UIIITED STATES DEPimTt/EHT OE AGPJCULTUBE 
 
 Bureau of Entomology :md Plant Q,uaranti?ie 
 
 'vV a sixi n^; t o n , D . C . 
 
 B. S. P. Q,. — 3^1 SeptemlDer 3, 193^. 
 
 PLAIJT-qUi'JlAl'ITIlIE IMPORT RESTHICTIONS 
 OP THE 
 PRLSIDEilCY OF SAIIIT GHRISTOPHZR AilD NZVIS. E.^.'/.I, 
 
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UNITED STATES DEPAHTI^NT OF AGHICUlTUIj; 
 
 Bureau of Entomology and plant Quarantine 
 
 Waghinr^ton, D. C. 
 
 B. S. P. Q^.— 331 Septemoer 3, 1935. 
 
 PLMT-qu;jlAlITIl]E IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OE THE 
 P3ESIDSNGY OF SAINT GHRISTOPPISR (ST.KITTS) AND KEVIS, B.W.I. 
 
 This summary of the plant-quarpntino im^ ort restrictions of 
 the Presidency of Saint Christopher and ITevis has "been prepared for 
 the information' of nurc3rymen,. plant quarantine officials, and 
 others interested in thj exportation of jjlai.ts and plant products 
 to that Presidency. 
 
 It was prepared "by Hr;.rry B. Suaw, plant Quarantine Inspector, 
 in ch:irgo of Foreign Service Information of tne Division of Foreign 
 Plant O^uarantines, from the orit^'inal texts of Ordinance No. 2 of 
 May 11, 1923. and the Proclnmations of Au^ast 21, 1930 t and of 
 November S, 1932, and reviev;ed hy the A£,~ri cultural Superintendent 
 of the said Presidency, 
 
 Tlie information contained in this circular is believed to be 
 correct and complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not 
 intended to be used independently of, nor as a substitute for, the 
 originrd texts, and i t is not to be interpreted as legally authori- 
 tative. 
 
 LEE A. STRONG, 
 Chie f, B'areau of Entomology and Pl ant Q.uarantine . 
 
PLMT-qUARAlTTIl^^E IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 0? TIiE 
 PR3SID3NCY C? SAINT CliRISTOPHER (ST. KITTS) im NEVIS, B.W.I. 
 (iriCludir.g the Island of Anguilla) 
 
 BASIC LEGISLATION 
 Plant Protection Ordinance No. 2, May 11, I923. 
 
 SmiiJffiY 
 
 IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
 
 BANAiTA ( Musa spp.) fruits, suckers, and evt ry part of the plant: 
 Importation p rohibited from all sources except St. Vincent 
 and the Leeward Islands (ilngiiiJla, ijitig-'Jii, Barbuda, Dominica, 
 Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands), to prevent the 
 introduction of: Panaiaa dis'^.-ise ( gusarium cubense E.F. Sra.). 
 
 COCOl'IUTS, COCONUT P^\LiviS ( Ooco s naciicra L.), and parts, thereof: 
 ImT:;>ort-.ition prohibited from Grenada, St. Vincent, Trinidad 
 and Tobago, Cuba, J^juaica, and the countries of Centred 
 America ar.d South ilmerica, to prevent the introduction of: 
 Red-ring disease (Ap helenchoides cocophila (Cobb)Goodey ) , 
 and bud rots. 
 
 CITRUS ERUITS, PLANTS Ai}ID PARTS TK2RE0F, e-xcept lime- plants: Im- 
 portrtion prohibited from United States of America, Cuba, 
 Jconaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, to 
 prevent the introduction of: Citrus carJcer (E acterj-um 
 citri pagso). Doidge) . 
 
 SOIL OR EARTH with plants or portions of plants above indicated 
 from the sources naned. 
 
 IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
 
 COTTONSEED .iND SEED COTTON: Importation prohibited from all sources, 
 unless undor '..'rittcn authority of the Governor, as a p re cau- 
 tion a.7;ainst the introduction of: Cotton bollwetvil ( Antho - 
 nomus ;;randi s Boh.) and other cotton oests not yut found in 
 the Presidency. 
 
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 SUGARCAilE i^T) ALL P.IHTS THEEEOF: Importation prohibited from all 
 sources, unless under written authority of the Governor, as 
 a precaution against the introduction of: Pests and diseases 
 of sugarcane not yet found in the Presidency. 
 
 IMPORTATION U1^EES:^HICTED 
 
 Nursery stock, plants, seeds, fruits, and vegetables, other 
 than those above mentioned. 
 
