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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, August 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 August, 1919, as 

 follows: 



During the month 51 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 21 of 

 which carried vegetable matter and 5 vessels came through the Panama 

 Canal Zone. The folowiug disposed was made of the various shipments: 



Passed as free from pests. . 642 lots 



Burned 63 '' 



Fumigated 1 " 



Eeturned 16 '' 



Total inspected 722 '' 17,828 



Of these shipments 17,560 packages arrived as freight, 68 packages as 

 mail and 191 packages as baggage. 



EICE AND BEAN ^^HIPMENTS. 



During the month 18,250 bags of rice, including 30 bags from Hong- 

 kong, China, and 1730 bags of beans arrived from Japan and were found 

 free from dangerous insect pests. 



PESTS TNTEECEPTED. 



Approximately 4619 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined, from which 9 lots of fruit and 39 lots 

 of vegetables w^ere taken and destroyed. 



On August 7, 4 ornamental plants found in the baggage of a passenger 

 from Manila were returned, being prohibited. 



On August 9, 1 TJniiia oricntnVis was refused landing. 



On August 12, 10 lychee trees found in the baggage of an immigrant 

 from China were burned. 



On August 19, 1 cocoanut trunk from Samoa was destroyed. 



On August 26, a package of cucumber seeds found in the mail from 

 Japan infested with Lepidopterous larvae was fumigated with carbon 

 bisulphide. 



On August 26, 10 boxes of crabapples from San Francisco, found in- 

 fested with the codling moth, were returned to the shipper. 



On August 29, 2 cocoanut plants and one ''Purse" of land crab were 

 seized from a Japanese from Fanning Island and destroyed. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell, Inspector of Hilo, reports the arrival of 7 vessels 

 at the port of Hilo, 2 steamers carrying vegetable matter. There were 

 124 lots and 1439 packages of fruits, vegetables, plants and seeds which 

 were passed as free from pests. From Japan 5702 bags of rice, 360 bags 

 of beans, 15 bags of peanuts and 11 packages of vegetable seeds were 

 passed, all clean. 



