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SERVICE A ND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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(6) Materials permitted entry under Quarantine No. 50 for consumption pur- 
poses are authorized entry under this regulation for propagation. 
Under regulation 14 : Provision exists in this regulation for the entry of 
most kinds of plants that are not covered by other regulations of this quarantine 
or by other quarantines. 
Under regulation 15 : Provision exists for the entry in unlimited quantities of 
most kinds of plants which can be considered as peculiar to or standard produc- 
tions of the Dominion of Canada, as opposed to stock imported into the 
Dominion from foreign countries and held or grown on there for later sale. 
European corn uorer. — Quarantine No. 41, revised, effective June 1, 1926: 
Forbids, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised effective March 1, 1933, the importation from all foreign countries and 
localities of the stalk and all other parts, whether used for packing or other pur- 
poses, in the raw or unmanufactured state, of Indian corn or maize, broomcorn, 
sweet sorghums, grain sorghums, Sudan grass, Johnson grass, sugarcane, pearl 
millet, napier grass, teosinte, and jobs-tears, on account of the European corn 
oorer (Pyrausta nuoilalis) and other dangerous insects and plant diseases. 
Rice. — Quarantine No. 55, revised, effective November 23, 1933: Forbids the 
importation of seed or paddy rice from all foreign countries and localities ex- 
cept the Republic of Mexico, and forbids the importation of rice straw and rice 
hulls from all foreign countries and localities, and seed or paddy rice from the 
Republic of Mexico, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemen- 
tal thereto, effective July 1, 1933, as amended effective August 1, 1934, on 
account of injurious fungous diseases of rice, including downy mildew (Sclero- 
spora macrocarpa) , leaf smut (Entyloma oryzae), blight {Oospora oryztorum) , 
and glume blotch (Melanomma glumarum), as well as dangerous insect pests. 
Fruits and vegetables. — Quarantine No. 56, effective November 1, 1923 : For- 
bids, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised, effective December 1, 1936, the importation of fruits and vegetables, ex- 
cept as restricted, as to certain countries and districts, by special quarantines 
and other orders, and of plants or portions of plants used as packing material 
in connection with shipments of such fruits and vegetables from all foreign 
countries and localities other than the Dominion of Canada, on account of 
injurious insects, including fruit and melon flies (Trypetidae) . Includes and 
supersedes Quarantine No. 49 on account of the citrus blackfly. 
Flag smut. — Quarantine No. 59, effective February 1, 1926: Forbids the 
importation of all species and varieties of wheat (Triticum spp.) and wheat 
products, unless so milled or so processed as to have destroyed all flag-smut 
spores, from India, Japan, China, Australia, Union of South Africa, Italy, and 
Spain. 
Packing materials. — Quarantine No. 69, effective July 1, 1933, as amended, 
effective July 1, 1933: Forbids the entry from all foreign countries and locali- 
ties of the following materials when used as packing for other commodities, 
except in special cases where preparation, processing, or manufacture are 
judged by an inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture to have 
eliminated risk of carrying injurious insects and plant diseases : Rice straw, 
hulls, and chaff; cotton and cotton products; sugarcane, including bagasse; 
bamboo leaves and small shoots ; leaves of plants ; forest litter ; and soil with 
an appreciable admixture of vegetable matter not therein provided for by regu- 
lation. All parts of corn and allied plants are likewise prohibited except from 
Mexico and the countries of Central America, the West Indies, and South 
America. This quarantine also brings under restriction, involving inspection 
at will by the Department but requiring no permit or certificate, the following 
when used as packing: Cereal straw, chaff, and hulls (other than rice) ; corn 
and allied plants from Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South 
America; willow twigs from Europe; grasses, hay, and similar plant mixtures 
from all countries ; and authorized soil packing materials from all countries. 
This quarantine does not cover such widely used packing materials as excelsior, 
paper, sawdust, ground cork, charcoal, and various other materials. 
Dutch elm disease.— Quarantine No. 70, revised, effective January 1, 1935: 
Forbids the importation from Europe, on account of a disease duo to the fungus 
Graphium ulmi, of seeds, leaves, plant.*, cuttings, and scions of elm or related 
plants, defined to include all genera of the family Ulinaceae; Logs of elm and 
related plants; lumber, timber, or veneer of such plants if bark is present on 
them; and crates, boxes, barrels, packing cases, and other containers, and other 
articles manufactured in whole or in part from the wood of elm or related 
plants if not free from bark. 
