1933] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 273 
A. IMPORTATIONS OTHERWISE THAN BY MAIL 
Regulation 2. Application for Permit 
Application for a permit to import seed or paddy rice from Mexico or rice 
straw or rice hulls from any country, may be made to the Bureau of Plant 
Quarantine, indicating in the application the locality where the desired material 
has been grown, the port of first arrival, and the name and address of the 
importer in the United States to whom the permit should he sent, if other 
than the applicant. 
Applications for permits should he made in advance of the proposed ship- 
ments ; but if, through no fault of the importer, a sliipment should arrive 
before a permit is received, the importation will be held in customs custody 
at the port of first arrival, at the risk and expense of the importer, for a 
period not exceeding 20 days, pending the receipt of the permit. 
Application may be made by telegraph, in which case the information required 
above must be furnished. 
Regulation 3. Ports of Entry 
For importations of seed or paddy rice from the Republic of Mexico, per- 
mits will be issued for entry through Mexican border ports and such other ports 
as may later be approved by the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
For importations of rice straw and rice hulls from all foreign countries, 
permits will be issued for entry at New York and Boston and at such other 
ports as may later be approved by the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
Should a shipment requiring treatment arrive at a port where facilities for 
such treatment are not maintained, such shipment shall either be promptly 
shipped under safeguards and by routing prescribed by the inspector to an 
approved port where facilities for treatment are available, or it shall be refused 
entry. 
Regulation 4. Issuance of Permits 
On receipt of an application, a permit will be issued in quadruplicate : one 
copy will be furnished to the applicant, one copy will be mailed to the collector 
of customs, and one to the inspector of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine at the 
port of first arrival, and the fourth will be filed with the application. 
Regulation 5. Notice of Arrival by Permittee 
Immediately upon the arrival of a shipment at the port of first arrival, the 
permittee or his agent shall submit a notice in duplicate to the Secretary of 
Agriculture, through the collector of customs, on a form provided for that 
purpose, stating the number of the permit, the quantity in the shipment, the 
locality where grown, the date of arrival, and, if by rail, the name of the 
railroad company, the car numbers, and the terminal where the shipment is to 
be unloaded, or, if by boat, the name of the vessel and the designation of the 
dock where the shipment is to be landed. 
Regulation 6. Inspection and Disinfection at Port of First Arrival 
Paddy rice. — All importations of seed or paddy rice from Mexico shall be 
subject, as a condition of entry, to such inspection or disinfection, or both, 
at the port of first arrival, as shall be required by the inspector, and to the 
delivery to the collector of customs by the inspector of a written notice that 
the seed or paddy rice has been inspected and found to be apparently tree from 
plant diseases and insect pests or that the required treatment has been given. 
Should any shipment of such seed or paddy rice be found to be so infested with 
insect pests or infected with plant diseases that, in the judgment of the 
inspector, it cannot be cleaned by disinfection or other treatment, the entire 
shipment may be refused entry. 
Rice straw and rice hulls. — As a condition of entry, rice straw and rice hulls 
shall be subject to inspection and to treatment at the port of first arrival, 
under the supervision of the inspector, by methods and at plants approved by 
the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. Rice straw and rice hulls will be admitted 
only at ports where adequate facilities are available for such treatment. The 
