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KICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 1945 bags of ric-e and 27 bags of beans arrived 

 from the Orient and were found free from pests. 



PESTS INTEECEPTED. 



Approximately 4382 pieces of baggage -belonging to passengers and 

 immigrants from foreign countries were examined, from which 24 lots 

 of vegetables and 9 lots of fruit were taken and destroyed by burning. 



On April 4, a package of sorghum cuttings in the mail from Cali- 

 fornia was fumigated as a precaution and passed. 



On April 9, two bags of coconuts from Fanning Island were fumi- 

 gated before delivery. 



On April 15, two shipments of orchids from Manila were fumigated. 

 Two species of ants and a beetle larva were found in the packing. 



On April 22, a small package of plumeria cuttings in the baggage 

 of a Filipino immigrant from Manila were burned as a precautionary 

 measure. 



On April 23, two cases of Florida grape fruit were burned as they 

 were badly infested with San Jose scale and showed evidence of fungus 

 disease. On April 25 a third case of grape fruit was burned for the 

 same reason. 



Twenty-three packages of taro roots and tubers arrived at various 

 times during the month in the mail, consigned to the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Forestry. There was much evidence of disease and all were 

 burned. 



On April 30, eight cases of fruit and ornamental trees from Japan 

 were fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas and all soil and packing re- 

 moved and burned. Some fig trees were infested with a large Ceram- 

 bycid borer, and a cocoon of a Cnidocampus moth was found on camellia. 

 All infested trees were burned. 



During the month of April, 1282 bags of corn, 77 bags of awa root 

 and 16 bags of beans were fumigated for the accommodation of local 

 merchants, a total of 1375 bags. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell, Inspector at Hilo, reports the arrival of ten 

 vessels at the port of Hilo, three of which carried vegetable matter, con- 

 sisting of 107 lots and 1647 packages. W^th the exception of two 

 colonies of ants found in plants from Philadelphia, all were passed 

 as free from pests. The S. S. "Anyo Maru" arrived in Hilo on April 

 16, direct from Japan with 4916 bags of rice, 539 bags of beans and 4 

 cases of seasame seeds, all of which were found free from infestation. 



KAHULUI INSPECTION. 



Mr. AVill J. Cooper, Inspector at Maui, reports the arrival of five 

 vessels at the Port of Kahului, one of which carried vegetable matter, 

 consisting of 37 lots and 489 packages. All shipments were found free 

 from pests. 



INTEK ISLAND INSPECTION. 



Sixty- one steamers plying between Honolulu and other island ports 

 w^ere attended and the following shipments passed as free from pests: 



