383 



Of these shipments 24,587 packages arrived by freight, 127 

 packages by mail and 136 packages as baggage of passengers 

 and immigrants. 



Rice. 



During the month 24,321 bags of rice arrived from Japan, all 

 of which was marked "new crop" and ah of which was found 

 free from pests and was released for delivery. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Sixty-six packages of fruit and 8 packages of vegetables were 

 found in the baggage of passengers and immigrants from foreign 

 countries. These were as usual seized and destroyed by burn- 

 ing. Among these were found two lots of chestnuts from Yoko- 

 hama infested with the c;hestnut weevil (Balanius species). 



A potted plant {Ardisia crenulata) was badly infested with the 

 brown scale (Coccus hcmisphaericum). Five boxes of Florida 

 oranges arrived via Seattle which were badly infested with our 

 common purple scale. The oranges had been fumigated as all 

 of the scale was dead. I notified the shippers about the condition 

 of the fruit and advised them not to ship any more in such con- 

 dition to the Territory. 



An Anomala grub was found in soil around the roots of an 

 azalea plant in a ])lant shipment from Japan. 



Hilo Inspection. 



Brother AI. Newell at Hilo reports the arrival of six steamers 

 during the month. Of these five carried vegetable matter con- 

 sisting of 251 lots and 4172 packages. One hundred and eighty- 

 eight boxes of apples, bearing no label and infested with cod- 

 lingmoth — in fact most inferior stuff — were returned to the 

 Coast. The Japanese steamer Sayo Alaru called at Hilo on its 

 way to South American ports and unloaded 6457 ba.us of rice and 

 110 bags of beans, all of which were found free from pests and 

 passed. 



Inter-Island Inspection. 



During the month of November 51 steamers were attended to 

 and the following shi])ments were passed : 



Plants 118 pkgs. 



Taro 929 bags 



Taro tops 143 " 



Pineapple suckers 364 " 



Fruit 20 pkgs. 



Vegetables 39 



Total i:)assed 1613 pkgs. 



