It. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAD. {1 Jan., 1898. 
: Special importations prohibited. 
3. The importation is hereby prohibited of the following plants :— 
(a) Sugar-cane and banana plants grown in New Guinea, Sandwich Islands, Fiji, or other 
country in which the beetle borer of sugar-cane (Sphenophorus obscurus) exists ; 
(b) Potatoes from Europe and America, and all other countries in which the disease caused 
by Phytophthorus infestans exists ; : 
(c) Plants or portions of plants of all and every species of Vitis from Europe, Asia Minor. 
America, Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand, and 
all other countries in which Phylloxera vastatria is known to exist. 
Provided always that the Minister may, at his discretion, import from any of the said places any 
of the plants mentioned in this Regulation, all of which plants shall, when so imported, be 
suitably disinfected, detained, and grown as directed in the next preceding clause. 
Importations. 
4. Trees, plants or portions thereof that are being introduced into the colony shall be received 
at a place of entry and not elsewhere. 
5. All parcels of trees, plants, or any portion thereof, as well as all packages that contain any 
such articles introduced from beyond the limits of the colony shall on their arrival be distinctly 
marked with the name of the place or places where the said trees or plants have been grown, 
and in the case of such as are being introduced, or are being transmitted through the Post 
Office, the nature of their contents shall in addition be similarly set forth upon them. 
6. All consignees, agents, or other persons interested shall within twenty-four hours notify 
the Minister or some person authorised by him of the arrival of any tree or plant, or any ‘portion 
thereof, from beyond the colony at a place of entry, or through the Post Office, and shali not take 
possession of the same or any package that may contain or have contained the same until a 
certificate has been issued setting forth the fact that the said articles have been inspected and 
disinfected or otherwise dealt with as hereinafter provided in Regulation 8. , 
The officers in charge of Post Offices at the places of entry shall likewise, within twenty-four 
hours, notify the Minister or of the arrival from beyond the colony of any tree, 
plant, or portion thereof, or of parcels containing the same, and shall detain the same unti! 
otherwise authorised by him or 
7. At the places of entry all trees, plants, or any portion thereof, and the packages that 
contain or have contained the same, shall on their arrival be detained at a place of quarantine for 
ae Duron of inspection, disinfection, or being otherwise dealt with, as provided for in these 
egulations. 
8. All trees, plants, or any part thereof, and the packages that contain or have contained 
the same, imported or introduced into the colony shall be subject to detention and inspection by 
some person authorised by the Minister at any of the places of entry, and shall be subject to 
treatment by such person as follows, that is to say— 
(1) If such trees or plants be found on inspection to be subject to any disease not already 
known to exist in the colony, but liable if introduced and established to become 
ee to its agricultural or horticultural interests, they shall be forthwith 
estroyed 5; 
But in all other cases, and whether diseased or otherwise, they shall on inspection 
be detained and immediately afterwards disinfected in accordance with any one or 
more of the methods for disinfection prescribed in Schedule No. 1 hereto. 
(2) If such trees or plants be found on inspection to be subject to any disease they shall, 
notwithstanding they have been disinfected, be further detained for a period of not 
less than fourteen days. 
If at the expiration of the said period of fourteen days, and notwithstanding 
they have been subjected to process or processes of disinfection, they still harbour or 
are infested by insect or fungus pest or Hieene they shall be forthwith destroyed, 
When such trees or plants have been treated as hereinbefore prescribed a certificate in one 
of the forms contained in Schedule 2 hereto shall forthwith be issued to the consignees, agents, 
or other person or persons interested. 
9. Consignees or their agents shall give a delivery order to the inspector or other person 
authorised in that behalf for all such trees, plants, or parts thereof, as well as packages that 
may contain or have contained the same, in order that they may be ponyeved to a place of 
quarantine. Consignees or their agents must pay the expense of such removal and unpack and 
prepare such trees, plants, and packages for inspection, disinfection, or other treatment, as 
provided for in Regulation No. 8. They shall also pay all costs, charges, and expenses payable 
in respect of the same. If the destruction of such trees, plants, packages, or portions thereof has 
not been ordered, on obtaining the certificate of inspection and disinfection provided for in 
Regulation 8 such Som Boars or agents shall repack and remove the same within twenty-four 
hours after the receipt of such certificate. 
10, All trees, plants, or parts thereof, and packages that contain or have contained the 
same, conveyed to any place of quarantine for the purposes of inspection, disinfection, or other 
treatment provided for in Regulation 8, and not so dealt with by reason of the default of 
the consignee or his agent to provide the necessary payment for conveyance and labour for 
unpacking and repacking may be destroyed by the inspector or other officer authorised in 
tbat behalf, or may be held in bond at the cost of and on behalf of the consignee or his agent. 
11. All imported trees, plants, or portions thereof may be seized and destroyed by or under 
the authority of the Minister, should no sufficient evidence of their being included in any 
certificate of disinfection be tendered by their lawful owner or owners on such evidence being 
demanded from them. 
12. Culinary vegetables, cereals, and fruit are hereby excepted from the operation of the 
clauses 4 to 11, inclusive, of these Regulations, i 
