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Shippers desiring Arizona permits must make application therefor direct 
to the State Entomologist, Phoenix, Ariz. 
Postmasters at places in Arizona where State inspection of plants and plane 
products is maintained under the Terminal Inspection Act should take the 
action prescribed by amended paragraph 4 (b), section 596, Postal Laws and 
Regulations, if parcels sent to such offices for terminal inspection are found 
to be in violation of these plant quarantine laws or regulations. 
Ramsey S Black. 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
P. Q. C. A. 283, revised, Supplement No. ti. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, CUBA 
September 1. 1939. 
Importation of Cottonseed Into Isle of Pines Prohibited 
[Decree No. 1441 of June 13, 1939] 
Articles 1, 2, and 3 provide for the planting of the Seabrook type of the Sea 
Island variety of cotton and the destruction of all other types of wild or 
cultivated cotton, as well as the destruction of all cotton plants infested by the 
pink bollworm {Pectinophora gossypiella) . 
Article 4. (A) The importation into the Isle of Pines is prohibited of cotton- 
seed from any source, national or foreign, which has not been previously 
authorized in writing by the Cuban Department of Agriculture, upon application 
made to that effect. 
(E) The importation into the Isle of Pines of raw cotton fiber, with or with- 
out seed, from any source, and of cloth used to pack this fiber, unless this 
cloth is accompanied by an official statement certifying that it has been effec- 
tively treated for the destruction of the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus 
grandis), or unless it originates in a region which the Cuban Department of 
Agriculture has declared not to be infested by the said insect, is prohibited. 
(F) The importation into the Isle of Pines of raw cotton plants or parts 
thereof is prohibited. 
(G) The importation into the Island of Cuba of cottonseed from the Isle of 
Pines without previous authority from the Cuban Department of Agriculture, 
is prohibited. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Burea)t of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. P. Q. 355, revised, Supplement No. 3. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, JAMAICA, BRITISH WEST INDIES 
September 22, 1939. 
Import Permit Required fou Plant Material 
According to the item "plants or parts thereof, etc." on pages 2 and 3 of 
B. P. Q. 355, revised, the importation of plants and parts of plants into Jamaica 
from countries other than the United Kingdom is permitted only if and when 
a written permit has been granted by the Director of Agriculture. According 
to information received from the Jamaican authorities, this permit will take the 
form of a label to be forwarded by the importer to the shipper for attachment 
to the package of plant material. The conditions of entry will be indicated 
on the label and must be complied with before the material i> shipped. 
Packages arriving without permit tag will be destroyed. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
