MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. 
Reference No. HJ). 1257/1S21. 
Whitehall Place, 
London, S.W.(l). 
28ih June, 1921. 
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I am directed to acquaint you, for the 
information of the Secretary of State, that fqr sane 
time past representations hare been made to this 
Ministry as to the need for regulations governing 
the importation of plants into this country on the 
lines of those which have been in force for some years 
in the Dominions, Colonies and Foreign countries. 
After careful consideration of the position, it has 
been decided that measures must be taken to secure that 
only healthy plants are admitted into the country, and 
the Minister has therefore issued a Destructive Insects 
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and Pasts Order of 1921 s 6 copies of which are enclosed 
herewith. It will be observed that the Order takes 
effect as from the 1st October next. 
The Order prohibits the landing in England • 
and Wales, from countries outside the British Isles 
and the Channel Islands, of all living plants with 
a persistent woody stem above ground, and parts of the 
same, except seeds, when for use in propagation--such 
as fruit trees, stocks and stools, forest trees, and 
ornamental shrubs and grafts, layers and cuttings 
thereof; all potatoes; tubers,, bulbs, rhizomes, conns,., 
and hop stocks for planting; seeds of onions and of 
leeks for sowing; and gooseberries; unless each 
package thereof has attached thereto, or i 3 accompanied 
by a copy of a certificate issued at the time of packing 
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