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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, December 31, 1918. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and 

 Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work 

 done by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of De- 

 cember, 1918, as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the Port of Honolulu 64 

 vessels, of which 18 carried vegetable matter subject to inspection 

 and two came via the Panama Canal. The following disposal was 

 made of the various shipments : 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 533 25,068 



Fumigated 10 67 



Burned 22 23 



Returned 1 1 



566 25,159 

 Of these shipments 24.979 parcels arrived as freight, 82 pack- 

 ages as mail and 98 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 22,289 bags of rice and 2080 bags of beans 

 from foreign ports were inspected and found apparently free 

 from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 4886 pieces of baggage belonging to passengers 

 and immigrants from foreign ports were examined, from which 

 11 lots of fruits and eight lots of vegetables were taken and 

 burned. 



On December 8, six pots of sealing wax palms from Java were 

 fumigated to destroy a nest of ants, Monomorium pJiaraonis, and 

 a small scorpion which were found at the base of the leaves. The 

 soil was removed and sterilized in the incinerator before being 

 dumped. 



On the same date a small case of orchids in the baggage from 

 Java was fumigated for an infestation of ants, Monomorium 

 pharaonis, and a scale insect. 



On December 19 a case of orchids from Manila was fumi- 

 gated as a precaution. 



On December 19 four packages of ornamental plants in the 

 baggage from Japan were fumigated as a precaution and one 

 package which contained five-needle pines was burned, being pro- 

 hibited by the Federal Horticultural Board. 



