UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D. 0. 3. S. P. Q.— 454 July 10, 1937 PLANT- QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OP THE COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OP NIGERIA Including the Cameroon s under British Mandate UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Vfeshington, D. C 3. E. F. Q.—454 July 10, 1937. PLANT- QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF NIGERIA Including the Cameroons under British Mandate This digest of the plant- quarantine import restrictions of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria 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, Plant Quarantine Inspec- tor in Charge, Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from Ordinance No. 29 of December 12, 1935, and Ordinance No. 4, of January 13, 1936, and reviewed by the Director of Agriculture 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 intended to be used independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be interpreted as legally author- itative . n I \ / — \ LEE A. STRONG, £ J Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/nigeriaOOunit PLANT -QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OP THE COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF NIGERIA Basic Legislation Importation of Plants Regulation Ordinance, December 12, 1935. This Ordinance empowers the Gov ernor~in- Council to make regu- lations to prohibit, restrict, or regulate the importation into Nigeria of plants, seeds, soil, manure, containers, straw, and other packing material or any other similar goods or things. To prescribe the conditions under which the products referred to in the preceding paragraph may be imported into Nigeria, and the places at which they may be imported when not imported by mail. To provide for their detention and examination and for their destruction when found to be infected with any plant disease or pest or for their treatment. Definitions "Plant" includes everything in the nature of a plant and the fruit, leaves, cuttings, bark, or any part thereof whatsoever, whether living or dead, severed or attached, but does i,ot include seed, unless specifically mentioned, nor manufactured products of plant s nor any- thing mentioned in this definition that has been cooked. "Pest" means any insect or other invertebrate animal that may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops. "Plant disease" means any disease caused by fungus, bacterium, virus, or other organism that may be injurious to agricultural or hor- ticultural crops. - 2 - REGULATIONS made under The Importation of Plants Regulation Ordinance No. 29, January 13, 1936 Applicable to the Colony and protectorate, including the Cameroons under British Mandate. Authorized Ports of Entry Regulation 3. Ho person shall import or cause to he imported into Nigeria .any plant or seed except by mail or through the follow- ing ports of entry, namely, Lagos, Forcados, Sapele, Koko Town, Warri, Bonny, Opobo, Degema, Calabar, port Harcourt, Burutu, Victoria, Tiko. Importation Prohibited Reg. 4. The following plants, produce, and seeds shall not be imported into Nigeria: (a) Plants in soil other than special rooting compost. (b) Plants of cocoa ( Theobroma c acao ) from Central America, Souih America, and the West Indies. (c) All plants other than cocoa from Central America, South Anerica, and the West Indies, and other countries in which witches' -broom disease of cocoa is known to occur which are specified by the Governor by a notice in the Gazette, except plants required for and imported by the Agricultural Department for scientific purposes. •(d) All coconuts in husk from Central Anerica, South Anerica, and the West Indies. (e_) All coffee berries unless accompanied by a certificate of freedom from mealy pod disease (Trachysphaera f ructigen a . Tabor and Bunting) issued by the Government agricultural authority of the country of export, (f) All cottonseed except seed free from lint. Inspection May Be Required Reg. 5. Provides for the inspection of any plant or seed (ex- cept seeds, bulbs, tubers, or corms of vegetables or ornamental plants from temperate countries or dry hulled rice, coffee, or pulses for con- sumption) and any accompanying container brought to Nigeria by steamer, mail, or other channel, before delivery to the consignee, and for the disposal of such plant material in accordance . with the findings, e.g., release to the consignee, disinfection, or destruction. Conditions under Which plants and Seeds May he Imported Peg. 6. (a) Plants and seeds of cocoa, cotton, cassava., and all species of Musa; plants (not seeds) of oil palms and all species of citrus may be imported from countries included in the Plant Inter- change Schedule (West African countries with which agreements have been made by Nigeria for the interchange of plants and seeds) only under permit signed by the Director of Agriculture first obtained, . and in accordance with any special conditions that may be stated in such permit. (b) Plants and seeds indicated in paragraph (a) and those of coconut, kola, coffee (except hulled and dried berries for consumption) groundnuts, yams, rice (except hulled rice for consump- tion), pulses (except dry shelled seeds for consumption), guinea corn (= broomcorn), millets, maize, and rubber, may be imported from countries other than those in the Plant Interchange Schedule (West African countries with which agreements have been made by Nigeria for the interchange of plants and seeds) only under permit signed by the Director of Agriculture first obtained and in accordance with any special conditions stated in that permit, and provided that the Di- rector of Agriculture is satisfied that the plants will be grown under the observation of a person with special knowledge of the pests and diseases of plants, and under such conditions as should preclude any possibility of the introduction of any dangerous pest or plant disease . (_c) No permit shall be required for the importation of plants and seeds named in paragraph (b) (excluding those named in paragraph (a) from countries included in the Plant Interchange Schedule) . Regs. 7. and 8. pertain to the application for import per- mits and their character. Heg. 9. Phytosanitary certificates required from Government agricultural authorities to accompany imports by any permit issued under these regulations shall so far as practicable be in the form set out in Schedule III hereto, or similar in effect. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 09245 5855 « 4 - Prescribed Form of Certificate This is to certify that t he living plants or plant products (a representative sample of the living plants or plant products) included in the consignment of which particulars are given "below were/ was examined at (place) on (date) by me (name, address, and official title of authorized official), a duly authorized inspector, who was unable to discover any evidence of any injurious insect pest or plant disease, in particular of the following pests or diseases (insert names of any pests or* diseases specially looked for or scheduled by the importing country for inclusion in the certificate), and that the consignment covered by this certificate has/has not been (treated in the following manner, e.g., fumigated with or disinfected with ) prior immediately subsequent to inspection. (Official Seal) Date No. of packages Distinguishing marks Description of plants or plant products Stated to be grown at and inspected in the field on (date) Exported by Name and address of consignee