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other provisions of the regulations issued under said order, on account of the 

 avocado weevil. Entry is permitted only through the port of New Yoi-k, and 

 is limited to the large, thick-skinned variety of the avocado. The importation 

 of the small, puri^le, thin-skinnetl variety of the fruit of the avocado and of 

 avocado nursery stock under 18 months of age, is prohibited. 



Cation. — The order of April 27, 1915, prohibits the importation of cotton from 

 all foreign countries and localities, except under permit and in accordance with 

 the other provisions of the regulations issued under said order, on account of 

 injurious insects, including the pink bollworm. These regulations apply in part 

 to cotton grown In and imported from the Imperial Valley, in the State of Lower 

 California, in Mexico. 



Corn. — The order of March 1, 1917 (Amendment No. 1, with Regidations, to 

 Notice of Quarantine No. 24), prohibits the importation of Indian corn or 

 maize in the raw or unmanufactured state from the countries and localities 

 listed in Notice of Quarantine No. 24, except under permit and in accordance 

 with the other provisions of the regulations issued under said order, on account 

 of injurious diseases of Indian corn. 



Cottonseed jnoducts. — The order of June 23, 1917, prohibits the importation 

 of cottonseed cake, meal, and all other cottonseed products, except oil, from all 

 foreign countries, and a second order of June 23, 1917, prohibits the importa- 

 tion of cottonseed oil from Mexico except under permit and in accordance with 

 the other provisions of the regulations issued under said orders, on account of 

 injurious insects, including the pink bollworm. 



Cifrns fruits. — The order of June 27, 1917 (Notice of Quarantine No. 28, with 

 Regulations), prohibits the importation from the countries and localities listed 

 therein of all species and varieties of citrus fruits, excepting only oranges of 

 the mandarin class (including satsuma and tangerine varieties), on account of 

 the citrus-canker disease. Oranges of the mandarin class (including satsuma 

 and tangei-ine varieties) may be imported under permit and in accordance with 

 the other provisions of the regulations issued under .said order. 



