410 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 527 18,825 



Burned 32 189 



Fumigated 3 10 



Returned 



Total inspected 562 19,024 



Of these shipments, 18,736 packages arrived as freight, 216 

 packages as mail, and 72 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 72,389 bags of rice and l^yj bags of beans 

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

 from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 2073 pieces of foreign baggage belonging to 

 passengers and immigrants were examined and from which were 

 seized and destroyed, by burning, 15 lots of fruit and 12 lots 

 of vegetables. 



Following are the more important interceptions during Au- 

 gust: ^ • 



On August 1, a package of tree seed from Java was fumigated 

 as a precaution. 



On August 3, ten cases of Bartlett pears from the mainland 

 were burned, being infested with codling moth. 



On August 9, a bag of coconuts from Fanning Island was 

 fumigated as a precaution. 



On August 10, a package of Otaheite orange trees in the mail, 

 from Pennsylvania, infested with scale insects, was fumigated 

 and released. 



On August 25, a shipment of pineapple plants from Florida in 

 the mail was found to be infested with the Florida pineapple 

 mite {Stigmaea floridanus). This mite is a serious pest in itself, 

 besides being responsible for the entrance of dangerous fungus 

 diseases into the tissues of the plants through the punctures which 

 it makes. To avoid the possibility of introducing a new pest, 

 the entire shipment was burned at once. 



For the accommodation of local merchants, the following 

 cereals were fumigated during August : 



1500 bags rice, 612 bags corn, 241 bags corn flour, and 354 bags 

 rolled oats, making a total of 2707 bags. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell reports the arrival of seven steamers, three 

 of which carried vegetable matter, consisting of 132 lots and 

 2329 parcels. In addition to this, a steamer arrived from Japan 



