a; QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Szpr., 1898. 
“THE DISEASES IN PLANTS ACT OF 1896.” 
Department of Agriculture, 
Brisbane, 11th September, 1897, 
| IS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in 
[ pursuance of the provisions of ‘“‘ The Diseases in Plants Act of 1896,” has 
been pleased to make the following Regulations. 
J. FE. G. FOXTON, 
REGULATIONS. 
Interpretation. 
J. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms 
shall have and include the meanings set against them respectively, that is to say :— 
“Act” —* The Diseases in Plants Act of 1896”; 
“Minister ’—The Secretary for Agriculture or other Minister for the time 
being charged with the administration of the Act; 
“Tnspector’’—Any Inspector appointed under the Act; 
“Place of Entry’’—Brisbane, Cairns, and such other place as may be 
appointed by the Minister ;— 
and words importing the singular number shall include the plural, and words 
importing the plural shall include the singular, and words importing the masculine 
gender shall include females. 
Importations prohibited. 
2. The importation is hereby prohibited of all trees, plants, or portion thereof, 
including fruit or seeds (other Ae those manufactured) from Ceylon, India, 
East Indies, East African Colonies, and all other countries in which the 
coffee leaf disease (Hemeleia vastatriz) 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 
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 ail other countries in which Phylloxera vastatyix 
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 op 
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 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. 
