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persons shall apply to the above-mentioned Department in advance for a 
permit for the importation and movement of these products. 
The Resolution of July 30, 1931. published and effective August 
3, 1931, supplements the above cited Decree of July 23, 193 1 * Tlle 
text follows: 
"Complying with the provisions of article 2 of the 
Presidential Decree of July 23, 1931, published in the 
'Diario Oficial 1 of the Federation, of July 29, of the 
same year, this Department declares, supported by reports 
in its possession, that in the countries indicated below 
there exist the diseases known as 'flag-smut and take-all ' , 
caused, respectively, by the fungi Urocystis tri tici Koern. 
aJ1< ^ Oio hiobolus cariceti (B. and 3r.) Sacc. (0. grand nis Sacc.) 
and that, therefore, and in compliance with the provisions 
of article 3 of the same decree, interested persons, in 
moving wheat originating in the said countries, shall 
previously apply for and obtain a permit from the Department. 
"The countries in which Urocystis tr itici exists are: China, 
India, Italy, Japan, Spain, the Union of South Africa, and 
the United States of America (States of Illinois, Missouri, 
and Kansas) . 
"The countries in which Oph iobolu s ( grand nis) cariceti exists 
are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, 
Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, 
Japan, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Union of South Africa, and 
the United States of .America (States of Arkansas, California, 
Indiana, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, 
and Washington) . " 
EXTERIOR QUARANTINE NO. 9. - SUGARCANE 
(Decree of Sept. 13, 1928) 
An absolute quarantine on account of cane smut (U stilago 
sac char i Rabh.), downy mildew ( Sclerospora sac c.iari Miy.), eye- spot 
disease (H elmintho snorium sac char i Butler; , etc. , prohibiting the 
importation into Mexico of shoots (suckers, tillers) of sugarcane, 
except for scientific purposes and under special permit. 
