BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 113 
With regard to quarantines, affecting Mexican plants and plant 
products, fines aggregating $492.70 were imposed by customs officials 
on the Mexican border against 40:3 persons caught attempting to 
smuggle in prohibited plants and plant products from Mexico. This 
compares with $401.25 assessed against 379 persons for similar of- 
fenses last year. 
FOREIGN PLANT QUARANTINES 
The Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines is engaged in the 
enforcement of quarantines and regulatory orders of the Depart- 
ment prohibiting or restricting the entry from foreign countries, or 
the movement from Puerto Rico and Hawaii to the mainland of the 
United States, of various plants and plant products, and restricting 
the movement of nursery stock into and out of the District of 
Columbia. In addition, this Division is responsible for the mainte- 
nance of a service to inspect and certify plants and plant products 
to meet the sanitary requirements of foreign countries and for the 
enforcement of the provisions of the Insect Pest Act of 1905. 
Plant-quarantine inspectors and collaborators are stationed at the 
more important ports of entry and at certain interior ports where 
foreign mail is distributed. They work in close cooperation with 
employees of the Treasury and Post Office Departments. 
MARITIME-PORT INSPECTION 
SHIP INSPECTION 
Ships from foreign countries and also those from Hawaii and 
Puerto Rico and the coastwise ships which pass through the Panama 
Canal are inspected promptly on arrival for the presence of pro- 
hibited and restricted plant material. This inspection involves the 
examination of ships' stores and quarters, passengers' and crews' 
baggage, and cargo. 
The inspection at ports in California. Florida, and Hawaii and 
at certain ports in Puerto Rico has been performed by State and 
Territorial officials serving as collaborators of the Bureau. 
A record by ports of the ship inspection appears in table 12. 
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