1939] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
39 
B. E. P. Q. 454, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF 
NIGERIA 
February 4, 1939. 
The Importation of Plants Regulation Ordinance, No. 29 of October 11, 1937, 
amends regulation 4 of January 13, 1936 (p. 2 of B. E. P. Q. 454), by inserting 
the word "soil" between the words "plants" and "produce" in the first line of 
that regulation. 
It also substitutes the following for subregulation 4 (a) on page 2 of 
B. E. P. Q. 454 : 
"(a) Any plant in soil and any soil or any mixture of soil with other mate- 
rials unless it has previously received such treatment as may have been 
prescribed by the Director of Agriculture." 
In addition, it amends regulation 6 (a) by inserting between the words 
"citrus" and "may", line 3, the words "; cuttings (but not seeds) of sugarcane." 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 469, Supplement No. 2. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, KINGDOM OF ITALY 
March 8, 1939. 
antiphylloxera certificate and declaration not required 
It was stated in supplement No. 1 to B. E. P. Q. 469, that live plants, parts of 
plants, seeds, etc., whose entry into Italy is not specifically prohibited, remain 
subject to the phylloxera restrictions (B. E. P. Q. 4G9, p. 9), and must be 
accompanied by a shipper's declaration and a phylloxera certificate. 
Since the International Phylloxera Convention of Berne, upon which the 
phylloxera restrictions of Italy are based, prescribes that seeds, among other 
plant products, are admitted to unrestricted circulation, the question of certifi- 
cation was recently taken up through the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
in connection with seeds. 
Under date of February 7, 1939, that Ministry stated : 
"That the regulations now in force on the importation into Italy of living 
plants, parts of plants, seeds, and other plant products from countries not 
parties to the International Phylloxera Convention of Berne are those contained 
in Ministerial Decree of March 3, 1927 (B. E. P. Q. 409, pp. 4 to 8), and subse- 
quent amendments and exceptions. 
"Importations of living plants, parts of plants, seeds, and other plant products, 
coming from the United States of America need not, therefore, be accompanied 
by the declarations and certificates required by the Berne Phylloxera Conven- 
tion." 
Consequently, no inspection certificate is necessary for shipments of living 
plants, parts of plants, seeds, and other plant products from the United States, 
the entry of which into Italy is not specifically prohibited. The inspection of 
such shipments on arrival in Italy is provided for. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 47G. Supplement No. 2. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 
March 16, 1939. 
importation of potatoes for consumption prohibited 
By an amendment of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations — Statu- 
tory Rules 1938, No. 85, under the Customs Act 1901-1936— published in the 
Commonwealth Gazette, August 25, 1938, the importation of potatoes for food 
purposes is now prohibited, except as follows: 
(a) Intended for: (1) Use as ships' stores on overseas vessels, or (2) ship- 
ment to an island in the Pacific Ocean ; 
