eases, $2 a day; and to provide for the burial of deceased patients. at $12 each. Patients requiring extended hospital treatment will, if able to bear transportation, be transferred to the United States marine hospital at Detroit, Mich.

Valdez, Alaska.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon. Patients requiring extended hospital treatment will, if able to bear transportation, be transferred to the United States marine hospital at Port Townsend, Wash.

Vicksburg, Miss.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Vicksburg Infirmary to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines at $1.25 a day; Frank J. Fisher to provide for the burial of deceased patients at $21.50 each. Patients requiring extended hospital treatment will, if able to bear transportation, be sent to the United States marine hospital at New Orleans, La.

Vineyard Haven, Mass.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States marine hospital; Hinckley & Renear to provide for the burial of deceased patients at $20 each.

Washington, D. C.-The medical attendance to be furnished by a medical officer of the United States Public Health Service; Providence Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines at $1 a day, and to provide for the burial of deceased patients at $20 each. Patients requiring extended hospital treatment will, if able to bear transportation, be transferred to the United States marine hospital at Baltimore, Md.

Washington, N. C.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Fowle Memorial Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing at $1.15 a day; contagious diseases, $1.50 a day; Southern Furniture Co. to provide for the burial of deceased patients at $20 each. Patients requiring extended hospital treatment will, if able to bear transportation, be transferred to the United States marine hospital at Wilmington, N. C.

Wilmington, N. C.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States marine hospital; M. H. Brimmer Co. to provide for the burial of deceased patients at $16 each.

At the following-named ports the rate for quarters, subsistence, and nursing will, in each special case, be fixed by the bureau upon the recommendation of the proper officer, in accordance with paragraphs 476, 514, and 515, Regulations of the United States Public Health. Service: Cedar Keys, Fla.; Eastport, Me.; Elizabeth City, N. C.; Nome, Alaska; Valdez, Alaska.

At the following-named ports hospital or other relief will be furnished only under the provisions of the Regulations of the United States Public Health Service (pars. 477, 514, and 660): Alexandria, Va.; Apalachicola, Fla.; Barnstable, Mass.; Bath, Me.; Beaufort,

S. C.; Belfast, Me.; Castine, Me.; Chatham, Mass.: Darien Ga. Dennis, Mass.; Edgartown, Mass.; Edenton, N. C.; Ellsworth, Me.; Hyannis, Mass.; Perth Amboy, N. J.; Sag Harbor, N. Y.; Salem, Mass.; Somers Point, N. J.; Tappahannock, Va.; Waldoboro, Me.; Wilmington, Del.; Wiscasset, Mc.

Officers and enlisted men of the United States Army or Navy may be admitted for care and treatment as patients of the service upon the written request of the proper military or naval authority, the rate of charge to be $1 a day at United States marine hospitals and the regular contract rate to be charged at stations of the second and third classes.

The charge for out-patient treatment shall be $1 for each treatment. When medicines are purchased for the use of such seamen, the cost of same shall be made an additional charge.

The rate of charge for the care of seamen from foreign vessels (admitted under act of Mar. 3, 1875) will be the same as above. Patients of the above classes are not subject to the provisions regarding transfer to marine hospitals.

Copy of the request or application upon which a patient of either of the above classes is admitted to treatment should be in each case attached to the monthly report or relief certificate showing his admission.

(T. D. 33573.)

Drawback on braids.

Drawback on braids manufactured by Goodman Bros. & Hinlein, of Philadelphia, Pa., with the use of imported pyroxylin or artificial silk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 19, 1913. SIR: Drawback is hereby allowed under section 25 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (T. D. 31695 of June 16, 1911), on braids manufactured by Messrs. Goodman Bros. & Hinlein, of Philadelphia, Pa., either wholly from imported pyroxylin or artificial silk or from imported pyroxylin or artificial silk in combination with domestic materials.

The allowance shall not exceed the quantity of imported pyroxylin or artificial silk appearing in the exported braids, as shown by the report of the chemist, as indicated in the sworn statement of the manufacturer, dated May 27, 1913, which is transmitted herewith for filing in your office.

Drawback may be allowed under these regulations on shipments of merchandise covered thereby exported subsequent to December 19, 1912.

Respectfully,
(97420.)

JAMES F. CURTIS,

Assistant Secretary.

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Philadelphia, Pa.

(T. D. 33574.)

Plant quarantine act.

Prohibition of the importation, except from the Imperial Valley, in the State of Lower California in Mexico, of cottonseed and cottonseed hulls.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 23, 1913.

To officers of the customs and others concerned:

The appended copy of notice of quarantine No. 8, issued by the Department of Agriculture under section 7 of the plant quarantine act approved August 20, 1912, prohibiting the importation from any foreign locality and country, except the Imperial Valley, in the State of Lower California in Mexico, of cottonseed and cottonseed hulls is published for the information and guidance of customs officers and others concerned.

Attention is invited to T. D. 32935 of November 16, 1912, relative to the duties of customs officers in connection with importations so prohibited.

