ItEllPRAKUUE 
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Plant impor tation i nto the Straits Settlements 
1. ?fi th reference to the preceding minutes, I would point out 
that the director of Gardens in his minute of 3X,X,27 quotas the 
regulations regarding the importation of rubber inaccurately* 
Gazette Wittfication No. 78 of September 30th. 1991 read in con¬ 
junction with the Agricultural Pests Pules 19X9 Amended KTTles 
1920 (Gazette Notification No* 261 of June Ilth. 1920) shows that 
the irrpor2Sttion of any plant of Para Rubber, including any species 
of Hevea, is prohibited without'the written permission of the 
Director and then only subject to the conditions laid down by him* 
2. The Director of Gardens has omitted the restriction on the 
imports,tion of Sugar-Cane, Gazette Nitification No. X495 of August 
27 th, 121, 
3* Throughout the coreespondence there is a complete miscon¬ 
ception of this Department* » intention with regard to the importa¬ 
tion of plants likely to prove dangerous to plants, cultivated or 
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liable to be cultivated, in this country. The intention wae that M 
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the Director’s permit to import should be obtained previous to the 
shipment from the country or origin by the exporter or the importprj. 
not it should be obtained on the arrival at the port of entry. This 
the Director could refuse the permit owing to an objection to the 
country of origin, or state in advance the condi tions-of entry. The 
Director of Gardens and the Under Secretary obviously contemplate th< 
granting of a permit of entry on the arrival of the plants at a port 
provided that they appear healthy on examination by an Inspector, 
the remark of the Under Secretary in his minute of 15,1,22 clearly 
Bhows this, *A» the law stands, written permission of the Director 
• f Agriculture is required for the import of rubber plants and the 
notification you refer to only deals with rubber. An Assistant 
Agricultural Inspector at Penang will not help because his written 
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permission i sj£no value", See also the Director of Gardens* letter 
(l) para: 4. "He will admit, refuse admittance or ou a ran tire them as 4 
