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CONTENTS 
CONTENTS OF NO. 139 (APRIL-JUNE 1939) 
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Quarantine and other official announcements 56 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 48) 56 
Administrative instructions— defining the term "commercially packed" as applied to ship- 
ments of apples or peaches under the Japanese beetle quarantine regulations (B. E. P. Q. 
498) (supersedes P>. P. Q. 352) 56 
Administrative instructions to inspectors on the treatment of nursery products, fruits, vege- 
tables, and soil for the Japanese beetle (B. E. P. Q. 499) . 1. 55 
Japanese beetle auarantine regulations amended . 68 
Modifications of Japanese beetle quarantine regulations (amendment No. 1) 68 
Amendment No. 1 to rules and regulations (seventeenth revision) supplemental to Notice of 
Quarantine No. 48 69 
Notice to general public through newspapers _ 77 
Announcements relating to Mexican fruitfly quarantine (No. 64) 77 
Texas grapefruit harvest extended through May 15; grapefruit must be sterilized after April 11. 77 
Administrative instructions relati ng to the Mexican fruitfly quarantine requiring sterilization 
of all grapefruit harvested on and after April 12, 1939, and extending the harvesting season 
on grapefruit to the close of May 15, 1939 (B. E. P. Q. 495) 77 
Announcements relating to white-fringed beetle auarantine (No. 72) 78 
Suggestions for construction of plunging and growing beds and their maintenance under 
beetle-free conditions in accordance with regulations of the white-fringed beetle quarantine 
(B. E. P. Q. 496) 1 -_; 78 
Administrative instructions— removal of white-fringed beetle certification requirements until 
July 1, 1939, for specified articles consigned from designated portions of the regulated areas 
(B. E. P. Q. 485, revised) ._ 79 
Instructions to postmasters 79 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 80 
Arizona 81 
Arkansas : . 81 
California : 81 
District of Columbia 82 
Florida . 82 
Hawaii - 82 
Idaho - , 82 
Louisiana '. 83 
Mississippi 83 
Montana 83 
Oklahoma 83 
Oregon, : 83 
Puerto Rico 1 . — 84 
Utah - 84 
Washington 84 
Miscellaneous items 85 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. British Colony of Malta (B. E. P. Q. 406. revised, sup- 
plement No. 2) 85 
Plant-auarantine import restrictions, Eire (Irish Free State) (B. E. P. Q. 408. supplement 
No. 1) , . 85 
Plant-nuarautine import restrictions, Republic of Finland (B. E. P. Q. 420. supplement 
No. 2) . 85 
Plant-auarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Rumania (B. E. P. Q. 422, supplement 
No. 4) . 86 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Colony of St. Lucia, British West Indies (B. E. P. Q. 
434, revised, supplement No. 1) 87 
Plant-auarantine import restrictions (Persia) Iran (B. E. P. Q. 449, supplement No. 3) 87 
Plant-auarantine import restrictions, Union of South Africa (B. E. P. Q. 471, supplement 
No. 1) - - - 87 
Plant-ouarantine import restrictions, Commonwealth of Australia (B. E. P. Q. 476, supple- 
ment No. 3) - - 88 
Plant-nuarantine import restrictions, Venezuela (B. E. P. Q. 497") 89 
Plant-auarantine import restrictions, Mandated Australian Territory of New Guinea 
(B. E. P. Q. 500) - — - 89 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Ouarantine Act 92 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 95 
CONTENTS OF NO. 140 (JULY-SEPTEMBER 1939) 
Quarantine and other official announcements 98 
Announcements relating to Dutch elm disease quarantine (No. 71) . 98 
Dutch elm disease auarantine extended 98 
Modification of Dutch elm disease quarantine regulations 98 
Amendment No. 4 to the rules and regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 71.. 98 
Notice to general public through newspapers 99 
Instructions to postmasters 100 
Announcement relating to fruit and vegetable auarantine (No. 56) - 100 
Administrative instructions conditions governing the entry of acorns and chestnuts (B. E. 
P. Q. 501. sunersedes B. P. Q. 344) '_„_; 100 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 48) 101 
Instructions to postmasters - 101 
Japanese beetle control ends for season on fruit and vegetable shipments 101 
Termination date on fruit and vegetable restrictions under Japanese beetle quarantine 
(Ouarantine No. 48) advanced to September 20 for the year 1939 _ 102 
Instructions to postmasters 102 
Announcements relating to pink bollworm quarantine (No. 52) 102 
Instructions to postmasters 102 
Pink bollworm auarantine regulations amended 103 
Modifications of pink bollworm quarantine regulations 103 