 GSiER.^ p-lGL'LATIONS 
 
 (Plant Protection Ordino.nce IJo. 2, May 11, 1923) 
 
 Section 1. This Ordintaice may be cited as the Plant Protec- 
 tion Ordinance, 19?3« 
 
 Sec. 2. Definitions. 
 
 Sec. 3« Appointhient of inspectors. 
 
 Sec. h. Inspection grounds. 
 
 PEO:iIBITION TO IMPORT 
 
 Sec. 5' (1) The Governor may from time to time, by p rocla- 
 mation, prohibit the imncrtation into the Presidency of any plants, 
 parts of plants, seeds, frmts, soil, or any claos of goods, 
 packages, coverings, or other articles or things named and specified 
 ixi such procL-ai/io-tion. 
 
 (2) The Governor may from tine to time, by proclamation, 
 order that the articles mentioned in the preceding paragraph s hall 
 not be imported into the Presidency except u-oon such conditions as 
 may be specified in such proclamation. 
 
 (3) Every plant, article, or thing named in any proclamation 
 in force under this Ordinance coming into the Presidency or o.ny part 
 thereof b^- sea, may be deemed to Lave come from a place the introduc- 
 tion thereof from wnich is prohibited by this Ordinance and may be 
 treated accordingly, unless the importer satisfies the Treasurer, 
 
 or the principal Treasury or Revenue Officer at the port of arrival, 
 of the contrary. 
 
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 ^ZIZ'JRE 
 
 Sec. b. Zvevy plant, article, or thing imported into the 
 Presidency in contravention of cziy proclamation under this Oidinance, 
 or CI r\n-j of tnc conditions imposed thereby, nsy "be seized "by r-r\y 
 Treasury or Zevenue Officer, "by the Ghijf Inspector or any inspector, 
 or "by any meuher of tiio Leeward Islands Police Force, find shall 
 thereupon become forfeited and may be destroyed or otherv.'ise dealt 
 ^7ith as t "ne Governor may direct. 
 
 IMPORT PHOHIBITIOIIS MJD 33STHICTI0NS 
 
 (Proclam^ation llo. l6, Aug, 21, I93O, 
 as a:nended cj Proc. ilo. I7, llov. S, 1932) 
 
 Tile importation into the Presidency is prohibited absolutely 
 of the things specifit^d in Schedule A hereto from the countries * 
 therein specified; the im^.ortation into the Presidency is prdiibited 
 of the things specified in Schedule B, save under the conditions 
 therein e?rpressod, from the couLitries specified in the s aid S chedule; 
 provided, nevertheless, thr.t all fruit and vegetables vvhichmay be 
 imported into the Presidency from the British Isles, Canada, and the 
 British '".'o^st Indies shall be accompanied by a certificate from a 
 responsible authority in the country of export s tatii^g. that such 
 articles do not originate in a prohibited cox^\try. 
 
 sc^iEiru: 
 
 niPORTATIOi.^ PHOHIPITZD . 
 
 Fruits, suckers, and every part of the banana ( wlusa spp . ) , 
 and earth, soil, or other thing packed therewith, from all places 
 sa.ve St. Vincent and the Loev/ard Islands ( Ang^H'"-. Antigua, Barbuda, 
 Dominica, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islai.ds) , to prevent 
 the introduction of: Panama disease (Pusariun cubense Z.F.Sn. ). 
 
 Coconuts, coconut palms ( Cocos n ucifera L.) and everj- pert 
 of such nuts andpaLms, earth, etc., from Grenada, St. Vincent, 
 Trinidad and Tobr^go, Cuba, Jauaica, and the c o^jntries of Central 
 Aaerica and South America, to prevent the introduction of: Red- 
 ring disease ( A-pnelenchoides coco^phila (Cobb)Goodey) , and bud rots 
 ( phytorht"..ora Dalmivora Butler) etc. 
 
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 Citrus fruits, plants and. every part thereof (except of 
 the line plant) and e arth, etc. from the United States of Ar.Br ica, 
 Cutp , Jaiao-ica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, 
 to prevent the introduction of: Citrus cai'ikor (B acterium c itr i 
 (Ha,sse) Doidge) . 
 
 SCHEDULE B 
 
 ItlPORTATIOK RESTRICTED 
 
 Cottonseed and seed cotton may not "b-e imported from aiy 
 source except under t he v; ritten authority of the Governor, as a 
 precaution against the introduction of: The cotton hoilweevil 
 ( Anthonomus ^;randis Boh.) and other cotton pests not yet f o-und in 
 the Presidency. 
 
 S'ogarcane and all parts thereof may hot be imported from 
 any source except under the written a.uthority of the G-overnor, as 
 a, precaution a.^ainst the introduction of: Pests and diseases of 
 sugarcane not yet fou:id in the Presidency. 
 
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