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WORK PERFORMED. 



During the year we inspected 721 vessels arriving at the ports 

 of Honolulu, Kahului and Hilo. Of these, 340 carried vegetable 

 matter consisting of 16,164 lots and 325,346 packages. Of this 

 amount 320,329 packages were fruits and vegetables, mostly from 

 the mainland of the United States and imported for food; 2668 

 packages were seeds of plants, flowers and vegetables ; and 2439 

 packages were plants. Of these shipments 800 packages were 

 destroyed, 3075 packages were fumigated before delivery, and 

 67 packages were returned to the shipper, on account of infes- 

 tation or for being contraband under rulings of the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board. 



There has been a material increase in the number of vessels 

 arriving at the various ports in the Islands, but owing to the war 

 and the congestion of freight on the Coast, the actual shipments 

 of a vegetable nature have not increased in proportion to the 

 number of arrivals. 



RICE AND BEAN AND GENERAL SHIPMENTS. 



During 1917, 380,149 bags of rice and 34,042 bags of various 

 kinds of beans were shipped into the Territory through the ports 

 of Honolulu and Hilo from Japan and China. Shipments of 

 this nature are rigidly inspected for cereal pests, and it is gratify- 

 ing to note that no rice or beans were held for infestation during 

 the year. The establishment of plant quarantine stations at 

 various Japanese ports and strict observance of rules governing 

 rice and bean importations have produced splendid results. 



A large consignment of wheat arrived at the port of Hilo direct 

 from Japan and was found infested with the common rice weevil. 

 As the facilities at Hilo were inadequate for the handling of such 

 a quantity, the shipment was sent to Honolulu and was fumi- 

 gated in our large chamber. 



INTER-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



During 1917 we have continued the inspection of horticultural 

 products shipped from Honolulu to all other island ports. Par- 

 ticular care was taken in the case of soil attached to the roots of 

 plants, as plant diseases and insect pests are readily disseminated 

 in this way. 



During the year 725 steamers plying between Honolulu and 

 ports of the other islands were attended to and 11,227 packages 

 of plants, fruit and vegetables were inspected. Of this number, 

 134 packages were rejected either on account of infestation or 

 having undesirable soil attached to the roots of plants. 



