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May 22 — S. S. Honolulan (San Francisco), 8 horses and 2 mules, 

 E. A. Eames ; 1 horse, H. G. Smith ; 1 stallion (white 

 three-quarter Arab), D. P. R. Isenberg; 1 ct. rats — ■ 

 ([uarantined at station. 



May 27 — S. S. Chiyo Maru (Orient), 4 cts. poultry. 



May 31 — S. S. Siberia (San Fiancisco), 1 dog (Skye Terrier), 

 Mrs. F. Martin — quarantined at station. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. N. Case, 

 Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, May 31, 1912. 



Honorable Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. II. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully sul^mit my report of the work of the 

 Division of Entomology for the month of May, as follows : 



During this month there arrived 35 vessels, of which 20 carried 

 vegetable matter, two carried building sand, and one carried bal- 

 last. The usual careful inspection was made with the following 

 results : 



Disposal with principal causes. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 541 8709 



Fumigated 30 166 



Burned 13 165 



Total inspected 584 9040 



Rice Sliipiiiciits. 



Rice to the rmiount of 20760 bags arrived from Japan during 

 the month of May and was passed, after careful examination, as 

 clean and free from pests. Notice has also been given to the 

 several importers of rice to notify their agents in Ja]5an regard- 

 ing the fumigaton of rice at the ports of Japan and not to have 

 any weevily rice shipped here in the future. 



Sugar Cane. 



On May 11 the American-Hawaiian S. S. Company's steamer 

 Columbian brought a large case of sugar cane and 15 cases of 

 soil from Salina Cruz. This was consigned to Theo. H. Davies 

 & Co., of Honolulu. We were unable to locate the shipment and 

 received the report that it was a short shipment and would prob- 

 ably arrive on the next vessel. However, it seems that the ship- 



