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Colony or the Federated Malay States; and others 
prohibit the importation of Para rubber, or any 
species of Hevea, except with the permission of, and 
under the conditions laid down by the Secretary for 
Agriculture or such other officer to whom the Secre- 
tary may have delegated powers. 
A good deal of consideration has been given recently 
to the question of a more effective and systematic 
control of plant importation, and. to the measures 
necessary to ensure that only healthy plants shall 
be exported. Rules have been submitted and will 
become law very shortly, making provision for the 
establishment of certain definite ports of entry 
through which alone plants may be imported. Under 
these rules, qualified officers will be responsible for 
the inspection of plants at these ports and such 
officers will have power to admit, require the treat- 
ment, or order the destruction of plants as they 
may deem necessary. 
On application for their services by intending ex- 
porters, certain Inspecting Officers of the Agricultural 
Department, Federated Malay States and Straits 
Settlements, are legally authorised to sign certificates 
of freedom from disease to accompany consignments 
of plants intended for export ; such certificates being 
required by law in Great Britain and many other 
countries. 
