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INSPECTION. 



Owing to the war some of the larger freight carriers were 

 taken off during the year and replaced by numerous smaller 

 boats, some of which carried no cargo of a vegetable nature, 

 especially those in transit, yet they carried quantities of fruit and 

 vegetables for their own consumption and required our atten- 

 tion during their stay in port. The increase in the number of 

 vessels arriving here and the congestion of freight on board as 

 well as on the docks caused great delay and made it necessary to 

 appoint an inspector for the port of Kahului, thereby relieving 

 us of the inspection at Honolulu of coast shipments for that 

 port. These were usually badly mixed with other cargo and 

 made thorough inspection here difficult. 



During the last session of the Legislature a law was passed 

 giving authority to the Board of Agriculture and Forestry to 

 make the necessary changes in reorganizing the Division of En- 

 tomology by separating it into two divisions, viz : the Division of 

 Entomology and the Division of Plant Inspection, and by making 

 appropriate changes in the law to govern both divisions. 



The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 after due consideration and recommendation, found that since 

 the work of the Division of Plant Inspection was along the 

 waterfront it would be best for efficiency to locate the office in 

 that district, and accordingly a building has been erected on 

 ground set aside by the Governor and will be ready for occupancy 

 January 1, 1918. 



The building and its equipment has been carefully planned and 

 every precaution taken for efficiency and convenience. Fumiga- 

 tion vaults are separate from the main building and are so placed 

 that an extra unit may be added when found necessary. By 

 making use of two small fumigating units of the old equipment, 

 we have at present about 15,200 cubic feet of space for fumi- 

 gating purposes. In addition to the building we have an incin- 

 erator equipped with a Ray rotary oil burner. With this outfit 

 we will be able to dispose of all condemned fruit, plants and vege- 

 tables as well as to subject soil to a sufficient heat to kill all plant 

 germs and bacteria. The destruction of condemned materials 

 has been one of the most annoying problems in the past, and 

 wnth this new equipment we can handle such materials without 

 risk. The laboratory is furnished with gas and electricity, and 

 the necessary instruments for thorough work have been pur- 

 chased. 



It is not our intention to have a large library, as we will have 

 access to the library at the King Street office, but we shall en- 

 deavor to collect certain reference books pertaining to foreign 

 insects and plants and to assemble as complete as possible a file 

 of all horticultural laws from the mainland and foreign coun- 

 tries. 



