S. R. A.-B. E. P. Q. No. 140 Issued December 1939 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JULY-SEPTEMBER 1939 
CONTENTS 
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Quarantine and other official announcements 98 
Announcements relating to Dutch elm disease quarantine (No. 71) - 98 
Dutch elm disease quarantine 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 quarantine (No. 56) - 100 
Administrative instructions; conditions governing the entry of acorns and cfiestnuts (B. E. 
P. Q. 501, supersedes 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 
(Quarantine 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 quarantine regulations amended , 103 
Modifications of pink bollworm quarantine regulations 103 
Amendment No. 1 to the revised regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 52.. 103 
Notice to general public through newspapers 105 
Instructions to postmasters 105 
The pink bollworm quarantine regulations further extended 106 
Modification of pink bollworm quarantine regulations 106 
Amendment No. 2 to the revised regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 52. . 106 
Notice to general public through newspapers 108 
Instructions to postmasters 108 
Announcements relating to white-fringed beetle quarantine (No. 72) 109 
Administrative instructions— Removal of white-fringed beetle certification requirements untQ 
February f, 1940, for specified articles consigned from designated portions of the regulated 
areas (B. E. P. Q. 485, second revision) 109 
Instructions to postmasters 110 
Administrative instructions— Removal of white-fringed beetle certification requirements until 
February 1, 1940. for specified articles consigned from designated portions of the regulated 
areas (B. E. P. Q. 485, third revision). 110 
Instructions to postmasters Ill 
Announcements relating to Woodgate rust quarantine (No. 65) 111 
Woodgate rust quarantine revoked 111 
Notice of lifting of Woodgate rust quarantine.. .- Ill 
Instructions to postmasters 112 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 112 
Additional plant inspection place in California 112 
Arizona State plant quarantines 112 
Miscellaneous items 115 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Cuba (P. Q. C. A. 283, revised, supplement No. 6) 116 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Jamaica, British West Indies (B. P. Q. 355, revised, 
supplement No. 3) 115 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone (B. E. 
P. Q. 390, revised) . 116 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Mexico (B. E. P. Q. 411, supplement No. 1). 118 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Argentina (B. E. P. Q. 426, supplement 
No. 5) 118 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Turkey (B. E. P. Q. 451, supplement 
No. 2). 119 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony of Bermuda (B. E. P. Q. 455, revised) . 121 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Italy (B. E. P. Q. 469, supplement No. 3). 122 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Commonwealth of Australia (B. E. P. Q. 476, sup- 
plement No. 4) 123 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Colombia (B. E. P. Q. 477, supplement 
No. 1) 123 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (B. E. P. Q. 479, 
supplement No. 1) _ 123 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (B. E. P. Q. 479, 
supplement No. 2) 124 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Paraguay (B. E. P. Q. 502) 124 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 125 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. - 129 
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