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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 99 
such conditions and through such northern ports as may be designated in the 
permits. 
West Indies. — Upon compliance with these regulations, all citrus fruits from 
the West Indies may be permitted entry at New York and at such other ports as 
may be designated in the permits. 
Jamaica. — Entry of pineapples from Jamaica is restricted to the port of New 
York or such other northern ports as may be specified in the permits. 
Canada. — Fruits and vegetables grown in the Dominion of Canada may be 
imported into the United States from Canada free from any restrictions whatso- 
ever under these regulations. 
General. — In addition to the fruits, the entry of which is provided for in the 
preceding paragraphs of this regulation, such specialities as hothouse-grown 
fruits or other special fruits, which can be accepted by the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture as free from risk of carrying injurious insects, including fruit 
flies (Trypetidae) , may be imported under such conditions and through such 
ports as shall be designated in the permits. 
Regulation 3. Applications for Permits for Importation of Fruits and 
Vegetables 
Persons contemplating the importation of fruits or vegetables the entry of 
which is authorized in these regulations shall first make application to the Bureau 
of Plant Quarantine for a permit, stating in the application the country or locality 
of origin of the fruits or vegetables, the port of first arrival, and the name and 
address of the importer in the United States to whom the permit should be sent. 
Applications for permits should be made in advance of the proposed shipments; 
but if, through no fault of the importer, a shipment should arrive before a permit 
is received, the importation will be held in customs custody at the port of first 
arrival, at the risk and expense of the importer, for a period not exceeding 20 
days pending the receipt of the permit. 
Application may be made by telegraph, in which case the information required 
above must be given. 
A separate permit must be secured for shipments from each country and for 
each port of first arrival in the United States. 
Regulation 4. Issuance of Permits 
On approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of an application for the importa- 
tion of fruits or vegetables, a permit will be issued in quadruplicate; one copy will 
be furnished to the applicant for presentation to the customs officer at the port of 
first arrival, one copy will be mailed to the collector of customs and one to the 
inspector of the Department of Agriculture at the port of first arrival, and the 
fourth will be filed with the application. Unless otherwise stated in the permit, 
all permits will be valid from date of issuance until revoked. 
Regulation 5. Notice of Arrival by Permittee 
Immediately upon the arrival of fruits or vegetables from the countries specified 
in the quarantine at the port of first arrival the permittee or his agent shall sub- 
mit a notice in duplicate to the Secretary of Agriculture, through the collector of 
customs, on forms provided for that purpose, stating the number of the permit, 
the kinds of fruits or vegetables, the quantity or the number of crates or other 
containers included in the shipment, the country or locality where grown, the 
date of arrival, the name of the vessel, the name and number, if any, of the dock 
where the fruits or vegetables are to be unloaded, and the name of the importer or 
broker at the port of first arrival, or, if by rail, the name of the railroad, the car 
numbers, and the terminal where the fruits or vegetables are to be unloaded. 
Permits may be revoked and other permits refused if the permittee or his 
agent fails to submit the notice of arrival or gives a false notice or in any other 
way violates the quarantine. 
Regulation 6. Inspection and Disinfection of Importations of Fruits 
and Vegetables 
All importations of fruits or vegetables shall be subject, as a condition of entry, 
to such inspection or disinfection, or both, at the port of first arrival as shall be 
required by the inspector of the Department of Agriculture, and shall be subject 
to reinspection at destination at the option of said department. 
