10 PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATION [Jan.-Mar. 
by infestation are able to provide under State authority, more advantageously 
and economically than can be done through Federal action, the necessary pro- 
tection against the establishment of new centers of infestation carried by 
commercial and private shipments of infested products. 
Any person interested in the possible revocation of this quarantine may 
appear at this public conference and be heard either in person or by attorney. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE-BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF REMOVING 
THE FEDERAL DOMESTIC QUARANTINE ON ACCOUNT OF THE JAPANESE 
BEETLE 
February 18, 1932. 
Notice is hereby given that a public conference will be held by the Plant 
Quarantine and Control Administration in the auditorium of the Natural His- 
tory Building. United States National Museum, Tenth Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, D. C, at 10 a. m.. March 25, 1932, at which con- 
sideration will be given to the advisability of revoking Notice of Quarantine 
No. 48, as revised, and the regulations supplemental thereto. 
The purpose of this quarantine has been to retard the spread of the Japanese 
beetle and prevent the establishment of new centers of infestation. Mean- 
while investigation of methods of control, the dissemination of information as 
to such methods, and the introduction of parasites have been under way. It 
is desired at this conference to consider (1) whether these investigations and 
other activities have reached such a stage that the Federal quarantine restrict- 
ing the interstate movement of farm products, nursery and ornamental stock, 
sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure on account of the Japanese 
beetle, should now be removed; (2) whether the continued spread of the Jap- 
anese beetle by flight and other means has been so extensive and persistent 
as to render undesirable and inexpedient further large expenditures by the 
Federal Government in attempting to retard distribution of the pest in inter- 
state commerce; (3) whether the advantages of maintaining the Federal 
quarantine restrictions justify the costs of administration and the expense to 
shippers of complying with the regulations ; and (4) whether the States which 
have not yet been reached by infestation are able to provide under State au- 
thority, more advantageously and economically than can be done through 
Federal action, the necessary protection against the establishment of new 
centers of infestation carried by commercial and private shipments of infested 
products. 
Any person interested in the possible revocation of this quarantine may 
appear at this public conference and be heard either in person or by attorney. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. 
INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, D. C, March 8, 1932. 
Postmaster : 
My Dear Sir : Inclosed is a copy of a revision of the Japanese-beetle quaran- 
tine and regulations (Quarantine Order No. 48, United States Department of 
Agriculture) effective January 1, 1932. 
The principal changes are set forth in the introductory note. Please read 
the introductory note, as well as the remainder of the quarantine order, and 
be governed accordingly. See paragraph 1, section 467, Postal Laws and 
Regulations. 
Very truly yours, 
F. A. TTlton, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
