8. R. A.— B. E. P. Q. No. 124 Issued December 1935 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JULY-SEPTEMBER 1935 
CONTENTS 
Pag« 
Quarantine and other official announcements 49 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (no. 48) _ 49 
Instructions to postmasters 49 
Supplemental instructions to inspectors on the treatment of nursery products, fruits, vege- 
table, and soil for the Japanese beetle (B. P. Q.-359, supplement no. 1) 50 
Dried, crushed, and shredded banana stalks exempt from Japanese beetle certification re- 
quirements under quarantine no. 48 (B. E. P. Q.-383) 51 
Japanese beetle control ends for season on fruit and vegetable shipments — 51 
Removal of Japanese beetle quarantine restrictions on the interstate movement of fruits and 
vegetables — 51 
Instructions to postmasters 62 
Miscellaneous items 52 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Greece (B. E. P. Q-347, supplement no. 4). 52 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Mandate of Palestine (B. E. P. Q.-370, supple- 
ment no. 1) 52 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (B. E. P. Q.-377).. 63 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Colony of the Bahama Islands, British West Indies 
(B. E. P. Q.-378) 53 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Brazil (B. E. P. Q.-379, superseding P. Q. 
C. A.-294) 56 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Haiti (B. E. P. Q.-380) 64 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Presidency of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, 
British West Indies (B. E. P. Q.-381) 65 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Republic of Uruguay (B. E. P. Q.-382) 67 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 67 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 69 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, D. C, August 12, 1935. 
Postmaster : 
My Dear Sir: There is enclosed for your files a copy of the regulations of 
the Japanese beetle quarantine (Quarantine Order No. 48, United States De- 
partment of Agriculture) as revised effective June 1, 1935. The changes em- 
bodied in this revision do not affect mail shipments. See paragraph 1, sec- 
tion 595, Postal Laws and Regulations. 
Very truly yours, 
C. B. Eilenberger, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
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