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 COFl^EaLJA(^l<TINE 
 NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 73 
 
 INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
 
 The coffee Industry In Puerto Ui«'<> established early in the history of the 
 island has fortunately remained free from al leas! two of the world's most 
 destructive coffee pests, the coffee berry borer and the coffee rust. The object 
 of the present quarantine Is to ensure the continued freedom of Puerto EUcao 
 coffee cultures from these and other coffee Insects and diseases by prohibiting 
 or restricting entry into the island of tin. so coffee materials which might be the 
 means of Introducing such p< sts. it is bettered that the measures put Into effect 
 by this quarantine will attain this end and at the same time provide for as much 
 m of movement as would be consistent with safety. 
 
 A- EB1 S. IIovt. 
 Acting Chief, Hunan of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
 
 SEC. 319.73— NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 73 ON ACCOUNT 
 OF COFFEE PESTS 
 
 (Approved March 20, 1040; affective April l, 1940) 
 
 M vin:,' found that an Injurious coffee insect (Stephanoderes [coffeae ITpdn.] 
 hampi i Ferr. I, known as the coffee berry borer, and an Injurious rust di 
 to the fungus HemUeia oattatriw B. and Br., not heretofore widely prevalent <>r 
 distributed within and throughout the United States, exist in various countries 
 and localities throughout the world, I. Henry a. Wallace, Secretary of Agricul- 
 ture, pursuant to the provisions of the riant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912 
 Stat 315; 7 r. s. Q 161-167), as amended, have determined that, In order 
 to prevent the introduction of the said pests Into the Island of Puerto Rico, it 
 is necessary to prohibit or restrict the Importation Into that Island from all 
 foreign countries and localities of onroasted seeds or beans of coffee {Coffea 
 fruits <>r berries, .-mil coffee plants and leaves. 
 
 Now. therefore, by virtue of the -aid Pli nt Quarantine Act, the public hearing 
 required thereby having been duly held, notice Is hereby given, Bret, that on and 
 after April 1. 1940, the Importation into the island of Puerto Rico from all for 
 
 OUntries and localities of il i the seeds or beans of coffee which, previous 
 
 t<> Importation, have not been roasted to a degree which, in the judgment of an 
 Inspector of the Department of Agriculture, will have destroyed coffee borers 
 in all stafi hriries r fruits, and (3) coffee plants and leave 
 
 prohibited except by the Department of Agriculture for experimental and scien- 
 tific purposes, and except \'"\- samples of onroasted coff< or bean-, and 
 for shipments of onroasted coffee seeds or bean- in transit to destinations other 
 than Puerto Rico; and. second, that the importation of samples of onroa 
 
 ds or beans, and importations «,f onroasted coffee seeds or beans In 
 
 nations other than Puerto Rico, shall be made only under the 
 
 tions provided in the rules and regulations supplemental hereto: Provided, 
 
 That individual shipments of materials prohibited or restricted by this quaran- 
 
 • mpted from it< provisions In whole or in part when it shall have 
 
 been determined by the chief of the Burets of Entomology and Plant Quaran* 
 
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 tine that entry of the shipment in question may he made without risk of 
 introduction. 1 «^ , 
 
 Done at the city of Washington this 20th day of March 
 1940. 
 
 Witness my hand and the sea^8f;the United States Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture. J 
 
 H. A. Waii 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO NOTICE 
 OF QUARANTINE NO. 73 
 
 (Approved March 20, 1040; effective April 1, 1040) 
 
 Regulation 1 
 
 Sec. 319.73-1. Permit. — All importations shall be made under permit and only 
 at the port of San Juan. 1 
 
 Regulation 2 
 
 Sec. 319.73-2. Inspection and Safeguard Provisions. — Coffee samples shall not 
 exceed 1 pound in weight and may be imported by mail, freight, expresf 
 gage. They shall be subject on arrival to inspection and fumigation or 
 other treatment as the plant quarantine inspector may require. 1 
 
 Regulation 3 
 
 Sec. 319.73-3. Restrictions on In-transit Shipments. — In-transit shipmenl 
 foreign countries shall be subject to the Plant Safeguard Regulations issued 
 October 4, 1932 (Sees. 352.2 to 352.8), or as hereafter revised. The same restric- 
 tions shall apply to shipments in transit to destinations elsewhere in the United 
 States. 1 
 
 These rules and regulations shall be effective on and after April 1, 1940. 
 
 Done at the city of Washington this 20th day of March 
 1940. 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture. 
 
 H. A. Wallace, 
 
 Secretary of Affricult* 
 
 i Sees. 310.73 to 310.73-3 issued under authority contained in 37 Stat. 315 ; 7 U. S. C. 
 151-167. 
 
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