(92655-19.)

JAMES F. CURTIS, Assistant Secretary.

NOTICE OF QUARANTINE No. 8.

(With regulations effective on and after July 1, 1913.)

PINK BOLL WORM OF COTTON.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD.

The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture that an injurious insect known as the pink boll worm (Gelechia gossypiella Saunders), new to and not hitherto widely distributed within and throughout the United States, exists in foreign countries.

Now, therefore, I, DAVID F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture, under authority conferred by section 7 of the act approved August 20, 1912, known as "The plant quarantine act," do hereby declare that it is necessary, in order to prevent the introduction into the United States of the pink boll worm, to forbid the importation into the United States of cotton seed of all species and varieties and cottonseed hulls from any foreign locality and country, excepting only the locality of the Imperial Valley, in the State of Lower California, in Mexico.

Hereafter and until further notice, by virtue of said section 7 of the act of Congress approved August 20, 1912, the importation for all purposes of cotton seed and cottonseed hulls from all foreign localities and countries, excepting only the locality of the Imperial Valley, in the State of Lower California in Mexico, is prohibited.

REGULATION GOVERNING ENTRY FROM THE STATE OF LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO. Cotton seed and cottonseed hulls from the Imperial Valley, in the State of Lower California, Mexico, will be admitted into the United States only under special permit hrough the port of Calexico. Such cotton seed and cottonseed hulls shall not be entered or delivered to the importer or consignee until they have been examined at the port of entry by an inspector of the Department of Agriculture and found to be free from infestation.

Persons contemplating the importation of cotton seed or cottonseed hulls from the State of Lower California through the port of Calexico shall first make application to the Federal Horticultural Board for a permit, stating in the application the name and address of the exporter, the locality where grown, and name and address of the importer in the United States to whom the permit should be sent.

All charges for storage, cartage, and labor incident to inspection other than the services of the inspectors shall be paid by the importer.

Done at Washington this 28th day of May, 1913.

Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. [SEAL.] DAVID F. HOUSTON,

Secretary of Agriculture.

(T. D. 33575.)

Viruses, serums, etc., for domestic animals.

Regulations under the provisions in the agricultural appropriation act of March 4, 1913, relative to the importation of viruses, serums, etc., for the treatment of domestic animals.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 23, 1913.

To collectors and other officers of the customs:

Your attention is invited to the provisions relative to the importation of viruses, serums, etc., for the treatment of domestic animals contained in the following extract from the agricultural appropriation act of March 4, 1913:

[Extract from "An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen," approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 832).] That from and after July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to prepare, sell, barter, or exchange in the District of Columbia, or in the Territories, or in any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or to ship or deliver for shipment from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals, and no person, firm, or corporation shall prepare, sell, barter, exchange, or ship as aforesaid any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product manufactured within the United States and intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals, unless and until the said virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product shall have been prepared, under and in compliance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, at an establishment holding an unsuspended and unrevoked license issued by the Secretary of Agriculture as hereinafter authorized. That the importation into the United States, without a permit from the Secretary of Agriculture, of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, and the importation of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, are hereby prohibited. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to cause the Bureau of Animal Industry to examine and inspect all viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, which are being imported or offered for importation into the United States, to determine whether such viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products are worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful, and if it shall appear that any such virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, is worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful,

the same shall be denied entry and shall be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner or importer. That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and hereby is, authorized to make and promulgate from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary to prevent the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, and to issue, suspend, and revoke licenses for the maintenance of establishments for the preparation of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, intended for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to issue permits for the importation into the United States of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, which are not worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful. All licenses issued under authority of this act to establishments where such viruses, serums, toxins, or analogous products are prepared for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid shall be issued on condition that the licensee shall permit the inspection of such establishments and of such products and their preparation; and the Secretary of Agriculture may suspend or revoke any permit or license issued under authority of this act, after opportunity for hearing has been granted the licensee or importer, when the Secretary of Agriculture is satisfied that such license or permit is being used to facilitate or effect the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid, or the importation into the United States of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals. That any officer, agent, or employee of the Department of Agriculture duly authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose may, at any hour during the daytime or nighttime, enter and inspect any establishment licensed under this act where any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals is prepared for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid. That any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

Regulations are hereby prescribed as follows:

REGULATIONS.

1. Collectors of customs shall immediately notify the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., of the arrival of any of the products described in the law whether a permit to import has or has not been issued therefor.

2. Collectors shall not make delivery of any such products unless they shall have been notified by the Department of Agriculture of the issuance of a permit to import the products. The Bureau of Animal Industry will notify collectors of the issuance of each permit. 3. Collectors shall detain, pending the receipt of instructions from the Department of Agriculture, shipments for which no permit to import has been issued.

4. Collectors shall furnish to officers of the Department of Agriculture, upon receipt of their request therefor, samples of such products offered for importation and shall immediately notify the consignee of such action.