134 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
EXTERIOR QUARANTINE NO 6 — RICE 
[Decree of May 12, 1927] 
This is an absolute quarantine in its application to all countries except the 
United States. 
As applied to the United States, it is a partial quarantine, restricting the 
importation of seed or paddy rice from that country into Mexico, to prevent the 
introduction of leaf smut (Entyloma oryzae Syd.), blight (Oospora oryzetorum 
Sacc), take-all or foot-rot disease (Ophiobolus cariceti (B. and Br.) Sacc. (0. 
graminis Sacc), glume blight (Phoma glumarum Ell. and Tr.), downy mildew 
(Sclcrospora macrocarpa Sacc), and flag smut of wheat (Urocystis tritici 
Koern.). 
The general provisions governing partial quarantines are applicable to ship- 
ments from the United States. 
This quarantine does not affect husked or polished rice imported for food or 
industrial purposes. 
EXTERIOR QUARANTINE NO. 7 — BANANA PLANTS 
[Decrees of Nov. 17, 1927, and May 30, 1928] 
An absolute quarantine on account of the banana root borer {Cosmopolites 
sordidus Germ.) and the Panama or wilt disease (Fusarium cubense E. F. Sm.), 
prohibiting the importation into Mexico of banana plants and parts thereof 
from foreign countries. 
Banana fruits may be imported through the ports of Mexicali, Naco, and 
Agua Prieta when intended for food in the northern district of Baja California 
and the towns through which the railroads pass between Naco and Canea, and 
between Agua Prieta and Nacozari in the State of Sonora. 
REVOCATION OF EXTERIOR QUARANTINE NO. 8 — LIST OF COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY FLAG- 
SMUT AND TAKE- ALL DISEASES OF WHEAT 
The Presidential decree of July 23, 1931, published and effective July 29, 
1931, revokes that of March 4, 1931, which established Absolute Exterior Quar- 
antine No. 8. The text follows: 
Article 1. The Absolute Quarantine of March 4, 1931, which was promulgated 
against the agricultural diseases caused by the fungi "Urocystis tritici Koern." 
and "Ophiobolus cariceti (B. and Br.) Sacc. (0. graminis Sacc.)", which attack 
species and varieties of foreign wheat, is revoked. 
Art. 2. The Department of Agriculture and Public Works (Secretaria de 
Agricultura y Fomento) is authorized to dictate special provisions which may 
protect the national agriculture against invasion by the said agricultural 
diseases, indicating for that purpose, in lists that will be published in the 
Official Journal of the Federation, the countries or localities which, as being 
affected, should be subjected to special provisions. 
In the absence of any statement of the special provisions above referred to, 
inquiry through the Office of Agricultural Protection of the above-named Depart- 
ment elicits the information that — 
"To permit the introduction into our country (Mexico) of the seed (wheat) 
proceeding from the places named in the resolution cited (July 30, 1931) a per- 
mit from this Department is required, and also a certificate signed by the 
sanitary authorities of the country of origin, visaed by our consul, which shall 
accompany the merchandise. The certificate shall affirm that in the locality 
where it was grown the wheat was not infected by the diseases referred to." 
Art. 3. After the publication of the lists referred to in the preceding article, 
the Department of Agriculture and Public Works will issue regulations pre- 
scribing the requirements which every importation from quarantined localities 
shall meet, for which purpose interested persons shall apply to the above- 
mentioned Department in advance for a permit for the importation and move- 
ment of these products. 
The resolution of July 30, 1931, published and effective August 3, 1931, sup- 
plements the above cited decree of July 23, 1931. The text follows : 
"Complying with the provisions of article 2 of the Presidential decree of July 
23, 1931, published in the 'Diario Oficial' of the Federation, of July 29, of the 
same year, this Department declares, supported by reports in its possession, that 
