34 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
not been known to exist within 5 miles of the place or places where the potatoes 
are declared to have been grown, or an official certificate, dated not more than 
9 months prior to the date of arrival of the potatoes, affirming that the said 
disease has not been known to exist within the shire, county, or other such 
territorial division comprising the declared place or places of origin. 
The certificate is not required with potatoes from British East Africa and 
Western Australia. 
A certificate will be accepted from the United Kingdom declaring that no cases 
of potato wart are known to have occurred at the place or places where the 
potatoes are declared to have been grown, that the only outbreaks of the disease 
within 5 miles of such places are trivial and without menace to land where 
potatoes are grown for sale, and that, on official inspection, the potatoes con- 
cerned were found to be apparently free from serious diseases and insect pests. 
(Proclamation No. 286 of 1936.) 
Roses (Rosa spp.) from Australia and North America and any other country 
in which a virus disease of roses is known to occur : An official certificate af- 
firming that no virus diseases are present in the premises where they were 
grown. (Proclamation No. 286, 1936.) 
Seeds : Import permits and inspection on arrival. This applies only to seeds 
of the plants named below, which have been included in the definition of "plant." 
(Act No. 11 of 1911, proclamation No. 282 of 1936, and Government notice No. 
1793 of 1936.) 
Alfalfa or lucerne (lledicago satwa L.) : Permits issued only to the De- 
partment of Agriculture and Forestry. (Proclamation No. 282. 1936. and 
proclamation 286 of 1936.) Grown in quarantine and produce released 
if no disease discovered. 
Chestnut (Castanea spp.) (except from North America and any other 
country in which the chestnut blight occurs). (Proclamation No. 282 
of 1936.) 
Cotton: See also item "Cottonseed." (Proclamation No. 282 of 1936.) 
Elm (Ulmus spp.) : (Proclamation No. 282 of 1936.) 
Maize (Zea mays L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (except from ter- 
ritory administered by the Companhia de Mozambique) : Importation lim- 
ited to 10 pounds of any variety. However, in times of shortage the De- 
partment may authorize the importation of maize in bulk under prescribed 
conditions. (Government notice No. 1793, of 1936, as amended by Gov- 
ernment notice No. 677 of 1937.) Maize imported for planting is dis- 
infected in a solution of mercuric bichloride. 
Oak (Quercus spp.) : (Proclamation No. 282 of 1936.) 
Tea (except from countries in which Exobasidium vexans Mass. occurs). 
(Proclamation 282 of 1936.) See also item. Tea plants and tea seeds. 
Tomato (for importation from countries in which Aplanobacter micliiganense 
E. F. Sm. occurs). (Proclamation No. 282, of 1936.) Importation from 
such countries is not exempt from permit. See item, Tomato seed from 
Germany, etc. 
Sugarcane cuttings : Import permit ; fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas on 
arrival and disinfection with solution of copper sulphate. Permits issued only 
to South African Sugar Association ; canes grown in quarantine greenhouse and 
then in open ground. . 
Tea plants and tea seeds (Camellia tliea = Thea sinensis L.) from India. Japan, 
Chosen, and other countries where blister blight (Exobasidium vexans Mass.) 
occurs : Import permit and inspection on arrival ; must be accompanied by an 
official certificate from the Department of Agriculture, the Indian Tea Associa- 
tion, or other recognized institution of the country of origin, affirming that the 
disease is not known to occur within 10 miles of the place where the plants or 
seeds were produced. (Proclamation No. 286 of 1936.) 
Tomato seeds (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) from Germany, Italy, North 
America, or any country where bacterial canker of tomato (Aplanobacter 
micliiganense E. F. Sm.) occurs : Import permit required ; must be accompanied by 
an official certificate stating that the seed was produced by plants officially 
inspected in the field and found free from that disease. (Proclamation 286 
of 1936.) 
•Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). unmanufactured or leaf tobacco: Import 
permit and inspection on arrival. Must be accompanied by an official certificate 
affirming that the tobacco has been inspected and found free from Epliestia 
elutella Hbn. At the discretion of the Union Department of Agriculture and 
