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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, February 28, 1918. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work 

 done by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of Feb- 

 ruary, 1918, as follows : 



During the month of February there arrived at the port of 

 Honolulu 40 vessels, of which 18 carried vegetable matter sub- 

 ject to inspection, which was disposed of as follows: 



Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pe^ts 604 17,415 



Fumigated 14 145 



Burned 41 42 



Returned 3 3 



Total inspected 662 17,605 



Of these shipments there were 17,338 packages of freight, 179 

 packages of mail matter and 88 packages of baggage belonging 

 to passengers and immigrants. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 28,997 bags of rice and 878 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and Oriental ports and after careful inspec- 

 tion were found free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 5017 pieces of baggage belonging to passengers 

 and immigrants from foreign countries were examined and from 

 the same 32 lots of fruit and 6 lots of vegetables were seized and 

 destroyed by burning. 



On February 5, a few ants were discovered in a case of 

 orchids from Manila. The plants were fumigated and the pack- 

 ing burned. . 



On the same date a small package of orchids in a passenger's 

 baggage from Yokohama was fumigated as a precaution. 



On the same steamer a member of the ship's crew attempted 

 to land a maple tree which was returned on board. 



On February 5, a package of medicinal roots from Manila in 

 the mail showed evidence of borers and was fumigated before 

 delivery, also a package of tree seeds and plants in the mail 

 from Yokohama was returned to the sender as unmailable. 



