40 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
(6) Entered for transshipment. 
Consequently, the following item should be added to the summary under 
the caption "Importation into the Commonwealth Prohibited" : 
"Potatoes for consumption : Importation prohibited except when intended for 
use as ships' stores on overseas vessels, or for shipment to an island in the 
Pacific Ocean, or when entered for transshipment (amendment to Customs 
(Prohibited Imports) Regulations — Statutory Rules 1938, No. 85)." 
AMENDMENT 
Regulation 27 on page 8 of B. E. P. Q. 476 is amended to read as follows : 
"Reg. 27. Shipments of fodder, hay, or chaff may be landed only in com- 
pliance with regulation 67 of Quarantine (Animal) Regulations and shall be 
reported to the Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants) for any additional treatment 
that he deems necessary to prevent the introduction of plant diseases and 
pests." 
Corrections in the text of B. E. P. Q. 476 : 
Page 1, item Cactaceae: "Nopalia" should be "Nopalea." 
Page 4, under definitions in regulation 3 : "Diseases" should be "Diseased." 
Page 4, in regulation 4: "(Form Q P 1 Importers' Notice)" should read "(Form 
Q P 1 Importer's Notice)." 
Page 5, in regulation 5 "(Form Q P 2 Timber Importers' Notice)" should read 
"(Form Q P 2 Timber— Importer's Notice)." 
Page 5, in regulation 17 "Chief quarantine inspector" should be "chief quaran- 
tine officer." 
Page 8, under "Declared Diseases" "Armillaria A. melea (Yahl) Zuel." should 
be "Armillaria A. mellea (Yahl) Quel." 
Page 9, on last line "A. fructiffena," should be "A. fructigenum." 
Page 17, in list of declared weed pests "Foeniculum vulgare Hill." should read 
"Foenieulum vulgare Mill.," and "HypochoeHs" should be "Hypochaeris." 
S. A. Rohweb, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 478, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, MALAYA 
January 26, 1939. 
Plant Importation by Air Restricted 
The Plant Importation (amendment) Rules, 1938, revoke the rule under the 
caption "Plant Importation by Air Prohibited" on page 1 of B. E. P. Q. 478, and 
substitute the following : 
"The importation into the Colony by aircraft of any plant is prohibited with the 
exception of cut flowers from the Netherlands Indies : Provided, That such cut 
flowers are not portions of any plant mentioned in schedule A (see the list on 
p. 3 of B. E. P. Q. 478) and that they are imported only through the ports or 
aerodromes of Singapore and Penang ; the following fresh fruits, namely, pears, 
peaches, nectarines, strawberries, plums, raspberries, red and black currants, 
and gooseberries : Provided, That the same are imported only through the civil 
airport, Singapore: Provided further, That the written permission of the director 
of agriculture be first had and obtained and that the said permission be produced 
by the importer or his agent at the civil airport, Singapore, and that each con- 
signment be accompanied by a certificate in the form shown in schedule B (see 
p. 4 of B. E. P. Q. 478), and such additional certificates, if any, as the director 
of agriculture may from time to time require." 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
