I.R.A.— B.P.Q. No. 118 
United 
Issued May 1934 
States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JANUARY-MARCH 1934 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 1 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (no. 48) _ 1 
Instructions to postmasters 1 
Instructions to inspectors on the treatment of nursery products, fruits, vegetables, and soil 
for the Japanese beetle (B.P.Q.-359) 1 
Announcements relating to Mexican fruit-fly quarantine (no. 64) 12 
Texas citrus shipping season ends April 5 12 
Shipping season for Texas citrus fruit to end on April 5 (B.P.Q. -361) 12 
Announcement relating to narcissus-bulb quarantine (no. 62) 12 
Narcissus inspection records for 1933 (B.P.Q. -358)— 12 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 15 
Arkansas discontinues terminal inspection 15 
Miscellaneous items 15 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of Cuba (P.Q.C.A.-283, supplement 
no. 2) ._ 15 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Netherlands (P.Q.C.A.-303, supplement no. 1)-. 15 
Plant-quarantine export restrictions, Republic of Mexico (P.Q.C.A.-284, supplement no. 8). 16 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Chile (B.P.Q. -348, supplements nos 
land 2) 16 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Island of Cyprus (B.P.Q. -360) 17 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Honduras (P.Q.C.A.-314, supplement no. 4).. 22 
European corn borer— State regulations (B.P.Q. -346, revised Mar. 15, 1934) 23 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 30 
Organization of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine 31 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, February 20, 1934. 
Postmaster: 
My Dear Sir: Your attention is invited to the enclosed copy of the twelfth 
revision of the Japanese beetle quarantine and regulations (Quarantine Order 
No. 48, U.S. Department of Agriculture), by which you will please be governed. 
The important changes and features are indicated in" the Introductory Note and 
Summary. See paragraph 1, section 595, Postal Laws and Regulations. 
Very truly yours, 
C. B. ElLENBERGER, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
B.P.Q.-359 March 14, 1934. 
INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTORS ON THE TREATMENT OF NURSERY PRODUCTS, 
FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND SOIL FOR THE JAPANESE BEETLE 
Existing disinfection and fumigation methods authorized for elimination of the 
Japanese beetle from nursery stock and other plant materials, as well as from 
sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure, have been revised and consolidated 
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