Iv. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ava., 1898. 
Importations prohibited. 
2. The importation is hereby prohibited of all trees, plants, or portion thereof, 
including fruit or seeds (other than those manufactured) from Ocylon, India, 
East Indies, East African Colonies, and all other countries in which the 
coffee leaf disease (Hemeleia vastatrix) is known to exist. Provided always that 
the Minister may, at his discretion, import from any of such countries coffee seed and 
trees, plants, vegetables, or portions thereof, all of which shall, when so imported, be 
suitably disinfected and detained, and grown in close quarantine for not less than 
twelve calendar months. 
| 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 ; 
(6) Potatoes from Europe and America, and all other countries in which the 
diséase 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 ail other countries in which Phylloxera vastatrix 
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, al! 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. 
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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 shail 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 ata place of entry, 
or through the Post Office, and shall 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 until 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 the purposes of inspection, disinfection, or being otherwise dealt 
with, as provided for in these Regulations. 
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 deten- 
tion 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 prejudicial to its agricultural or horticultural 
interests, they shall be forthwith destroyed ; 
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. 
