1935] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 23 
only when accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate indicating origin, issued 
by the competent authority of the official service of the country of origin, 
except in cases where partial or absolute quarantines are in effect against the 
imported product. 
Art. 2. The certificate shall affirm that the seeds, bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, 
layers, cuttings, etc., from field, garden, nursery, etc., which is under the super- 
vision of the phytosanitary service of the country of origin, do not bear in- 
jurious diseases or pests, especially virus diseases, and that the shipment was 
subjected to a phytopathological and entomological inspection by an inspector 
of the phytosanitary service of the exporting country. 
Art. 3. In accordance with the regulations on matters of agricultural health, 
issued by the President of the Republic, March 22, 1928, Mexican consuls in 
foreign countries will inform the Department of Agriculture, through the De- 
partment of Foreign Relations, which agricultural areas of the respective 
countries are under the supervision of the phytosanitary service of the same. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 4. The unlading and introduction of the products referred to in this 
resolution will be permitted only through the following ports and customhouses : 
Northern frontier : Tijuana and Mexicali, Baja California ; Nogales, Sonora ; 
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua ; Piedras Negras, Coahuila ; Nuevo Laredo and 
MaUimoros, Tamaulipas. 
Gulf ports: Tampico, Tamaulipas; Veracruz, Veracruz; Progreso, Yucatan; 
Payo Obispo. Campeche. 
Pacific ports : Ensenada, La Paz, and Santa Rosalia, Baja California ; 
Onaymas, Sonora; Mazatlan; Sinaloa ; Manzanillo, Colima; Acapulco, Guerrero; 
Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. 
Southern frontier; Suchiate, Chiapas. 
INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
Art. 5. The pbytosanitary inspector will inspect every shipment of seeds, 
hulbs, etc., in the port or customhouse of entry and will issue a corresponding 
certificate in accordance with articles 38 to 42 of the Reglamento de Policfa 
Agricola, provided that the phytosanitary certificate accompanies the shipmenc, 
that it is valid, and that the result of the inspection is satisfactory. 
CONSULAR VISA NOT REQUIRED 
Art. 6. Since the present resolution does not correspond to a partial or 
absolute quarantine, in the concept of the Reglamento de Policia Sanitaria, 
chapter V, the legalization of phytosanitary certificates by the Mexican consul 
in the country of origin is not necessary. 
FUMIGATION IF DEEMED NECESSARY 
Art. 7. When shipments are not accompanied by the corresponding phytosani- 
tary certificates, the Direccion de Fomento Agricola will decide, after the 
merchandise has been examined by an inspector, whether it shall be subjected 
to fumigation at atmospheric pressure in the port or customhouse of entry, 
using 100 grams of carbon disulphide per cubic meter for 24 hours, or 8 grams 
of hydrocyanic acid gas per cubic meter with a vacuum of 400 millimeters at 
sea level wiih an exposure of 1 hour, or disinfection with hot water, with 
compounds of mercury, or with formalin, or whether the entry of the product 
should be refused. 
Art. 8. The cost of fumigation or disinfection, and of labor incidental to 
inspection made at the port or customhouse of entry, with the exception of 
the inspector's services, will be borne by the consignee of the merchandise. 
This resolution becomes effective 2 months after date of publication in the 
Diario Oficial (published Nov. 10, 1934). 
Note. — Since the expression, " all kinds of agricultural seeds and products in- 
tended for propagation ", appeared rather indefinite, an interpretation was 
requested. The Director de Fomento Agricola of the Mexican Secretaria de 
