UNITED STATES DEPARTi»ENT 0^ AGRICtTT-TTTRE 
 
 AGRICULTURAL research administration 
 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington 25, D. C. 
 
 B. E. P. Q. — 465, Supplement Mo. 2 September 16, 1943. 
 
 PLAOT-QUARANTINE import restrictions 
 
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 FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA 
 
 IMPORTATION OF COTTON, COTTONSEEDS, AND PLANTS PROHIBITED 
 ORDER NO. 46 OE JANUARY 9, 1943 
 
 Foreign Commerce Weekly for June 14, 1943, reports that raw 
 cotton, cottonseeds, plants, and their containers, including earth or 
 compost, are prohibited entry into French Equatorial Africa for impor- 
 tation, storage, or transit, exceot by the Service of Cotton Selection, 
 to prevent introduction of 'Wilt." 
 
 Cottonseeds imported by the Service of Cotton Selection may enter 
 only through the port of Pointe-Noire and the river port of Brazzaville, 
 and must be sealed in sacks and accompanied by a certificate of origin 
 visaed by the Phytopathologic Service attesting that the seeds have 
 been disinfected at the time of departure. Such certificates are to 
 be countersigned by the consular a^ent of the country of origin in 
 French Equatorial Africa. 
 
 S. A. ROHWER, 
 Acting Chie f^ Bur eau of E ntomo logy and 
 Plan t Quarantine . 
 
^UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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