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horns, C. A. Bortfeld ; 12 crates white leghorns, X. E. Lansing; 

 1 crate brown leghorns, F. L. Waldron. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 L. N. Case, 

 Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Honolulu, ^larch 31, 1913. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



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



the Division of Entomology for the month of i\Iarch, 1913, as 



follows : 



During the month 39 vessels arrived, of which 25 carried 



vegetable matter and one vessel moulding sand. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 878 22,221 



Fumigated 15 329 



Burned 69 87 



Total inspected 962 22,637 



Of these shipments, 22,264 packages came as freight, 174 pack- 

 ages in the L^. S. mail and 199 packages as baggage. 



Rice. 



During the month 32,349 bags of rice arrived from Japan and 

 500 bags of rice from China. All were found free from infes- 

 tation and were passed. 



Pesfs Intercepted. 



Sixty-two packages of fruit and 25 packages of vegetables were 

 found in the baggage of passengers and immigrants from the 

 Orient, which were seized and destroyed. 



In one box of orchids from Manila a species of Thrips, some 

 caterpillars (Lycaenid species), three species of ants, several flea 

 beetles, several larvae of a tiger beetle (Cincindelidae) and three 

 other species of beetles were found dead in the loose rubbish after 

 fumigation. 



Some hibiscus cuttings from Tutuila were infested with the 

 black scale Saissetia nigra and HenticJiionaspis minor. 



One lot of chestnuts from Japan was found infested with 

 weevils and destroyed. 



Hilo Inspection. 



Brother ]\I. Newell reports the arrival of four steamers and 

 two sailing vessels, the former bringing 127 lots and 2783 pack- 



