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Table 21. — Shipments of nursery stock and other articles intercepted in violation 
of Federal plant quarantines 1 at transit-inspection points, fiscal year 19S5 
Station 
Shipments in 
tercepted in apparent violation of quarantine- 
No. 38 
No. 45 
No. 48 
No. 52 
No. 53 
No. 62 
No. 63 
No. 64 
No. 71 
Total 
Number 
Number 
Nu mber 
5 
102 
200 
2 
3 
10 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
2 
Number 
Number 
7 
154 
41 
2 
3 
6 
1 
40 
2 
14 
262 
Chicago 
14 
1 
318 
2 
2 
11 
1 
1 
1 
161 
2 
31 
5 
21 
1 
68 
22 
349 
22 
253 
83 
1 
1 
20 
3 
27 
17 
18 
34 
73 
2 
9 
11 
7 
1 
4 
11 
..... 
64 
557 
Omaha and Coun- 
cil Bluffs 
53 
325 
Pittsburgh 
1 
85 
Portland, Oreg 
2 
6 
3 
1 
3 
St. Paul and Min- 
neapolis 
Seattle 
2 
12 
1 
4 
1 
6 
3 
9 
9 
4 
1 
22 
5 
30 
Spokane 
5 
2 
3 
6 
Total 
30 
405 
1,126 
2 
36 
154 
73 
18 
1 
J 1, 845 
1 Quarantine No. 38 relates to black stem rust; No. 45, to the gypsy moth and brown-tail moth; No. 48, 
to the Japanese beetle; No. 52, to the pink bollworm; No. 53, to the satin moth; No. 62, to narcissus pests; 
No. 63, to the white pine blister rust; No. 64, to the Mexican fruit worm; and No. 71, to the Dutch elm 
disease. 
» The total number of violations represents 1,749 shipments, of which 82 were in violation of 2 quarantines, 
and 7 were in violation of 3 quarantines. 
In addition to the figures shown in the table of violations, transit inspectors 
intercepted 100 shipments moving intrastate in apparent violation of State 
quarantines relating to pests covered also by Federal quarantine. Of these 
interceptions 4 were made at Boston. 1 at Detroit. 53 at New York. 13 at Phila- 
delphia. 28 at Pittsburgh, and 1 at Washington. 
TERMINAL INSPECTION OF MAIL SHIPMENTS 
Terminal inspection is now maintained in the District of Columbia, in the 
States of Arizona. California, Florida, Louisiana. Mississippi. Montana, Okla- 
homa, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, and in the Territories of Hawaii and 
Puerto Rico. No change has been reported during the year in the inspection 
points or in the list of plants and plant products subject to terminal inspection. 
CONVICTIONS AND PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE 
PLANT QUARANTINE ACT 
The following convictions and penalties imposed for violations of the Plant 
Quarantine Act were reported to the Bureau during the year : 
European corn borer quarantine i domestic) : One conviction, with fine of $100. 
Gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine: Two convictions, with tries 
aggregating $50. 
Japanese beetle quarantine: Six convictions, with fines aggregating $310. 
Quarantines affecting Mexican plant products: Fines aggregating $452 were 
imposed by customs offi ials on the Mexican border against 298 pers< ds caught 
attempting to smuggle in from Mexico prohibited plants and plai t pr '<'ii:-r<. 
Quarantines affecting Canadian plant products: Fines aggregating $10 vrere 
imposed by customs officials on the Canadian border against two persons caught 
attempting to smuggle in from Canada prohibited plants. 
LIBRARY 
STATE PLANT BOARD 
