1934] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
55 
P.Q.C.A.-299, Supplement No. 2 June 28, 1934. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 
Proclamation No. 227 of April 18, 1934, amends that of June 5, 1924 (see 
P.Q.C.A.-299, p. 2), to read as follows: 
"The importation into Australia is prohibited of deciduous fruit trees or 
parts thereof (including the fruit and seeds), plants and parts of plants of the 
family Rosaceae (including the fruit and seeds), which were grown in any 
country in which pear blight or fire blight (Bacillus amylovorus) exists: Pro- 
vided, That apples grown in New Zealand in districts in which fire blight does 
not exist, may be imported subject to the conditions prescribed in the regula- 
tions : Provided further, That the minister for health may permit the importa- 
tion of ornamental plants or of new or special varieties of deciduous fruit 
trees or their fruit or seeds subject to any conditions which he may think fit 
to impose." 
Under the same date the following regulations were promulgated concern- 
ing the certification of apples imported into the Commonwealth from New 
Zealand : 
" Regulation 1. Any person desirous of landing apples imported from New 
Zealand shall, at the time of giving notice, also furnish with each consign- 
ment a certificate signed by a responsible officer of the Department of Agri- 
culture of New Zealand, identifying the fruit, stating the quantity and the 
district in which the apples were grown, and certifying: 
"(a) That the disease known as 'fire blight' (Bacillus amylovorus) does not 
exist in the said district, and 
" (6) That the apples were grown and packed in the said district for ship- 
ment from the port stated in the certificate. 
" Regulation 2. Each case of the consignment shall be labeled or branded 
with the letters and figures under which the name of the grower and the 
district of production are registered with the Department of Agriculture of 
New Zealand, in addition to any other marks which may serve to identify 
the consignment." 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT 
QUARANTINE ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period April 1 to 
July 1, 1934, penalties have recently been imposed by the proper Federal 
authorities for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act, as follows : 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States versus the persons listed below, for attempt- 
ing to smuggle in contraband plant material, the penalties indicated were 
imposed by the United States customs officials at the following ports : 
Name 
Port 
Contraband 
Penalty 
B. C. Ban 
Victoria S. Varela... 
Maria M. de Perez.. 
Elenterio Rodriguez. 
Leonora Guerra 
Mariano Moreno 
Francisca Garza 
M. L. Barnes 
Lupe Baker 
J. M. Fonseca 
Mrs. D. C. Hogan... 
Refugio Hernandez.. 
Otto Markworth 
O. R. Hupp .... 
Maria T. Ugelda 
Adolph Castro 
^Guadalupe Duran... 
Brownsville, Tex... 
do 
do 
do 
do 
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do 
do 
do 
Calexico, Calif 
Eagle Pass, Tex I 2 avocados with seed 
do | 1 mamey 
8 oranges 
5 plants 
4 mangoes 
1 avocado seed and 1 orange. .. 
13 plants 
4 mangoes 
1 avocado with seed 
4 mangoes 
3 mangoes 
1 avocado seed. 
1 mango 
3 mangoes and 1 avocado with 
8 mangoes. 
31 avocados with seed 
mangoes- 
