Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-10
BY AUTHORITY

of Quarantine No. 13 With Reguia
tons, EFFECTIVE on and after May l
1919.
Mediterranean F,uit Fly and Melon
Fly.
Il The fact has been determined by the
Secretary OF Agriculture. and notice is
hereby given. that there exists in the
Territory OF Hawaii a dangerous in
\ sect infestation, new to and not here
tofore widely prevalent or distributed
+ with and throughout the mainland OF
! the United States. by TWO insects.
TO Wit: the Mediterranean Fruit Fly
| (Ceratitis capitata) and the Melon
! Fly (Dacus cucurbitael.
| Now, therefore, |, David F. HcstOn,
] Seer rotary of Agriculture. under the
= authority conferred by Section OF
! the Act approved August 20, 1912.
known as the Plant Quarantine ACT
(37 L. S. Statutes at large. page 315D
do hereby quarantine the Territory OF
Hawaii as infested by the Mediterran-
can Fruit Fly and the Melon Fly and
! do prohibit the movement from the
; Territory OF Hawaii into or through
any State, Territory. or District Of the
United States other than Hawaii OF
any fruit or vegetable upon which the
| M editerranean Fruit Fly or the Melon
! Fly breeds, or which, from proximity
OF growth or the requirements Of
packing and shipping, may carry infes.
tation, including:
/ Alligator Pears, Bananas, Carambo-
las, Chinese Ink Berries, Chinese Or
gngcs, Chinese PIuns, Coffee Berries,
CucnTbers. Damson Plaus, Eugenias.
Figs, Grapes, Grapefruit, Green PEP
pers, Guavas. KamanI Nuts, Kumquats,
Lines, Loquats. Mangoes. Neck Or
Guges, Mountain Apples, Melons. Natal
or Kafir Plums, Oranges, Papayas,
Peaches, Persimmons, Pineapples,
sPrickly Pears, Rose Apples. Star APP
pies, String Beans, Squashes, Toma,
toes, except that bananas and pineap.
pies may be moved from the Terri.
tory of Hawaii in manner or method
Ior under conditions prescribed in the
regulations of the Secretary of Agri.l
culture hereinafter made and amend.
ments thereto.
The foregoing quarantine shall be.
come and be effective, and Quarantine
No 2, issued by the United States De.
partment of Agriculture September Is,
1912, entitled Mediterranean Fruit
Fly" shall cease to be effective, on
and after May /, 1914. 49, -'..
- REGULATIONS.
Regulation 1. Fruits and Vegetables
Prohibited. ~ r. -..- E
No fruits or vegetables upon which
the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Cerati-
tic capitata) or the Melon Fly (Dacus
cucurbitae} breed, / or which, from
proximity of growth or the require.
ments of packing and shipping, may
carry fnfestation, except bananas and
pineapples, shall be, moved from thu
Territory Of Hawaii into or through
any other State, Territory or District
of the United States. ....
Regulation 2. Bananas and Pineappi |
No bananas or pineapples shall be
moved from the Territory of Hawaii |
into or through any other State, Ter
ritory or District of the United States. |
unless they shall have been inspected |
by the United States Department of |
Agriculture, pronounced free from in
festation by the Mediterranean Fruit
Fly and the Melon Fly, and certified
and marked in compliance with these
regulations.
Regulation 3.-AppIication for inspee
ton.
Persons intending to move bananas
or pineapples from the Territory OIL
Hawaii into or through any other
State. Territory / or District of the
United States shall make application
FOR inspection thereof as far as pos.
sible in advance of the probable date
Of shipment The application should
show the quantity Of the bananas or
which 1t is proposed to
move, together with their exact loca.
ion and the contemplated date OF
shipment.
Blanks on which to make applica-
ion for inspection or for permits will
be furnished, upon request, by theI
United States Department of Agricul.
ure, Bureau OF Entomology, King
Street. Honolulu. i
Regulation 4. certtfication of Ship.
rnents. |:
Bananas and pineapples shall not be II
moved from the Territory of Hawaii
INTO or through any other State, Ter
'itory or District of the United States,
W cars, boats or other vehicles un.
ess each shipment is accompanied by
certificate issued by an inspector OF
he United States Department of Ag.f
'iculture showing that such fruits
ave been inspected by said Depart
nent and pronounced free from infes.
alton by the Mediterranean Fruit fly
md the Melon Fly. The Inspection
shall accompany the way
ills, conductors manifests memoran-
ia or bills of lading pertaining to such {
hipnents.
The inspection certificate will not
re issued until an authorized represen.
ative of the, Federal Horticultural
Board shall have de: eTmined. by ade
uate inspection. that the banana or
pineapple plantations on which the in
pected fruits were produced is free
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