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TYPE OF LETTER SENT TO FOREIGN POSTAL OFFICES IN RELATION 

 TO PARCEL POST PACKAGES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF 

 NURSERY STOCK. 



division of foreign mails no. 246, 467 c. d. 



Post Office Department 



Second Assistant Postmaster General 



Washington 



November 22, 1912. 

 The Secretary, 



General Post Office, London, England. 



Sir: By direction of the Postmaster General, I have the honor to enclose herewith 

 for yom- information a copy of "The Plant Quarantine Act" of August 20, 1912, 

 together with a circular of information to importers of nursery stock and rules and 

 regulations for the enforcement of the Act, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 You will observe that the Act provides that importers in this country must take out 

 permits to import nursery stock as defined by the Act, and that nm-sery stock so 

 imported must conform to certain stipulations concerning certification in the country 

 of origin, labeling, and consular declaration. 



The provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations for its enforcement, issued 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture, will be applied to importations of nursery stock in 

 the mails from foreign countries, and, consequently^, will be applicable to parcel post 

 packages, containing such stock, imported under the parcel post convention between 

 our two countries. 



Very respectfuUj^, 



A. A. Fisher, 

 Acling Second Assistant Postmaster General. 

 Enclosures. 



The following order relates to the Hawaiian quarantine on account 

 of the Mediterranean fruit fly. 



ORDER OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL 



Certain Fruits, Seeds, Vegetables, and Other Plant Products Unmailable. 



in Hawaii 



Office of the Postmaster General, 



Washington, Nov. 16, 1912. 

 Order No. 6655. 



The fruits, seeds, vegetables, and other plant products, named in Quarantine 

 Order No. 2, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture on September 28, 1912, under the 

 authority of the Act of Aug. 20, 1912, known as The Plant Quarantine Act, are hereby 

 declared to be unmailable in Hawaii for transmission into or through any other 

 State, Territory, or District of the United States, so long as such order of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture remains in force. Postmasters in Hawaii shaU exercise the greatest 

 possible care to prevent the acceptance for mailing, contrary to this order, of any 

 of the plant products described in the order of the Secretary of Agriculture, and for 

 this purpose shall inquire of all persons presenting parcels for mailing to any other 

 State, Territory, or District of the United States whether they contain any of the 

 fruits, seeds, vegetables, or other plant products declared to be unmailable. 



