1929] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 89 
Post Office Department. 
Washington, May 3, 1929. 
Postmaster. 
My Dear Sir : With reference to the letter addressed to you by this office on 
April 30, 1929, transmitting a copy of Quarantine Order No. 68 of the United 
States Department of Agriculture quarantining the whole State of Florida on 
account of the Mediterranean fruit fly, you are instructed, in view of the emer- 
gency existing with respect to this destructive insect pest, not to accept for mail- 
ing either to points within or outside the State of Florida any of the fruits or 
host vegetables described in the regulations issued in connection with Quaran- 
tine Order Xo. 68. 
Sincerely yours, 
K. S. Regar, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
Florida quarantined on account of the Mediterranean fruit fly 
Office of the Postmaster General, 
Washington, May 9, 1929. 
To every postmaster in Florida : 
In order to prevent the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly, a dangerous 
insect recently discovered in the State of Florida, the Secretary of Agriculture 
has promulgated Quarantine Order No. 68 quarantining that State. Under 
this quarantine order the acceptance for mailing in Florida of citrus fruits, 
noncitrus fruits, and certain " host " vegetables is absolutely prohibited, both 
to places in Florida and to points outside that State. 
A copy of the order and instructions pertaining thereto have been sent to 
every postmaster in Florida by the Third Assistant Postmaster General, and 
all postmasters and other postal employees are directed to cooperate in the 
enforcement of Quarantine Order No. 68, so that no parcel of fruits or vege- 
tables covered by the order may be accepted for mailing or delivered in viola- 
tion of the quarantine. 
This is a serious emergency : Constant vigilance must be exercised to prevent 
the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly. 
W. Irving Glover. 
Acting Postmaster General. 
Attention, all Florida postmasters! — Nursery stock, j>!ants of any kind, and 
fruits and ''host" vegetables must not he accepted for mailing in Florida 
Third Assistant POSTMASTES <Ii rebal, 
Washington, May 25, 1929. 
Notwithstanding a copy of Quarantine Order No. OS of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, account of the Mediterranean fruit fly, was 
to every postmaster in Florida on April 30 with specific instructions not to 
accept for mailing to points within or without that State any citrus fruits, 
noncitrus fruits, or "host" vegetables enumerated in the quarantine order; 
that supplemental instructions were sent on May :; to such postmasters, and 
a notice headed "Florida Quarantined OD Account Of the Mediterranean Fruit 
Fly" was published in this bulletin on May 10, postmasters in Florida are 
again cautioned in it to accept for mailing fruits and vegetables prohibit 
the quarantine order. 
The Mediterranean fruit fly is a most destructive post of fruit < and vegetables 
and. if it is permitted to spread, will cause incalculable damage and 
only t'> the State of Florida but to a large Dumber of other States. 
Millions of dollars are being sp.nt to stamp out this pest, and all postmasters 
in Florida are again admonished to exercise constant vigilance to prevent the 
spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly. 
All postmasters in Florida are therefore directed not to :, crept for mailing 
nursery stock or plants of any kind, nor any fruit or "host " \. 
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Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
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