53 

 Plants and Plant Products Addressed to Places in Hawaii. 



Third x\ssistant Postmaster General, 

 Washini^ton, Fe1)rnary 17, 1921. 



The Territory of Hawaii has established places for the terminal 

 inspection of i)lants and plant products under the provisions of the 

 act of March 4, 1915, embodied in section 478 1/4, P. L. and R., 

 appearing- on page 49 of the ]\lay, 1915, supplement to the Postal 

 Guide. 



All postmasters are, therefore, informed that packages contain- 

 ing plants or plant products addressed to places in the Hawaiian 

 Islands may be accepted for mailing only when plainly marked 

 so that the contents may be readily ascertained by an inspection 

 of the outside thereof. The law makes the failure so to mark such 

 parcels an offense punishable by a fine of not more than $100. 



The plants and plant products subject to terminal inspection in 

 the Hawaiian Islands are described as follows: 



"All florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, 

 buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and 

 shrubs, and other plants and plant products in the raw or unmanu- 

 factured state, except vegetable and flower seeds: Provided, 

 That this list of plants and plant products shall not apply to plants 

 and plant products shipped under the certification of the Federal 

 Horticultural JBoard of the United States B'epartment of Agri- 

 culture." 



Postmasters within the Hawaiian Islands shall be governed 

 strictly by the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, 5, and 6, section 

 478 1/4, P. L. and R., in the treatment of all packages addressed 

 for deliverv at their cfiices containing any of the plants or plant 

 products above described as subject to terminal inspection. 



Inspection service is maintained at the places in the Hawaiian 

 Islands named below, and all postmasters in the Haw^aiian Islands 

 shall, after receiving the required postage therefor, under the pro- 

 visions of section 478 1/4 P. L. and R., send to the nearest in- 

 spection point each package containing plants or plant products 

 subject to terminal inspection: 

 Honolulu, Hilo. 



Owing to the perishable character of plants and plant products, 

 the packages containing such matter must be given prompt at- 

 tention. 



Any failure of compliance with the foregoing instructions or 

 with the provisions of section 478 1/4, P. L. and R., coming to the 

 attention of any postmaster should be reported to the Third 

 Assistant Postmaster General, Division of Classification. 



W. J. BARROWS, 

 Actine Third Asst. Postmaster General. 



