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DTVISTON DP ENTOMOLDGY. 



Honolulu, April 30, 1913. 



Board of Commissioners of Aj^riculturc and i'orcstry. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my re])ort of the work of 

 the ]>)ivision of l''ntomoIoj.(y for the month oi April as follows: 



Durinj^- the month 38 vessels arrived, of which 26 carried vege- 

 table matter and two vessels moulding and building sand. 



Disposal. Lots, Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 693 15,492 



b'umigated 6 43 



lUuMied 33 52 



Returned 2 11 



ToUil insi)e(-tcd 734 15,598 



Of these shijjments, 15,351 packages came as freight, 129 pack- 

 ages in the U. S. mail and 118 packages as baggage. 



Rice. 



During the month 17,160 bags of rice arrived from Japan and' 

 1000 from China. All the different lots were examined and 

 found free from pests and were jiassed. 



Pests Intcrcef>teil. 



Forty-two packages of fruit and 9 ])ackagcs of vegetables were 

 found in the baggage of ])assengers and immigrants from the 

 Orient, which were seized and destroyed. 



For the second time we found the nym])hs of a locust or Cicada 

 in the soil around plants ; this shipment, however, from Manila 

 instead of Jajjan. 



b'dcven boxes of Mexican limes arrived from San Francisco, 

 and as such fruit is ])rohibited from entry here, it was returned 

 by the same steamer. 



Ililo Inspection. 



Brother M. Newell reports the arrival of six vessels, five of 

 which brought vegetable matter, consisting of 67 lots and 1168 

 ])arcels. All lots were passed and but two cases of celery had to 

 be cleaned. 



Beneficial Insects. 



Four lots of inoculated Japanese 1)eetles were distributed to- 

 parties furnishing the beetles. 



