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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, December 31, 1917. 

 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 De- 

 cember, 1917, as follows: 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 52 

 vessels of which 19 carried vegetable matter with the following 

 results : 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 862 17,295 



Fumigated 7 217 



Burned 49 49 



Returned 6 6 



Total Insi^ected 924 17,567 



Of these shipments 17,239 packages arrived as freight, 17»S 

 packages as baggage and 153 packages as mail matter. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 8055 bags of rice and 1337 bags of beans 

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

 from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 4371 pieces of foreign baggage belonging to 

 passengers and immigrants from foreign countries were exam- 

 ined and from these were seized and destroyed by burning 37 

 lots of fruits and 10 lots of vegetables. 



The following disposal was made of plants and seeds from 

 various sources : 



On December 5, a package of chestnuts from Japan was 

 returned as unmailable. 



On December 7, 200 coconuts and six birdnest ferns from 

 Fanning Island were fumigated and packing destroyed on 

 account of indications of a Icpidoptcrous borer and some scale 

 insects. 



On December 12, a package of tree seeds from Japan in the 

 baggage was burned as the owner did not call for same, and 

 five-needle pine tree was sent back on board the steamer, it 

 being contraband under rulings of the Federal Horticultural 

 Board. One fruit tree and some palm seeds from Japan also 

 in the baggage were fumigated as a precaution. A package of 

 ginseng roots from Korea and a package of chestnuts from 



