460 



Five packages of plants and seven packages of fruit were 

 refused shipment on account of infestation or undesirable soil. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Chief Plant Inspector. 



REPORT FOR OCTOBER. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, October 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 Octo- 

 ber, 1918, as follows: 



During the month there arrived at the Port of Honolulu 58 

 vessels, of which 18 carried vegetable matter subject to inspec- 

 tion and one carried sand. The following disposal was made of 

 the various shipments : 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 436 22,987 



Fumigated 2 9 



Burned 6 6 



Returned 



Total inspected 444 22,995 



Of these shipments 22,883 parcels arrived as freight, 76 pack- 

 ages as baggage and 33 packages as mail. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPAIENTS. 



During the month 12,925 bags of rice and 907 bags of beans 

 from foreign ports were inspected and found apparently free 

 from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 2,797 pieces of foreign baggage belonging to 

 passengers and immigrants were examined. From this baggage 

 4 lots of vegetables and 1 lot of fruit were taken and burned. 



On October 23, a package of sugar cane in the baggage from 

 China was burned. On October 26, two parcels of acorns and 

 chestnuts in the mail were fumigated for weevils. 



During October we fumigated the following cereals, etc., for 

 the accommodation of local merchants: 1,500 bags rice, 458 

 bags corn, 4,000 bags flour, 480 bags middling, 7 bags barley, 44 



