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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 27 
responsibility to prevent the building up of infestation and the spread of the 
fruit fly. Mr. Strong hopes and believes that the growers will at all times 
realize the importance of full compliance with the clean-up regulations. Dis- 
covery of any infestation of the Mexican fruit fly, he said, will necessarily require 
immediate eradication and precautionary clean-up measures in any area which 
may be involved. 
B. E. P. Q.-387 January 13, 1936. 
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS— SHIPPING SEASON FOR TEXAS CITRUS FRUIT 
EXTENDED 
(Issued under regulation 7, sec. A, Federal Quarantine No. 64) 
(Approved Jan. 13, 1936; issued Jan. 13, 1936) 
The shipping season for citrus fruit under the Federal Mexican fruit fly 
quarantine (Notice of Quarantine No. 64) from the Counties of Brooks, Willacy, 
Cameron, and Hidalgo, in Texas, is hereby extended to the close of March 
31, 1936, provided conditions of infestation or lack of observance of sanitary 
requirements and failure to comply with clean-up restrictions do not necessitate 
an earlier closing date. 
The discovery of any infestation of this insect within the regulated area will 
of necessity require immediate eradication and precautionary clean-up measures 
in any area which may be involved. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
INSTRUCTIONS TO PUERTO RICAN POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, D. C, March 10, 1936. 
Postmaster : 
In a recent 1-day test made at the post office of New York, N. Y., there were 
received many parcels from a number of post offices in Puerto Rico containing 
green ginger, banana leaves, oranges, yams, and other plant materials which 
were accepted for mailing to the mainland of the United States in violation of 
Quarantine Orders Nos. 16, 30, 32, 47, 58, and 60, in that they were either pro- 
hibited from entry into the United States or were not accompanied with the 
required certificate of inspection. 
A copy of each of the quarantine orders mentioned is inclosed, and you are 
requested to take such steps as will prevent the acceptance of any parcels mailed 
at your office in future addressed to the mainland of the United States which 
contain any of the plants or plant products quarantined by the various orders 
mentioned or which contain plant products which are not accompanied with the 
prescribed certificate. 
When any unpermissible plants or plant products are discovered in such parcels 
or where parcels of the other plants and plant products referred to are not 
accompanied with the prescribed certificate of inspection, the parcels should 
be returned to the senders and their attention invited to the provisions of the 
quarantine orders mentioned, particularly the penalty for violation thereof, 
and they should be cautioned not to attempt to mail such matter to the main- 
land in future, except as provided therein. 
Quarantine Order No. 30 was amended (effective Oct. 10, 1935), lifting the 
prohibition from yams and allowing the movement of these tubers to the main- 
land under the restrictions of Quarantine Order No. 58, but sweetpotatoes are 
still prohibited movement to the mainland. 
Your cooperation in carefully watching for parcels of plant material which 
may be mailed at your office addressed to the mainland of the United States 
will be appreciated. 
Very truly yours, 
C. B. Eilenberger. 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
