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The following packages were refused shipment : 

 175 packages of various fruits, 

 21 " vegetables, 



8 " plants. 



Total 204 packages inspected and refused shipment. 

 Among the fruit 3 packages of mangoes were found infested 

 with the maggots of the fruit fly. 



Respectfully yours, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Superintendent of Entomology. 



REPORT FOR JULY. 



Honolulu, July 31, 1912. 

 Hon. Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Eorestry. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work of 

 the Division of Entomology for the month of July as follows : 



During the month there arrived 38 vessels of which 23 carried 

 vegetable matter. The usual careful inspection was made with 

 the following results : 



Disposal zvith principal causes. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 1,054 19,850 



Fumigated 8 18 



Burned 27 60 



Total inspected 1,089 19.928 



« Rice Shipments. 



29,648 bags of rice arrived from Japan during the month of 

 July. These were passed as free from pests after carefid ex- 

 amination. Owing to the possibility of some infested shipments 

 arriving at this season of the year your Su])erintendent called on 

 the leading importers of rice and asked them to unite on a 

 systematic inspection at the port of Kobe, j^referably under gov- 

 ernment supervision, and I also urged them to do their utmost to 

 prevent any rice which has not previously been fumigated from 

 being shi])])ed here as such rice, if at all infested and placed on 

 board the steamer will soon infest all the rice which has been 

 fumigated and with which it would come in contact. The Jajian- 

 ese Merchants' Association has taken the matter up in a very 

 business-like way and through their re(|uest tlir |ai>anese Consul 

 has cabled his government about the matter. I'lie Merchants' 

 Association has also forwarded Utters explaining the situation. 

 r)\ving to the settling of the ChaniU'l whaif, the large rooms in 



