate 
from properly qualified entomologist that the sugarcane is free from injurious 
insects. (Statutory Rules, No. 11, July 21, 1930, p. 7.) 
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY 
Plants' Diseases Ordinance of 1911, as amended by ordinance No. 17, of 
November 26, 1913, authorizes the Lieutenant Governor of the Territory by 
proclamation, inter alia, to prohibit or restrict the importation of plants; to 
seize and dispose of every insect, fungus, tree, plant, or vegetable imported into 
the Territory contrary to the provisions of this ordinance or proclamations or 
regulations issued thereunder ; to inspect imported trees, plants, or vegetables ; 
to make regulations to control the importation of trees, plants, or vegetables. 
The Cotton Ordinance, No. 11, September 8, 1925, authorizes the Lieutenant 
Governor to regulate, prohibit, or restrict the importation into the Territory of 
the cotton plant or any variety thereof. 
DEFINITIONS 
The following definitions are included in ordinance No. 28, of November 20, 
1911 : 
"Disease" : Any disease affecting trees, plants, or vegetables caused by or 
consisting of the presence of any insect or fungus, as well as any other disease 
affecting trees, plants, or vegetables which the Lieutenant Governor may from 
time to time, by proclamation in the Gazette, declare to be a disease within the 
meaning of this ordinance and whether or not so caused by or consisting of the 
presence of any disease or fungus. 
"Insects" and "fungi" are those so declared by proclamation of the Lieutenant 
Governor in the Gazette within the meaning of this ordinance in whatever stage 
of existence they may be. 
Declared Diseases, Insects, and Fungi 
Through the proclamation of January 26, 1912, the Lieutenant Governor de- 
clared the following to be diseases, insects, and fungi within the meaning of 
ordinance No. 28, of November 20, 1911, namely ; 
diseases 
Coconuts (Cocos nucifera L.) : 
Leaf disease (Pestalozzia palmarum Cke.). 
Root disease (Fomes sp.). 
(Stem) bleeding disease (Thielaviopsis paradoxa (De Seyn.) v. Hoch.). 
Bud rot (Phytophthora spp.) or (Pestalozzia palmarum Cke.). 
Rubber (Hevea spp.) : 
White root rot (Fomes lignosus Klotzsch). 
■ Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) : 
Leaf disease. 
Red rust (Puccinia kuehnii (Kr.) Burl.). 
