1933] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 283 
and La Quiaca will be cleared at Buenos Aires or Rosario. The customs will 
seal the cars on entry into Argentine territory. This procedure will remain 
effective until quarantine and disinfection services have been organized at the 
frontier. 
Art. 7. This article originally provided for the entry of the fruits named 
therein during certain periods of each year, but it was revoked by the decree of 
April 8, 1932, thus, in effect, providing for the introduction of fruits and 
vegetables at any period of the year. 
Art. 8. The importation of guavas is prohibited. 
Art. 9. Every consignment of apples and pears imported must be transported 
in refrigeration chambers. (Decree of Mar. 9, 1931.) 
The importation is permitted of apples and pears in bushel baskets or in 
barrels of standard type. The paper wraps for these fruits shall be stamped 
(or printed) with the mark or name of the packers or exporters. (Decrees of 
May 19, and July 14, 1931, and Feb. 24, 1933, exempting barreled apples from 
the United States from the requirement of paper wrappers.) 
The weight or volume of the contents shall be declared in the metric system 
on each container. (Decree of Sept. 18, 1931.) 
Paper wrappers not required for barreled apples from the United States 
Decree No. 17614, of February 24, 1933, modifies that of March 9, 1931, by 
exempting barreled apples exported from the United States to Argentina from 
the requirement of a waterproof tissue-paper wrapper for each apple. 
Article 1. Article 2 of the decree of March 9, 1931, is modified, in so far as 
it refers to the requirement of wrapping in waterproof stamped tissue paper 
each North American apple introduced into Argentina in barrels. 
Art. 2. Barreled apples which it is desired to introduce into Argentina must 
be accompanied by an inspection certificate issued by competent authority of 
the respective State, and by a second certificate issued by experts of the United 
States Department of Agriculture. These certificates must be presented to the 
Argentine consul nearest to the point of embarkation for authentication of the 
signatures. 
Art. 3. Ten percent of the containers of every shipment of apples not exceed- 
ing 500 barrels, and 8 percent of the containers in excess of 500 barrels, shall be 
opened, without exception, for the customary inspection, at a place indicated by 
the Oficina Sanitaria de Importacion y Exportacion de Plantas y Semillas. 
Art. 4. The inspection certificates shall make special mention of the diseases 
and pests, indicated in regulation 4 of the decree of March 9, 1931. 
Art. 5. The only ports authorized for the entry of fruits under the provisions 
of this decree are Buenos Aires, Rosario, and La Plata. 
Apples and pears from Neiv Zealand 
Subject to the provisions of article 9 of the decree of March 9, 1931, the 
importation is authorized of consignments of apples and pears from New 
Zealand, transshipped at Montevideo to vessels of the Compania Argentina de 
Navigation Ltd. (Decree of June 30, 1931.) 
RESTRICTIONS ON COTTONSEED 
The importation of cottonseed is permitted from any source under the 
following conditions : 
1. Only clean seed, free from linters and adhering fiber, may be imported. 
2. Containers shall be metal, completely soldered. 
3. Before shipment each consignment shall be disinfected in vacuum and shall 
be accompanied by a certificate to that effect, issued by authorized technical 
officials of the government of the country of origin, and visaed by the respective 
Argentine consul. 
4. The seed shall be disinfected in vacuum again on arrival in Argentina. 
(Decree of June 30, 1931.) 
5. The quantity is limited to 10 kilograms of each variety and the seed 
may be imported only for experimental sowing under the supervision of the 
Direction General of Agriculture and Agricultural Protection. 
6. The introduction into the Province of Chaco of cottonseed of varieties of 
the species Gossypium barbadense and O. peruvianum will not be permitted. 
7. When it is desired to introduce cottonseed of long staple varieties, upland 
type (intermediate), for planting in Chaco, in addition to the provisions of the 
