216 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sopt. 
temperature-recording iustrumeiits of the hold, holds, or compartments approved 
for the purpose shall be tested for accuracy by an official designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, or one holding a comparable position, in the export- 
ing country, and tlie thermograph record shall bear an endorsement of said 
official in form approximately as follows: 
Port of export 
Date 
The instruments installed for recording temperatures within compartment 
of the S. S. or M. S. _^ , 
which compartment is loaded with covered by 
precooling certificate No. of the , were 
(Name of the certifying Government agency) 
tested by me at the place and on the date above indicated, and were accurate 
to within °F. (If no adjustments were necessary, add a statement 
to that effect. If adjustments were made, add a statement indicating their 
character.) 
Signature 
(Title of certifying oflBcer.) 
12. For entry under the provisions of this circular, there shall be surrendered 
to the inspector of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the 
United States Department of Agriculture at the port of transshipment or at 
the port of entry, the original thermograph record showing the temperatures 
maintained in the holes or compartments in which the fruit concerned was 
sterilized. When necessary, additional photostatic copies of such records shall 
be provided at the expense of the permittee. 
13. Vinifera grapes or other deciduous fruits to be imported into the United 
States under the provisions of this circular shall not be unloaded from the 
carrying vessel until evidence satisfactory to the inspector of the Bureau of 
Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture has been furnished showing that the grapes or other deciduous fruits 
liave received the refrigeration treatment prescribed in this circular. 
14. Whenever grapes or other deciduous fruits are offered for entry under the 
provisions of this circular and it cannot be established to the satisfaction of 
the inspector of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the United 
States Department of Agriculture that they have received the required refrig- 
eration treatment, they shall either remain on the vessel under safeguards 
prescribed by the inspector of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
and under seal of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, or they 
shall be transported beyond the territorial limits of the United States under such 
safeguards as shall be prescribed by the inspector. 
15. Vinifera grapes or other deciduous fruits may be imported under the 
provisions of this circular throughout the year and no restrictions are placed 
on the character of containers in which they shall be packed. 
16. In authorizing the entry of Vinifera grapes and certain other deciduous 
fruits into the United States in accordance with the provisions of this circular, 
it should be emphasized that inexactness and carelessness in applying the 
treatment may result in injury to the fruit or its rejection. The treatment 
required for the entry of fruit under the provisions of this circular represents 
a requirement considered necessary for the elimination of pest risk and no 
liability shall attach to the United States Department of Agriculture or to 
any officer or representative of that Department in the event of injury result- 
ing to fruit offered for entry under the provisions of this circular. 
Lke a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomolopy and Plant Quarant'me. 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL 
MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 45) 
B. E. P. Q. 386 (4th revision). 
LIST OF ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 
GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH QUARANTINE 
September 13, 1937. 
In accordance with the proviso in Notice of Quarantine No. 45, as revised 
effective November 4, 1935, the following articles, the interstate movement of 
