265 



Plants 807 packages 



Taro 684 bags 



Fruit 7 packages 



Lily root 9 packages 



Total passed 1507 packages 



The following packages were refused shipment : 



Fruit 10 packages 



Plants 11 packages 



Total 21 packages 



These were refused shipment on account of infestation and soil 

 attached. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Superintendent of Entomology. 



REPORT FOR AUGUST. 



Honolulu, August 30, 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 August as follows : 



During the month 40 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 

 of which 23 carried vegetable matter and one vessel moulding 

 sand : 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 911 21,827 



Fumigated 4 13 



Burned 34 43 



Total inspected 949 21,883 



Of these shipments 21,827 packages arrived as freight, 43 pack- 

 ages by mail and 82 packages as baggage of passengers. 



Rice. 



During the month 22,386 bags of rice arrived from Japan 

 which, after close inspection, was found to be free from pests and 

 was passed for delivery. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Seventeen packages of fruit and 13 packages of vegetables 

 were found in the baggage of passengers and immigrants from 

 foreign countries. These were all seized and destroyed by burn- 



