1936] 
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certificate (phytosanitary certificate) the following United States grades: U. S. 
Fancy, U. S. No. 1, Extra Fancy, and Fancy." 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 379, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL 
September 1, 1936. 
disinfection of chestnuts required 
[Resolution of Jan. 25, 1936; Diario Official, Jan. 29, 1936] 
Article 1. The obligatory certification of the disinfection of chestnuts (Cas- 
tanea vulgaris) imported from any source, is hereby established. 
The presence of the lepidopteron Laspeyresia sp., and of the coleopteron 
Balaninus sp., in any stage of development, being verified by inspection in the 
port of destination, the Servico de Defesa Sanitaria Vegetal, at the request and 
expense of the consignees, will subject the shipment to a new disinfection, pro- 
viding that the infestation does not exceed 2 percent, the interested persons 
being subjected to other precautionary measures deemed necessary. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 406. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY OF MALTA 
July 18, 1936. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the British Col- 
ony of Malta has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant- 
quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant 
products to that Colony. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant-quarantine inspector, in charge of 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
original ordinance and Government notices, and reviewed by the director of 
agriculture of Malta. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY OF MALTA 
Basic Legislation 
Ordinance no. Ill of 1876 (June 20, 1876). 
It shall be lawful for the Head of the Government, whenever, in his opinion, 
there is reason to believe that any agricultural produce in any country out of 
the island of Malta and its dependencies, is affected with a disease which, by 
the introduction of such produce into those islands, might be introduced into 
and spread within those islands, to prohibit, by a notice in the Government 
Gazette, the importation of the said produce from the country and from any 
other country into which the importation of the same produce from the former 
country be not prohibited. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Cottonseed from places infected with anthrax (Government Notice No. 21 
of Jan. 30, 1914, p. 3). 
