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REPORT FOR APRIL. 



Honolulu, April 30, 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 April, 1918, 

 as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 49 

 vessels, of which 18 carried vegetable matter, with the following 

 results : 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 681 18,791 



Fumigated 14 50 



Burned 22 22 



Returned 3 3 



Total inspected 720 18,866 



Of these shipments, 18,589 packages arrived as freight, 181 pack- 

 ages as mail, and 96 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 17,113 bags of rice and 1310 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and Oriental ports, all of which were free 

 from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 5553 pieces of foreign baggage belonging to 

 passengers and immigrants from foreign countries were exam- 

 ined, and from these were seized and destroyed by burning 

 9 lots of fruit and 14 lots of vegetables. 



The following disposal was made of plants and seeds from 

 various sources : 



On April 8 a package of palm seeds in the mail from Egypt 

 was fumiigated for an infestation of scale insects, and passed. 



On the same date a package of tree seed from Japan in the 

 mail was returned as unmailable. 



On April 14 a case of fruit and ornamental trees from Japan 

 was fumigated because of ants in the packing. The case was 

 sprayed with kerosene as an added precaution. 



On April 16 a package of orchids in a passenger's baggage 

 from Manila was fumigated for an infestation of ants and scale 

 insects. 



On April 29 a parcel of sweet potatoes in the mail from Japan 

 was returned as unmailable. 



