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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, July 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 Julv, 

 1918, as follows: 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu forty- 

 nine vessels, of which 19 carried vegetable matter with the fol- 

 lowino" results : 



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Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 577 11,187 



Fumigated 6 6 



Burned 33 33 



Total inspected 616 11,226 



Of these shipments 11,031 packages arrived as freight, 119 

 packages as mail and 76 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 42,524 bags of rice and 2,486 bags of beans 

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

 from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 4,758 pieces of foreign baggage belonging to 

 passengers and immigrants were examined and from which were 

 seized and destroyed by burning, 13 lots of fruit and 17 lots of 

 vegetables. 



The following disposal was made of plants and seeds from 

 various sources : 



On July 2, a case of orchids from Manila was fumigated with 

 H. C. N. for some ants found in the packing. 



On July 8, a bag of seed corn in the mail from Mexico was 

 fumigated as a precaution. 



On July 9, a case of banana sprouts and a case of Discorea 

 yams from Manila, consigned to Wells Fargo Express Co. for 

 the Hawaii Experiment Station, were found to be infested with 

 a large colony of Termites (White ants). Immediate precau- 

 tions were taken and the cases were securely wrapped in a tar- 

 pauHn and transferred to the fumigating room where they were 

 subjected to fumigation with carbon bisulphide for 24 hours. 

 Subsequent examination proved that all of the insects were killed. 



