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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31, 1919. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen: — I respectfully submit my report of the work carried on 

 by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of July 1919, as fol- 

 lows: 



During the month 42 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 23 of 

 which carried vegetable matter and 3 vessels came through the Panama 

 Canal Zone. The following disposal was made of the various shipments: 



Passed as free from pests 1240 lots 23,239 packages 



Burned 73 " 73 " 



Fumigated 8 " 8 ' ' 



Returned 5 " 5 " 



Total inspected 1326 " 23,325 " 



Of these shipments 23,051 packages arrived as freight, 114 packages 

 as mail and 160 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 18,865 bags of rice, including 150 bags from Hong- 

 kong, China, and 1766 bag of beans arrived from Japan and were found 

 free from dangerous insect pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 4332 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined, from which 22 lots of fruit and 32 lots 

 of vegetables were taken and destroyed. 



On July 8, 2 packages of seeds of Rubus from Manila and one pack- 

 age of mango seeds which was badly infested with decay mites were 

 destroyed. 



On July 14 a package of Gladiolus bulbs from the United States in- 

 fested with Aphis and one package Castor Beans from India were fumi- 

 gated, the latter precautionary. Also one package of Napier Grass from 

 the United States was fumigated as a precaution. 



On July 17, 3 plants found in the baggage of an immigrant from Japan 

 as well as 4 packages of seeds were seized and destroyed, being pro- 

 hibited. 



On July 20 a package of peas found in the postoffiee from Japan was 

 found badly infested with Bruchus pisorum and was fumigated with 

 carbon bisulphide before delivery. 



On July 21 a package of tree seeds from Calcutta, India, came in the 

 mail and was seized and destroyed, being contraband. 



On July 23 a case of Staghorn ferns from Sydney was returned to the 

 storekeeper of the vessel w^ho was bringing it for a friend, it being a 

 prohibited article. Also a package of tree seeds from Sydney found in 

 the mail was returned as unmailable. 



Also a package of tree seeds by mail from Manila was destroA^ed as 

 contraband with the consent of the owner. 



On July 23 a package of plants from British Columbia came by mail 

 and was returned as unmailable. 



On July 26, 2 Cijcus rrroliita were found in the baggage of a Japanese 

 immigrant and an ornamental plant in the baggage of an immigrant from 

 Manila, both of which were seized and destroyed. 



