1941] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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This modification will amend article 6, column III. of the instructions relating 
to Oregon State plant quarantines published in the Postal Bulletin of September 
17, 1940. and on page 17 of the October 1940 Supplement to the Postal Guide, so 
that the same will read when revised : 
"Grapevines and cuttings accepted with State of origin certificate that ship- 
ment is from an area or premises free of phylloxera, or certificate that shipment 
has been given an approved treatment under the supervision of a qualified 
inspector of State of origin." 
Postmasters will, therefore, please make the necessary correction and be 
governed accordin gl y . 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS AMENDED— PLANT QUARANTINE 
Article 580 (a) (2), Customs Regulations of 1937, Relating to the Trans- 
mission to Collectors of Customs by Importers of Notices of Arrival of 
Plants or Plant Products, Amended CT. D. 50394) 
Treasury Department, 
Office of the Commissioner of Customs. 
Washington, D. C. 
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: 
Article 580 (a) (2) [sec. 10.11 (b) (2)] of the Customs Regulations of 1937. 
is hereby amended to read as follows : 
(2) The importer or his representative will submit to the collector at the port 
of first arrival for any type of entry, except rewarehouse and informal mail 
entries, a notice of arrival. The collector at the port of arrival will compare 
the notice which he receives from the importer or his representative with the 
shipping documents, certify to its agreement therewith, or note any discrepancies, 
and transmit it to the Secretary of Agriculture. The merchandise is not to 
be released until the said notice has been submitted. (R. S. 161, sec. 624, 4G Sta1 
759 ; 5 U. S. C. 22. 19 U. S. C 1624. ) 
W. R. Johnson. 
Coynmissioner of Customs. 
Approved May 17. 1941 : 
Herbert E. Gaston. 
Acting Secretary of the Treasury. 
B. E. P. Q. 514. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, DOMINION OF CANADA 
May 12, 1941. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Dominion of 
Canada has been prepared for the information of exporters of plants and plant 
products to that country and plant-quarantine officials. 
The circular was prepared by Richard Faxon, District Supervisor, Certification 
for Export. Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the Destructive Insecl 
and Pest Act and Regulations Thereunder, Edition of 1936. Customs Memoranda. 
Series D, No. 37 with supplements, and No. 49, and the Fruit, Vegetables, and 
Honey Act and Regulations. It was reviewed by the Secretary of the Destruc- 
tive Insect and Pest Act Advisory Board, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 
Canada. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and suffi- 
ciently complete for its purpose up to the time of preparation, but it is not to 
be interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and riant Quarantine. 
