70 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
Tobacco seed from all countries : May be imported only under license issued 
by the agricultural officer and which shall prescribe such treatment of the seed 
as he may consider necessary. 
Cotton (Gossypium spp.), including seeds, cuttings, plants, seed cotton, lint, 
or any articles packed therewith, or any covering or thing in which they may 
be packed, . from all countries : May be imported under license issued by the 
agricultural officer on the occasion of each importation. 
Sugarcane (Sacharum offieinarum) : Seedlings and plants, and all parts of 
the sugarcane, or any articles packed therewith, from all countries: May be 
imported under license issued by the agricultural officer. 
Banana plants and plants of any other species of Musa, including suckers and 
every part of the plant except green fruit from Canary Islands, Costa Rica, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, South America, West Africa, West 
Indies, together with any article or soil packed therewith, or any package 
covering or container thereof: May be imported under license issued by the 
agricultural officer or by the agricultural officer for experimental purposes. 
All earth or soil of any description and any living plants not otherwise speci- 
fied in schedules A and B, including plants growing in earth or soil or shipped 
bareroot, and including articles, covering, or packages in which they may be- 
packed, from all countries: May be imported provided a certificate of intro- 
duction is granted by the agricultural officer after inspection and, if necessary, 
fumigation. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 449, Supplement No. 2. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, PERSIA (IRAN) 
June 6, 1938. 
authorized poets of entry 
Article 3 of the decision of the Council of Ministers, No. 7876, January 1-2, 
1936, stated that the frontier offices at which plant material will be inspected 
and through which it may be imported will be designated by the Department of 
Agriculture ( see p. 1, B. E. P. Q. 449 ) . 
According to a despatch from the American charge d'affaires a. i., dated 
April 1, 1938, the Department of Agriculture of Persia has designated Bandar 
Pahlevi, Khorramshahr, Bushire, and Khosrovi as frontier ports of entry and 
inspection for plant material under the provisions of the said article 3. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT QUARANTINE 
ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period April 1 to 
June 30, 1938, penalties have recently been imposed by the proper Federal 
authorities for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act, as follows : 
JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
In the case of the United States V. John RamJxme, Newfield, N. J., in the 
transportation of a truck load of farm products from southern New Jersey to 
Rochester, N. Y., a point outside of the regulated area, without inspection and 
certification, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $25. 
In the case of the United States v. Charles Bogutz, Bridgeton, N. J., in the trans- 
portation of a truck load of farm products from southern New Jersey to Roches- 
ter, N. Y., a point outside of the regulated area, without inspection and 
certification, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $25. 
