Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-30
United States Department {

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culture, Office of the Secretary Fed
eral Horticultural Board. Notice of
! Quarantine No. IS with regulations)
| revised. Mediterranean Fruit Fly and
Melon Fly. effective on and after
| June l, 1910 The fact has been de-
termined by the Secretary Of Agricul-
turs, and notice Is hereby given, that
there. exists IN the Territory Of HA-
Wati a dangerous insect intestatioa.
| new 70 and not, heretofore widely pre-
Fvaleht or distributed withiH and
J throughout the mainland Of the URit-
| ed States by two insects, to wit, the
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratttis ca
pitata] and the melon fly (Dacus Gu
curhitae). Now, therefore, I, Carl
Eroomaa, Acting Secretary Of Agricul-
ture, under the authority conferred BY
! section 8 Of the act approved August
! 40, 1912, known as the Plant QuarRn-
! tine Act (37 q. 8. Statutes at Large,
| page 3thl,. do hereby quarantine the
Territory Of Hawaii as infested by the
! Mediterranean fruit Ay and the melon
fly and do. prohibit the movement
from the oTerrftury Of Hawaii into or
/ LII NNA4 y LIZ
trict ot the United States other than
Hawai- CT 81 fruits and vegetables, ia
the natural or raw state, except :tn
manner or method or R0der conditions
prescribed 10 the regulations Of the
Secretary Of Agriculture hereinafter
made and amendments thereto. The
! foregoing quarantine shall become and
be effective, and Quarantine No, IL, is
sued by the United States Department
Of Agriculture March %, 1914, entitled
Mediterranean Fruit Fly and Melon
| Fly" shall cease to be effective on
and after June l, 1917. Regulations.
Regulation l. Fruits and vegetables
| prohibited. No fruits or vegetables
whatsoever, in the natural or raw
! state, except as provided in Regulation
hereof, shall be moved from the Ter.
ritory of Hawaii into or through any
! other State. Territory, or District Of
the United States. Regulation 2 Ship
ment of bananas, pinea Dples, taro, and
coconuts permitted under certification
Bananas (Musa spp) of the noncook-
ing type, pineapples (Ananassa sa-
tiVa), taro (COlocasia antiquorum escu-
leRtum), and coconuts (Cocos nuci-
fera) may be moved or allowed to
move from the Territory Of Hawaii
into or through any other State, Terri
tory, or District Of the United States,
when such fruits or vegetables have
been inspected by the United States
Department Of Agriculture, certified to
be free from infestation by the Medi.
terranean fruit fly and the melon fly,
and marked in compliance with these
regulations: Provided, That other
fruits and vegetables may be certified
for movement to the United States
when it can be shown to the satisfac-
ton Of the Department of Agricul-
ture that such fruits and vegetables
in the form in which they are to be
shipped are not and cannot be a means
of conveying either the Mediterranean
fruit fly or the melon fly. Regulation
3. Application for inspection. Per
sons intending to move any of the
fruits or vegetables listed under regu-
lation from the Territory of Hawaii
into or through any other State, Ter
rttory, or District of the United States
shall make application for inspection
thereof as far as possible In advance
of the probable date of shipment. The
application should show the quantity
of the fruits or vegetables which it is
proposed to move, together with their
exact location and the contemplated
date Of shipment. Blanks on which to
make application for inspection or for
permits will be furnished, upon re-
quest, by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, Bureau of Ento-
mology, King Street, Honolulu. Regu-
lation 4. Certification of shipments.
Fruits and vegetables listed under
Regulation shall not be moved from
TIL Territory of Hawaii into or
through any other State, Territory, or
District Of the United States, by cars,
boats, or other vehicles unless each
shipment is accompanied by certffi-
cate issued by an inspector Of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture showing that such fruits or veget-
ables have been inspected by said de-
partment and pronounced free from
infestation by the Mediterranean fruit
fly and the melon fly. The inspection
certificates shall accompany the way
bills, conductors manifCsts, memoir
anda, or bills Of lading pertaining to
such shipments. The inspection GER
tificate will not be issued until an
authorized representative Of the Fed
eral Horticultural Board shall have
determined, by adequate inspection,
that the plantation on which the in
spected fruits or vegetables were pro-
duced is free from infestation, and
from contiguous sources of infesta-
ticn, by the Mediterranean fruit fly
and the melon fly. Certificates OF in
spection will issue only for fruits orI
vegetables which have been actually
inspected by the United States Depart |
Inent Of Agriculture, and the use Of
such certificates in connection with |
fruits or vegetables which have not
been so inspected is prohibited. In-I
spection and certification required by