UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE WASHINGTON, D. C. STA.TE. ^S^BO^ft puaKT 5. S. ?• Q.— 432 April 1, 1937. PLANT-QUARANT I] " B IMPORT RESTRICT IONS OF THE GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/gilbertellice37unit UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D. C B. E. F. Q.— 422 April .1, 1937. PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE GILBERT AND ELLICS ISLANDS COLONY This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Gilbert and Sllice Islands Colony has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products to that colony. It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, Flant Quarantine Inspector in charge of Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the texts of plants Ordinance No. 5 of 1929, and Proclamations promulgated thereunder, and reviewed by the office of the Resident Commissioner of the Colony. The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not to be used independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. y)-y Of w^>^t/y^f rieaa of Entomology and Plant Chief, "^cTifeaa. of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OP THE GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY LIBRARY STATE PLANT BOARD BASIC LEGISLATION The Plants Ordinance, No. 5 of June 19, 1929. SUMMARY Importation Prohibited ALL PLANTS: Importation prohibited from Samoa. (Section 6 (2) of plants Ordinance No. 5 of 1929.) ALL PLANTS: I. .-nor tat ion prohibited from Uea or Wall is Island, the adjacent islets, and Home Islands (Fotuna and Alofa). (Proclamation No. 4 of Jan. 29, 1931.) Importation Restricted PLAITS FROK ANY NONPRDHIBITBD SOURCE: Written permission of the Resi- dent Commissioner required. (Section 3 of Plants Ordinance No. 5 of June 19, 1929, p. 2.) Phytosanitary certificate required. Letter of Commissioner, August 23, 1935. GENERAL REGULATIONS (Plants Ordinance No. 5, June 19, 1929) 1929. Section 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Plants Ordinance, Definitions Sec. 2. In this Ordinance: "Plants" includes any tree, shrub, or olant, or portion thereof, such as cuttings, buds, roots, tubers, bulbs, seeds, leaves, bark, fiber, fruit, and vegetables, whether fresh, dried, or - 2 - otherwise treated; "Plants affected with insect pest or disease" includes the packages or wrappings that may contain or have contained the same, in or on which any insect pest or disease is or has been present in any form or stage of development, or with which any plant or oart thereof, or package or wrapping lias come in contact. Written Permit Required to Import Plants* Sec. 3. No person shall introduce or attempt to introduce into the Colony any plants from a place from which the importation of plants has not "been prohibited, except with the written permission of the P.esi- dent Commissioner, and upon such conditions (if any) as he shall think fit to prescribe. Sec. 4. Penalty for violations. Inspection of Suspected Plants Sec. 5. If he shall know or suspect any plants introduced into the Colony to be affected with insect pest or disease, it shall be lawful for the Resident Commissioner to cause the same to be examined and, if necessary, to be rendered innocuous or destroyed. Importation of Any Plnnt May Be Prohibited Sec. 6. The High Commissioner may at any time by proclamation prohibit the importation into the Colony of any plant, of plants generally or of specified plants from any specified place, and either absolutely or conditionally. *A phytosanitary certificate in prescribed form issued by a duly authorized inspector is also required with each shipment. (Letter of Resident Commissioner, Aug. 23, 1935. See Appendix p. 3.) - 3 - Baggage. Liable to Inspection Sec. 7. (l) On the arrival of any vessel from any place from which the importation of plants is prohibited at any port in the Colony a port officer may require any person then on board to produce his bag- gage, clothing, and personal effects for inspection. (2) The port officer may at his discretion seize such baggage, clothing, and personal effects, or any portion thereof, and may cause the same to be disinfected by fumigation and may, if deemed necessary, destroy used matting baskets made of native material, and native food- stuffs whether cooked or uncooked. APPENDIX Phytosanitary Certificate Required The Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ell ice Islands Colony, in his letter of August 23, 1935, transmitted a suggested model phytosanitary certificate that is now being required with every shipment of plants or plant products offered for entry into that Colony, The certificate may be issued by a duly authorized inspector, and is as follows: ,,rThis is to certify the living plants or plant a representative sample of products included in the the living plants or plant products consignment of which particulars are given below were was examined at (nlace where inspected) , on (date) ,by (name, official title, and address of inspector), who was unable to discover any evidence of any injurious insect pest or plant disease, and that the consignment covered by this certificate has has no t been treated in the following manner, e.g. , fumigated or disinfected with , prior immediately subsequent to inspection. (Official Seal) Signature Date . _ 4'~ »ii|iiil Description of Shipment II o . of o a cka^es Distinguishing marks Description of plants or plant products Place where grown Inspected in the field? Exported by Name and address of consignee