LIBRARY 
 STATE PLANT BOARD 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGE. I CULTURE 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 October 3, 1958. 
 
 B. E. P. Q.— 476, Supplement No. 1 
 
 PLANT- QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OP THE 
 
 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 
 
 Restrictions on the Importation of Rice and. Rice Plants 
 
 Statutory Rules No. 36 of March 25, 1936, amend the Quarantine 
 (Plants) Regulations (See p. 4 et seq. , B. E. P. Q. — 476) "by adding 
 the following as Regulation 23A: 
 
 "Reg. 23A. No person shall import rice plants ( Oryza sativa ) 
 or rice seed or any rough or unmilled rice or rice capable 
 of germinating, except for food purposes, for milling in 
 preparation of food, or for other manufacturing purposes 
 unl ess: 
 
 (a) An application for permission to import has "been 
 made to the Minister stating the nature and quan- 
 tity to be imported, the country of origin, the 
 reasons for the importation, and the precautions to 
 "be taken to procure plants or seed free from disease; 
 
 (b) A permit to import is obtained from the Minister, 
 subject to any conditions which he may think fit to 
 impose; 
 
 (c) The application is made for Jot on behalf of a State 
 Department of Agri^culture ,y 
 
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 yLEE A. STRONG, f J 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine.