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The Entomologist returned from the Orient on tlie 23rd of April with 

 beneficial insects, which are being handled in the Insectary. From April 

 29 -until May 2 he was on the Island of Hawaii investigating an out- 

 break of cutworms on the Parker Ranch. 



Respectfully submitted, , 



D. T. FULLAWAY, 



Entomologist. 



DIVISION OF PLANT INSPECTION. 



REPORT OP THE CHIEF PLANT INSPECTOR, APRIL, 1921. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, April 30, 1921. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 



Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 Gentlemen: 



I herewith submit my report of the work carried on by the Division 

 of Plant Inspection for the month of April, 1921, as follows: 



During the month 48 vessels arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 25 'Of 

 which carried vegetable matter and four came by way of the Canal. 

 The following disposal was made of' the vai'ious shipments: 



Passed as free from pests 1281 lots 26,738 parcels 



Fumigated with carbonbisulphide . 20 ' ' 20 *^ 



Burned Go " 65 ' ' 



Returned 1 '' 1 " 



Total inspected 1367 lots 26,824 parcels 



Of these shipments, 26,351 parcels arrived as freight, 219 as baggage, 

 and 221 as mail. 



RICE AND BEAX SHIPMENTS. ^ 



During the month, 31,266 bags of rice and 5251 bags of beans arrived 

 from Japan and were passed as free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 2987 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries w^ere examined, from which 31 lots of fruit and 19 

 lots of vegetables were seized and destroyed. A tabulated list of ma- 

 terial intercepted, other than the above mentioned fruits and A'egetables, 

 follows: 

 Australia: 



April 13 — 3 pkgs. tree seeds, baggage (Kushi), fumigated, precau- 

 tionary. 

 April 13 — 16 pkgs. ficus seed, mail (Pemberton), to H. S. P. A., 



CS2 prec. 

 April 13 — 1 tree stump wuth dead white ant nest, baggage (Kushi), 



fumigatecl, precautionary. Sent to mainland April 30. 

 April 28 — 1 lot apples, baggage, burne,d, lepidosaphes sp. 

 April 28 — 1 lot corn, baggage, burned, prohibited. 

 China: 



