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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, January 31, 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 Jan- 

 uary, 1918, as follows: 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 62 

 vessels, of which 18 carried vegetable matter with the following 

 results : 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 631 16,811 



Fumigated 7 17 



Burned 41 42 



Returned 2 2 



Total Inspected 681 16,872 



Of these shipments 16,623 packages arrived as freight, 127 

 packages as mail matter, and 122 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 26,152 bags of rice and 1,214 bags of beans 

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

 from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 2710 pieces of baggage belonging to passen- 

 gers and immigrants from foreign countries were examined, and 

 from these were seized and destroyed by burning 28 lots of fruit 

 and 14 lots of vegetables. 



The following disposal was made of plants and seeds from 

 various sources; 



On January 7, a case of plants from California was fumi- 

 gated for aphis, and the soil removed before delivery. 



On January 10, five orchids and a package of hibiscus cuttings 

 belonging to passengers from Manila were fumigated as a pre- 

 caution. 



On January 7, a package of pomegranate seeds and a package 

 of tree seeds in the mail from Japan were returned as unmailable. 



On the same date a bag of kukui nuts in the mail from Manila 

 was fumigated as a precautionary measure and passed. 



