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which we have been able to fumigate all infested rice and other 

 produce arriving here, are now in such a leaky and unsafe con- 

 dition as to render them worthless for our work. We are at a 

 loss to know just what to do in case any very large infested ship- 

 ment of rice or other produce should arrive here and it might be 

 necessary for the Board to provide some large tight room for our 

 work in the near future. 



Pests Intercepted. 



18 packages of fruit and 42 packages of vegetables were con- 

 fiscated from passengers and immigrants during the month. 

 Several packages contained colonies of ants and had to be fumi- 

 gated before delivery. 



Queen Bees. 



During the month 3 Queen bees arrived by mail with attached 

 certificates of inspection required by law. The package and at- 

 tendant bees were destroyed after the Queen was taken out. 



Beneticial Insects. 



Two lots of carabid beetles were sent to the Board of Agri- 

 culture and Forestry by Dr. Burgess of the Gypsy Moth Parasite 

 Laboratory, Melrose Highlands, Mass. These arrived in fairly 

 good condition and have been liberated. 



Inter-Island Inspection. 



During the month of July. 70 steamers were attended to and 

 the following shipments were passed : 



41 packages of plants (mostly forest trees), 

 475 bags taro, 

 1 bag taro tops, 

 4 bags cocoanuts, 



521 packages inspected and passed. 

 The following packages were refused shipment : 

 322 packages of various fruits, 

 25 " of vegetables, 



8 " of plants. 



355 packages inspected and refused shipment ; 2 packages 

 of tomatoes were found infested with maggots. 



The postoffice department has revised the regulations concern- 

 ing the transmission of insects, plants, etc., requiring a certificate 

 of inspection of all shipments before they are forwarded by the 

 local postofihce. This is another burden which has been thrust 

 upon the many duties of your Superintendent and will no doubt 



