112 ANNUAL RKPORTS OK UKPARTMKXT OF AGRIOULTUBB, 1940 
Tabu 11. — Shipments of nursery stock <imi <,th<>- articles intercepted in violation 
of Federal domestic plant Quarantines <it transit inspection points, fiscal year 
1940 
Shipments intercepted in apparent violation of quarantine* relating to— 
Station 
iiiai k 
stem 
rust 
Gypsy 
moth 
and 
brown- 
tail 
moth 
1 
J;ipn- 
nese 
beetle 
Pink 
boll- 
worm 
White- 
pine 
blister 
rust 
Mori- 
em 
fruit- 
fly 
Dutch 
elm 
dis- 
ease 
White- 
frineed 
beetle 
Total 
Atlanta 
49 
11 
132 
47 
122 
54 
1 
18 
3 
117 
31 
5 
512 
63 
145 
290 
37 
19 
19 
2 
58 
3 
1 
27 
: 
7 
87 
19 
501 
67 
158 
78 
22 
37 
■ 
o 
126 
53 
19 
947 
75 
170 
324 
133 
43 
82 
6 
>85 
Birmingham 
Boston 
366 
7 
13 
2 
3 
10 
10 
Buffalo 
1 
2 
2 
3 
14 
16 
Chicago 
5 
6 
2 
3 
1 
3 
Cincinnati 
Dallas 
Detroit 
19 
5 
3 
T n H i a n a nnl i c 
4 
1 
17 
Jacksonville 
1 
2 
1 
14 
3 
Kansas City 
Memphis 
New York 
415 
7 
21 
19 
13 
7 
4 
Omaha 
2 
1 
2 
2 
6 
94 
12 
Philadelphia.. 
Pittsburgh 
2 
St. Louis 
St. Paul 
2 
10 
Springfield, Mass 
63 
4 
5 
Washington, D. C 
State of California. 
5 
16 
1 
Total 
7 
952 
1, 735. 
28 
72 
200 
4 42 
' 3, 040 
1 Interceptions reported by cooperating State inspectors at several inspection points. 
3 The total number of violations represents 2,967 shipments 69 of which were in violation of 2 quarantines, 
and 2 in violation of 3 quarantines. 
TERMINAL INSPECTION OF MAIL SHIPMENTS 
The State of Arizona made arrangements during the year, through 
Federal channels, for the turning back of parcel-post shipments 
found to he in violation of certain plant quarantines of that State. 
Other State- which have availed themselves of the provisions of 
the terminal inspection procedure for the enforcement of plant- 
quarantine regulations are Arkansas. California. Florida. Mississippi, 
Mont ana. and ( )regon. 
Arizona, California, Florida. Idaho. Louisiana, Mississippi, Mon- 
tana. Oklahoma. Oregon, and District of Columbia, Hawaii, and 
Puerto Rico maintain terminal inspection of designated types of 
plants and plant products under the procedure which provides for 
the turning hack or disinfection of shipments found to be infected. 
( ONVICTIONS AND PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF 
THE PLANT QUARANTINE ACT 
The number of convictions and penalties imposed i'<>r violations 
of the Plant Quarantine Act. aside from those dealing with Mexican 
plants and plant products, reported to the Bureau, was the lowest 
for any year since lJUs, the first year that a record of them was 
made III the annual report. Only one such violation was reported. 
a violation of the Japanese beetle quarantine, which resulted in a 
fine of $1. 
