Coconut and other Palms, Regulations and Notice.

This legal document, made under the Plant Pests Act contains a Notice declaring the whole of the island Mahe to be infected with scale insects attacking coconut and other palms and Regulations enacted consequently to the Notice. The Regulations introduce measures to fight the spreading of the disease and, for this purpose, prohibit the removal of coconut leaves from Mahe to any other part of Seychelles and grant powers to any officer of the Agricultural Department to destroy any coconut leaves or coconut leaf baskets found on any vessels directed from Mahe to another part of Seychelles.