AORKl'I.TrRAL APPROPRIATIMN BIU., iWi. 477 



trainoil to muk<- Much in ux. aii'l 



U) ottituin tin- vi-ry |m>; u lh«' •!• ; 



from tliirt ri)Uijlry uri'XHTiiiiimtf. anil i; 



tiitcriur |>oiiifH f,,r < • 



inciuu'«>. 'IMpti' ai 



|>arci'l-|><*(| !ta<kai:i-< in tin- I iiiif<l Mat«f>. I 



tinn with iitlHT port diitii* at only tt ,,f Mi.-. 



of acontitmiiiis' imtiirouirl iniiNt Im* • 



fop', on a tlit'ffri'nt ha^iM frotii work « :i 



Ik» r('Hinn''il lator. In olh«'r wonh n-r 



^'l\'-Ii ;il>\'' Woulil ru.1t ill' irjj 



init'i.liii I |.iiis can !»<• lar};i-l_ 



TIh' i>ort inspection wrvice ai* n>w Ih-ih 

 of Haltitnon'. lio<«tMn. Now OrW-an-*, l'hilu<l"iiM,, . . 

 Xhv insp»'<lion of tin* ocean coinin>Ti'<' <'nt<'riin» fiv 



very ina>ie<|uate at ail of th** Atlantic p<irt.H lifted uitU nitouUl U- f&U'UtU'«i u> oUmtt 

 Atlantic ami Culf port.><. 



An additional very important featnn* of the in.<|>«-< tion «"Tvirr of t' 



insi)cction at the qnuranline honMe uf the department of i.ix.i » 



fnwn all (imirters of the world under flp<'rial iK-rmitK. and ai 

 plantvX and s«'eds made l)y ihi.-* ilepartment. In conn' ■ 

 iL'.TiVJ .■<hi])ment.'< of i>lant.'» and plant prodticf< wer<> >'\.. 

 service nf ilw l>oard. ( >f this niiinlxr 12«> rf|. resented ."Im < ml pi 



tations under the provisions of (juarantine :{7. The (»ihen< re| , „ 



imixtrtAtion.s. or inspection and c^'rtilicatiou of plants and plant prtxluct^ of •! 

 ori'zin arriving in or leaving the T>i.strirt of Columhia. 



Nearly 2,(KK) of these shijiments came throujjh the parool post. 



THE MEXICAN BORt*ER fONTHOL. 



The Mexican border control to prevent the entry of the pink l»ollworm from ^'- " ■ ■ 

 an<l for the enforcement of various fruit and ^rrain ipiarantines aeain.^t M- 

 j)roporly a part of the general port in«pecti.in work 

 special and additional i)o\vers authorized in the Ian 

 for the ]»urpoee. On account of the relation.ship t)t this work to the p-ner 



tralive work of the lx)ard in conne«-tion with. such |)ort of entry control, in tli 



for the li.scal year Iffil. the appropriation for the Mexican iKyrder work an<l the lan- 



^'iiajje authorizinir it have been transferred from the central pink 1 " 



tion to the administrative appropriation for the l)oard. It is :, 



lans,Mias:e pivint,' specilic authori/alion for the exclusion of cotton stn'd and the pink 



hollworm should i>e retained in connection with this item. 



The prevention of the movement of cotton and cotton Boeil from Mexico into the 

 United States in connection with railway cars and other vehicles, fr^ ' • • - 

 baiT-^ace, and other materials from Mexico has involved for the liscnl v ■ 

 'M, 1922. tlie ins{H»ction of 35,747 freii,'ht cars, of which number 

 At Del Rio, Tex., where there are at present no railr<ja<l coiiih 



of various descriptions were examined, 69 of which were fumigated on account oi the 

 presence of cotton seed at the time of ins|)ection. 



In addition to the control of freii^ht and other traffic, the insp<^ction at the footbridnw 

 in ctKiperation with the customs oliicials located at Br- ' " ; •■ •- 



and El I'xso, Tex., as well ai< on the boundary line at > 



interception of a total of 5,511 pieces of contraband material durinj; the last fiscal year 

 as follows: Avocados, 13,422; com, 4,971; cotton, 1,797; prajK-fruit, 519; puava^t, 2,M2; 

 limes, 2,106; mangoes, 1,550; oranpes, 8,073; peaches. 8,037; plants, 5,tX)l; pluma, 

 882: potatoes, 951; sajKites. 142; sugar cane, 3.967; sweet p ' 



TIh' amount of car fumigation and other work involved iii ereaf ly dnrine 



the last liscal year, due to the improved conditions in Mexiiu, an<: 

 increa.se in freight and other tratlic In'tween Mexico and the I'l 

 result of this, it bec-ame necessary to call u{>on Congress for a suppl' 'i»- 



tion, and ?'>0,00() was so appropriated in connection with the - " 



approved March 20, 1922. As noted the moneys s«» ex|K'nde<l \ > 

 to the Treasury of the I'nited States from the charges math- i ■! Mit ,. , .i 

 fumigation — charges based on the cost of chemicals and labor involved i 

 fees amounting to !j:i26,350.50 were collecte<l and turned into the Tn-asury. 



