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nient was on the vessel and was taken to Kahulni, Maui, and un- 

 loaded there and then brought back to Honolulu by the Claudine. 

 We were notified about the shipment through the customhouse, 

 and after entry was made we took possession of the shipment. 

 The agents were notified and told of the law regarding soil and 

 sugar cane, and we then hauled the 16 boxes to the incinerator 

 and remained there until the last of them was burned. We un- 

 derstand that this shipment was sent here for analysis, and that 

 the H. S. P. A. Experiment Station were to be asked to perform 

 the work. I believe that sliould such be the case it would have 

 been a very dangerous undertaking on account of the possibihty 

 of introducing some disease into the station grounds, where ma- 

 terial for every ])lantation in these islands is pro])agated. How- 

 ever, as the matter now stands, the danger has been removed 

 by the destruction of the sugar cane as well as the soil. 



Pests I II f creep led. 



Fifty-one packages of vegetables and 47 packages of fruit were 

 confiscated from passengers and immigrants during the month, 

 nuich of which was infested with pests as well as prohibited by 

 law. In the soil around the roots of plants from Japan we found 

 tlirce large larvae of a Melolontha speeics, as well as a colony of 

 ants. On another shipment of plants from Japan we found the 

 following^ scale insects : Pscndoeoeens a::a!eae, Pseiidoaoiiidia 

 duplex, Lepidosaphcs curiae, Parlaforia pcr^aiidei and Parlaforia 

 protcus. Some rice owned by a Filipino we found infested with 

 TrihoUnm ferntgcncum, a cosmopolitan ])cst. b'rom beans and 

 acorns in the baggage of the Harpalion immigrants wc found 

 the pea weevil Brucluis pisoniin and a Citreiilioiiid. 



Jlilo Inspection. 



llrothcr M. Newell rc] torts the arrival of seven vessels, four of 

 which carried vegetable matter consisting of 84 lots and 150(S 

 l)ackages. One lot of ])alms was fumigated on account of scale 

 insects. 



I n/er- Island Inspeelian. 



During the month of May 64 steamers were attended U) and 

 the following shipments were ])assed on: 



447 bags taro 

 10 bags of taro tops 

 2 bags cocoanuts 

 T box sugar cane 

 95 boxes ])lants 



Total 555 i)ackages inspected and passed. 



