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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
3 1262 09242 1980 
(3) A copy certificate must "be affixed to each mail 
package, but the original need not "be produced to the Customs Officer. 
(4) The certificate shall be transmitted by the Customs 
Officer to the inspector in charge of the Colombo Fumigatorium. 
Inspection Authorized 
(5) The inspector in charge of the Colombo Fumigatorium 
may open and examine the contents of any consignment or package imported 
or believed to have been imported, notwithstanding the fact that the 
consignment may be accompanied by, or the package may have attached ther 
to, the duly authorized copy certificate. 
(6) In the case of the importation of plants from a 
country where no recognized service of plant inspection is maintained, 
and in the case of a consignment of plants which is not accompanied by 
copy certificates as above mentioned, or of a package of plants imported 
by mail to which a copy certificate is not attached, the plants before 
passing out of the customs shall be subjected to inspection at the 
fumigatorium. Whenever possible, mail packages should be packed in 
wooden boxes. 
A close lookout will be kept for the following pests: 
Cotton boll weevil ( Anthonomus grandis Boh.), Mediterranean 
fruit fly (Ce ratitis capitata Wied.), European corn borer 
(p yrausta n ubilalis Hbn . ) , and the Japanese beetle ( popillia 
japonica ITewm . ) . 
Infested Plants Disinfected or Destroyed 
(7) Any imported plants which on inspection are found to 
be unhealthy or attacked by any pest or disease shall be subjected to 
fumigation or disinfection as may be deemed necessary by the inspector. 
(8) Any imported plants which in the judgment of the 
inspector cannot be cleaned by fumigation or other treatment shall, with 
the packing and package, be destroyed at the expense of the consignee. 
RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY OF COTTON AND COTTONSEED FROM THE UNITED STATES 
(Regulation of Sept. 20, 1927) 
No person shall land or import any seed, unginned cotton, or lint 
of any species of G-ossypium from America except at the port of Colombo 
via Bombay and unless accompanied by a certificate of efficient disin- 
fection from the Controller of Customs, Bombay, to prevent the introduc- 
tion of the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boh.). 
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