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April 5 — 1 lot niedicinul bark, baggage, fumigated, precautionary. 



April 20 — 1 pkgs. dried bark, baggage, fumigated, precautionary. 



April 23 — 1 pot plant, baggage (I'ullavvay), burned, prohibited. 

 Used on board for conveying parasites. 

 Japan: 



April 5 — 1 lot apples and cypress leaves, baggage, burned, pro- 

 hibited. 



April 5 — 1 lot cactus plant, baggage, burned, prohibited. 



April 11 — 1 pkg. plant, baggage, burned, prohibited. 



April 11 — 1 pkg. corn, baggage, burned, prohibited. 



April 11 — 1 pkg. herbs, baggage, fumigated, precautionary. 



April 11 — 1 pkg. chestnuts, baggage, fumigated, i)recautionary. 



April 23 — 1 lot corn, baggage, burned, prohibited. 



April 23 — 1 lot cocoanut, baggage, fumigated, precautionary. 

 Java: 



April 11 — ^1 pkg. seeds, mail for H. S. P. A., fumigated, weevils. 

 Philippines: 



April 2 — 1 letter citrus seed, mail, burned, prohibited. 



April 5 — 1 pkg. tree seeds, mail (Williams), to H. S. P. A., CS2 

 prec. 



April 5 — 1 pkg. forage, grass, baggage (D. T. Fleming), turned 

 over to Dr. Lyon. Quarantined under observation. 



April 11 — 1 pkg. betel nuts, baggage, burned, infestation. 



April 11 — 1 pkg. seeds, mail (Williams), to H. S. P. A., fumigated, 

 weevils. 



April 20 — 1 pkg. rice paddy (also piece of ginger and two twigs), 

 baggage, burned, prohibited. 



April 20 — 1 pkg. nuts, baggage, fumigated, precautionary. 



April 25 — 1 pkg. tree seeds, mail (Williams), to H. S. P. A., CS2 

 prec. 

 Siam: 



April 5—1 pkg. tree seeds, mail (Rock), to H. S. P. A., CS2, pre- 

 cautionary. 

 Singapore: 



April 23^ — 1 pkg. tree seeds, baggage (Eock), fumigated, precau- 

 tionary. 

 United States: 



April 12 — 1 case plants, cargo, fumigated, Pscudococcus maritimus. 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 



Following is a summary of the beneficial insects sent by Mr. F. X. 

 Williams, now in the Philippines, to the H. S. P. A., received and in- 

 spected by me personally at the H. S. P. A. Experiment Station in the 

 presence of Mr. Muir: 



U. S. T. Thomas, April 5 — 1 case Ficus benjamina trunks in sand and 

 moss. Fruit removed, trunks and sand burned. Found white ant 

 colony in one trunk. 



S. S. Colombia, April 12: — 2 pkgs. Fig insects and parasites for bean- 

 pod butterfly. 



S. S. Creole State, April 25 — 2 pkgs. Figs containing fig insects. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell, Inspector at Hilo, reports the arrival of nine ves- 

 sels with five carrying vegetable matter consisting of 197 lots, and 

 5085 parcels. 2795 bags of rice and 160 bags of beans arrived from 

 Japan, all clean. 



