1937] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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citrus blast {Phytomonas citriputealc) = (Bacterium syringae (Van 
Hall) E. F. Sin.), and citrus canker {Bacterium {Phytomonas) citri 
(Hasse) Doidge). (Order of Jan. 20, 1916, and July 14, 1925, as 
amended by that of Oct. 11, 192G.) 
Cotton samples for commercial purposes : 
1. Should be well-ginned cotton entirely free from cottonseed or any 
foreign matter. 
2. No sample should exceed 2 kg and postal samples without value not 
to exceed 350 g each. 
3. Should be addressed to the consignee % The Plant Quarantine Office, 
Ministry of Agriculture, at the port of destination. 
4. When a sample is received by any plant quarantine office, the consignee 
will be notified. Samples not claimed w^ithin 15 days will be destroyed 
without compensation. 
5. The samples will be disinfected with carbon disulphide for 24 hours 
before entry. 
Note. — The entry of samples of unginned cotton and cottonseed is prohibited, 
however small the samples may be. 
Cotton, absorbent, and kapok (cotton-wool) : Admitted without fumigation. 
Cotton beddings (including mattresses, bedcovers, cushions, furniture con- 
taining unmanufactured cotton) : 
1. Disinfection at the port of entry in the steam sterilizers of the quaran- 
tine authority, at owner's expense and risk, at 120° C. for at least 2 
hours. 
2. If accompanied by an official certificate affirming disinfection at the 
port of export in a steam sterilizer under pressure not more than 1 
month previous to arrival at the port of entry, they will be exempted 
from treatment. 
3. This arrangement can be canceled at any time by the ministry. 
Cotton and cottonseed in transit by air. Permits may be issued for the transit 
of cotton and cottonseed by air mail under the following restrictions : 
1. Containers to be any metal boxes, soldered, and on no account to be 
opened in Egyptian territory. 
2. Transfer should take place only by airplanes in the same hangar (air- 
drome ) . 
3. Transit is limited to airplanes alone. 
4. Consignments must not be kept in Egyptian territory more than 15 
days; they must be under the control of both the ministry and the 
customs while in Egypt. The customs shall record the date of ar- 
rival, number of consignments, date of reexportation (exit), and the 
number of consignments transferred to another airplane. A copy 
of this information will be forwarded to the plant quarantine officials 
at the same customs office. 
Violations of any of these restrictions involves the immediate destruction of 
the respective consignment. (Law no. 1, art. 2.) (See p. 16.) 
Cucurbitaceous fruits and vegetables : ■ 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Inspection on arrival. 
3. If of Asiatic origin must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary 
certificate affirming freedom of the locality where grown and the 
place of export from all species of Dacus and from Myiopardalis par- 
dalina Big. (Order of June 22, as amended by that of Dec. 15, 1919.) 
Date palms: Same conditions as banana plants. 
Date fruit (fresh, dry, or compressed) : 
1. Authorization of the ministry. 
2. Official phytosanitary certificate from country of origin affirming freedom 
from injurious pests, especially the red spider {Pnrafetranyehus sim- 
plex Banks). (Amendment of July 15, 1935, to art. 2, law no. 1.) 
(See p. 10.) 
Fig plants and parts thereof : 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Certificate of freedom from disease, especially from the psylla Triozoa 
l)UXtoni Laing. 
3. Inspection on arrival. 
4. Fumigation before entry. (Amendment of Aug. 20, 1932, to art. 2, law 
no. 1.) (See p. 17.) 
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