as necessary" 
4. In my opinion the written permit from the Director 
with the conditions of entry attached should accompany the 
shipment. Ary shipment sacking to entering without permit 
should be deetroy*»d # I exnlain below 
an Inspector grants a permit of entry to any ship¬ 
ment of rubber, or other restricted plant, at the po<$£*”of entry, 
becuase it appears healthy, no account is necessarily taken of 
its country of origin, aw?, no trace is necessarily kept of where 
it is finally planted. This is unsafe. The shipment may come from 
a country where a serious disease is known to exist, and such 
disease may be able to remain dormant in the plant tissues without 
causing definite signs of disease. All shipments from such 
countries should be refused entry, jh'urther, imported plants of, 
for example, rubber, are not necessarily acclam&tised, or 
accustomed like the local plants to local pests. Such pests, of 
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limited power on the local plants, might vigorously attack 
imported plant's, gain strength on them and become dagerou s/ 
pests on local plants, Birther it is necessary for these reasons 
to keep trace of all imported plants and have proper quarantine 
arrears established by the importers, until they are prove/heal thy 
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and normally resistant to local pests. 
6. Under IfiMMUMM conditions the Inspector is only 
required to examine shipments of rubber under permit when a / 
condition entry in that they toe so examined. He aust also/ 
examine shipments of sugar cane; if other crops are included under! 
either form*of restriction, the same procedure holds, Ho shipment 
of any plant included on the schedule of restricted plants should 
be allowed entry by Customs Officers, if they do not comply with 
the conditions of entry before examination by the Inspector, 
Plants not on the schedule should mmm freely. 
7. With reference to (I) 4, The Thdtomolegist and Mycolo¬ 
gist in the Agricultural Deportment being experienced in 
economic crops and their nests, are at least as well qualified to 
advise the Director regarding permits of entry as the Aesl 
