S.R.A.— B.P.Q. No. 117 Issued February 1934 
LIBRARY 
STATE PLANT BOARD 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1933 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 245 
Announcements relating to Dutch elm disease quarantine (no. 70) 245 
Notice of Quarantine No. 70, with regulations 245 
Instructions to collectors of customs (T.D. 46721) 248 
Information for importers of elm burl logs under the Dutch elm disease quarantine no. 70 
(B.P.Q.— 356) 248 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (no. 48) .. 250 
May extend beetle quarantine to Maine and West Virginia 250 
Notice of public hearing to consider the advisability of extending the quarantine on account 
of the Japanese beetle to the States of Maine and West Virginia . _ , 250 
Revision of Japanese beetle quarantine and regulations . . 251 
Notice to general public through newspapers 260 
Announcements relating to pink bollworm quarantine (no. 52) 261 
Amendment to pink bollworm quarantine regulations. 261 
Notice to general public through newspapers 262 
Revision of pink bollworm quarantine and regulations 263 
Notice to general public through newspapers 271 
Instructions to postmasters 271 
Announcements relating to rice quarantine (no. 55) -.. 271 
Revision of quarantine and regulations.. 271 
Instructions to collectors of customs 274 
Announcement relating to Thurberia weevil quarantine (no. 61) 275 
Instructions to postmasters 275 
Miscellaneous items 275 
Dutch elm disease conference October 26 275 
Notice of conference to discuss Dutch elm disease situation in the United States 276 
Plant-quarantine restrictions, Kingdom of Italy (P.Q.C.A.— 289, supplement no. 2) 276 
Plant-quarantine restrictions, Kingdom of Belgium (P.Q.C.A.— 315, supplement no. 1) 276 
Plant-quarantine restrictions, Republic of Brazil (P.Q.C.A.— 294, supplement no. 2) 277 
Plant-quarantine restrictions, Republic of Argentina (B.P.Q.— 357) __ 277 
Plant-quarantine restrictions, Republic of Mexico (P.Q.C.A.— 284, supplement no. 7) 288 
Plant-quarantine restrictions, England and Wales (P.Q.C.A.— 327, supplement no. 1). 288 
Plant-quarantine restrictions. Kingdom of Belgium (P.Q.C.A.— 315, supplement no. 2) 289 
Official plant inspection service instituted in Hungary 290 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 290 
List of current quarantines and other restrictive orders and miscellaneous regulations 292 
Organization of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine 298 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO DUTCH ELM DISEASE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 70) 
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 70, WITH REGULATIONS 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
The recent finding of the fungus causing the Dutch elm disease in elm burl 
logs imported from Europe, and the presence in these logs in considerable 
numbers of known European insect carriers (Scolytus spp.) of the fungus are 
recognized to involve grave danger of introducing this disease into further 
areas of this country. The situation with respect to these logs as well as to 
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