UIJITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTU53 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D. C, B. 2. P, Q.— 381, Revised. Janur.ry 14, 1938. PLAlTT-qUASAl^TTIIIS IaIPORT RESTRICTIONS OF TIIE PEESIDETTCY OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND l^TSVIS, BRITISH TJTEST INDIES Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/plantquarantinei00unit_3 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D.C. B. E. P. Q.— 381, Revised. January 14, 1938 PLAtJT-QUASANTIKE INIPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER (ST. KITTS) AND NEVIS, BRITISH WEST DIDIES This digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Presidency of Saint Christopher and Nevis has "been prepo-red for the information of nurserymen, plant- quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products to that Presidency. It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, Plant Quarantine Inspector, in charge of Foreign Service Inf orinrtion of the Division of Foreign Plant Qaa.r Dentines, from the original texts of Ordinance No. 2 of May 11, 1923, and Proclamation No. 12 of July 2, 1937, and reviewed by the Agricultural Superintendent of the said Presidency. The inforuation 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 authori- tative . Chief, Bure LEE A. STRONG, {_y of Entomology and Plant Quarantine -1- , PLANT-QU;iEAlJTIl-IE IMPORT EESTRICTIOKS OP THE PHESIDEIICY OF SAINT CHRISTOPI-ER (ST. XITTS) iUID >IEVIS, BRITISH TEST INDIES (Including the Island of Anf:;:uilla) BASIC LEGISLATION . Plant Protection Ordinance No. 2, May 11, 1923. Section 5. (1) The Governor may from time to time, by procla- mation, prohibit the importation into the Presidency of any plants, parts of plants, seeds, fruits, soil, or any class of goods, packages, coverings, or other articles or things naiied and specified in such -nroclamation. (2) The Governor may from time to time, by proclamation, order that the articles mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall not be imported into the Presidency except upon such conditions as may be specified in such proclamation. (3) Everj'' plant, article, or thing named in any proclamation in force under this Ordinance coming into the Presidency or any part thereof by sea, may be deemed to have com.e from a place the introduc- tion thereof from which 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. SITMMARY Importation Prohibited (Proclamation No. 12, July 2, 1937) (a) SANANA PRUIT (Musa spp.): Importation prohibited from all countries and places except the United States of America and the other Islands of the Colony of the Leeward Islands, to prevent the introduction of insect pests of the banana. (b) CITRUS FRUITS AND PLAITTS or parts thereof: Im.portation prohibited from Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Santo Domingo, and the United States, to prevent the introduction of citrus canker ( Bacterium citri (Hasse Doidge) and insect pests. -2- (c) ALL OTHER FHUITS except plantains, nuts, dried, canned, candied, cr other preserved fruit: iT.portation prohibited from Bahair.as, Bermuda, British Guiana, Venezuela, and other countries and places except the British Isles, Canada, British West Indies, and the United States, to prevent the introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ccratitis cap it at a ¥i c d . ) , (d) V3G-ETABLES except onions, Irish potatoes, canned or preserved vegetables from Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, and all other countries and places except the British Isles, Canada, British West Indies, and the United States, to prevent the introduction of the Llediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata Wied.). The importation is also prohibited of the products named in item.s (e_) to (k) from. Cuba, Hsiiti, and Santo Domingo: (e) Agricultural produce in bags; (f) COTTONSEED, COTTONSEED HULLS, COTTONSEED CAKE, cottonseed meal and other products of cottonseed, seed .cotton, cotton lint, cotton plants and any part thereof, and other malvaceous plants and any part thereof; (g) FERTILIZERS AITD STOCK FEED containing cottonseed mea.1 ; (h) SECONDHAND BAGS and baling material; (i) PACKAGES AND CONTAINERS which contain or are reasonably suspected of having contained any of the articles specified in item (f ) ; (J_) PILLOWS AND BSDDI?IG MATERIAL containing seed cotton, cotton lint, or any part of the cotton plant; (k) PERSONAL BAGGAGE and effects of any descrii^tion which contain or are reasonably suspected of having contained any of the articles specified in item (f ) ; (l) Articles that have formed part of the cargo of a ship another part of the cargo of which is infested or is reasonably suspected of being infested by the cotton boll weevil ( Anthonomus grandi s Boh.): Importation prohibited from all coijintrios and places; (m) PERSONAL BAGGAGE and effects of any description that have been in contact with or close proximity to any other baggage, cargo, or articles of any descri"otion infested or reasonably suspected of being infested by the cotton boll weevil: Importation prohibited from all countries and places, to prevent the introduction of the cotton boll weevil ( Anthonomus grandis Boh. ) . -3- (n) SOIL| Importation prohibited from Bahamas, British Guiana, Trinidad, and all other countries and places except the British Isles, Canada, the United States of America, and other islands of the British West Indies not specified in this item., to prevent the introduction of insect pests and plant diseases. Importation Conditional (a) SUGARCAlffi, SUGARCAl^ SEEDLINGS AI^IL PLANTS, and all parts of the sugarcane: May be imported from any country and place only under a license granted by the Governor. Precaution against the introduction of .insect pests and plant diseases that do not already exist on the Island. (b) BANANA PLANTS AND PARTS THEESOF: May be imported from any country and place only under a license granted by the Governor, to prevent the introduction of Panama wilt disease ( Pusarium cubense E. P. Sa.) p.nd insect pests. (c) COTTONSEED, COTTON LINT, AND SEED COTTON, and all packages, coverings, bags, and other articles and things that have been used as packages, coverings, or bags for cottonseed, cotton lint, and seed cotton: May be imported from any country and place except Cuba, Haiti, and Santo Domingo under license granted by the Governor. Proca,ution against the introduction of insect posts not already established on the Island. (d) SPROUTED COCONUTS: May be imported from Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Trinidad under license granted by the Governor. Precaution against the introduction of the red ring disease ( A phel encho i de s coc ophilus (Cobb) Goodey). (e) SOIL AND PLAINTS GROWING IN SOIL: May be imported from any country or place only after fumigation and under license granted by the Governor, to prevent the introduction of insect pests and plant diseases. (f) FRUIT except plantains, nuts, dried, canned, candied, or other preserved fruits from the British Isles, Canada, British West Indies, and United States of America: Must be accom.panicd by a certificate from a responsible authority in the country of export that the fruit does not originate in a prohibited country. Precautions against the introduction of the Mediterr