206 • 



On Juh^ 26, 4 packages of vegetable seeds and herbs came by mail 

 from Japan and were infested with Catarauia Me.ricana and were fumi- 

 gated before delivery. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell, Inspector of Hilo, reports the arrival of 8 vessels 

 at the port of Hilo, one steamer carrying vegetable matter; one steamer 

 and two sailing vessels carrying lumber. There were 92 lots and 1830 

 packages of fruits and vegetables which were passed as free from pests. 



KAHULUI INSPECTION. 



Mr. Edwin C. Moore, Acting Inspector at Kahului, reports the arrival 

 of six vessels at the port of Kahului, one of which carried fresh fruits 

 and vegetables consisting of 12 lots and 364 packages, all being free from 

 pests. 



INTER-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



Sixty steamers plying between Honolulu and the other island ports 

 were attended and the following shipments were passed as free from 

 pests: 



Taro 456 packages 



Fruit 138 



Plants 147 " 



Vegetables 316 " 



Seeds 6 " 



Total 1063 " 



Sugar cane (H. S. P. A.) 85 cases, of which 80 cases were fumigated 

 as precautionary. 



Thirty-three packages of plants and 5 packages of fruits were refused 

 shipment on account of infestation, undesirable soil and not complying 

 with the regulations. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. EHRHORN, 

 Chief Plant Inspector. 



Division of Animal Industry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 4, 1919. 



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



Gentlemen: — I beg to submit herewith a report of the work of the 

 Division of Animal Industry for the month of July, 1919. 



TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



During the past month a total of 350 head of dairy cattle located in 

 nineteen dairies were tuberculin tested, the results of which are given in 

 the appended report of the Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



Under the date of July 18, I received a communication from the Com- 

 manding General of Schoiield Barracks, Brigadier General H. C. Hodges, 

 Jr., to the effect that a case of generalized tuberculosis had been found 

 by one of the post veterinarians in the dairy of Karsten Thot, located at 



