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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, January 31, 1919. 

 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 January, 1919, as follows: 



During the month there arrived at the Port of Honolulu 56 vessels, of 

 which 16 carried vegetable matter subject to inspection. Two of the ves- 

 sels came via Panama and one carried sand. The following disposal was 

 made of the \arious shipments: 



1,0X8. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 292 14,501 



Burned 15 15 



Fumigated • • • • 



Eeturned • • • • 



Total inspected 307 14,516 



Of these shipments 14,419 packages arrived as freight, 66 packages as 

 baggage and 31 packages as mail. 



RICE AND BEAX SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 11,721 bags of rice and 1111 bags of beans from 

 Japan were inspected and found free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 2029 pieces of baggage belonging to passengers asd im- 

 migrants from foreign ports were examined, from which were taken and 

 burned 12 lots of fruit and three lots of vegetables. 



On January 7, a parcel of tree seed in the baggage from Manila was 

 burned, being mouldy and otherwise objectionable. 



During the month the following cereals, etc., were fumigated for the 

 accommodation of local merchants: 



Eice 20 bags 



Corn 392 " 



Middlings 50 " 



Flour . . . .' 50 '' 



Other cereals 150 * ' 



662 bags 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother ^Matthias Xewell reports the arrival at the port of Hilo of eight 

 vessels which carried vegetable matter consisting of 69 lots and 3365 pack- 

 ages, all of which were free from pests. 



KAHULUI INSPECTION. 



Mr. "Will J. Cooper reports the arrival of seven steamers at the port of 

 Kahului, none of which carried vegetable matter. 



INTER-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



Fifty-nine steamers plying between Honolulu and other Island ports 

 were attended and the following shipments were passed as free from pests: 



