624 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



tho rlopartmont. In connoction with this work a total of 12.732 

 shipmonts of phiiits and plant products wore examined by the local 

 inspection service of the board. Of this number 426 represented 

 special plant introduction importations under the provision of 

 quarantine No. 37. The others represented departmental importa- 

 tions or inspection and certification of plants and plant products of 

 domestic orijijin arrivinir in or leaving the District of Columbia. 



TERMINAL INSPECTION OF MAIL SHIPMENTS OF PLANTS AND PLANT 



PRODUCTS. 



During the year Utah instituted terminal inspection of mail 

 shipments of plants and plant products authorized by the act of March 

 4, 1915,- and the terminal inspection stations in California and 

 Mississippi were revised. California, Arizona, Montana, Florida, 

 Washington, ^Vrkansas, the District of Columbia, Mississippi, and 

 the Territory of Hawaii had previously, in the order named, taken 

 advantage of the provisions of the act referred to. Such terminal 

 inspection is conducted entirely at the expense of the States con- 

 cerned and has proved to be an important adjunct to the efforts 

 of this board in enforcing its domestic quarantines. 



CONVICTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT QUARANTINE ACT. 



During the past year the solicitor of the department reported the 

 conviction of 19 shippers for violations of the plant quarantine act, 

 14 in regard to the white pine blister rust quarantine, 2 in regard to 

 the avocado or alligator pear quarantine, 1 in regard to the sweet 

 potato and yam quarantine, 1 in regard to the gipsy moth and brown- 

 tail moth quarantine, and 1 in regard to the sugar-cane quarantine 

 (foreign). Fines aggregating $437 and costs were imposed. 



NEW AND REVISED PLANT QUARANTINES. 



The following quarantines and other restrictive orders were either 

 promulgated or revised since July 1, 1921, to the date of the prepara- 

 tion of this report, October 1, 1922: 



Domestic quarantines. — Quarantine No. 51, restricting the move- 

 ment from the United States into Hawaii of sugar cane, com, cotton, 

 alfalfa, and fruits of avocado and papaya, promulgated July 22, 1921 ; 

 the pink bollworm quarantine, revised August 19, 1921, amended 

 October 24, 1921, and again revised March 31, 1922; the European 

 corn borer quarantine (domestic), revised October 29, 1921, and April 

 7, 1922, amended July 28, 1922, and September 2, 1922; the 

 European corn borer quarantine (foreign) , revised July 8, 1921; the 

 gipsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine, amended December 23, 

 1921, and June 15, 1922: the Japanese beetle quarantine, revised 

 November 28, 1921; the satin moth quarantine, promulgated 

 December 28, 1921 ; and the white pine blister rust quarantine (cover- 

 ing the State of Washington), promulgated March 1, 1922. 



Other restrictive orders. — Regulations governing the importation of 

 potatoes into the United States, revised February 28, 1922, and 

 amended June 19, 1922. 



A complete list of the current domestic and foreign quarantines 

 and other restrictive orders follows : 



