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 DIVISION OF PLANT INSPECTION. 

 REPORT or THE CHIEr PLANT INSPECTOR, FEBRUARY, 1921. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, February 28, 1921. 

 Board of Commissiouers of Agriculture and Forestrj', Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen: — I herewith submit my report of the work carried on by the 

 Division of Plant Inspection for the month of February, 1921, as follows: 



During the month 44 vesseb arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 20 of which 

 carried vegetable matter and 9 came by way of Panama. The following dis- 

 posal was made of the various shipments: 



Passed as free from pests 15o2 lots 31,114 pkgs. 



Fumigated with carbonbisulphide. . . 2 ** 2 ** 



Burned 56 ' ' 56 ' ' 



Returned 3 '' 3 '' 



Total Inspected 1613 lots 31,175 pkgs. 



Of these shipments 24,383 packages arrived as freight, 136 as baggage and 

 85 as mail. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 13,184 bags of rice and 2567 bags of beans arrived from 

 Japan and were passed as free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 1613 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from for- 

 eign countries were examined from which 34 lots of fruit and 12 lots of 

 vegetables were seized and destroyed. A tabulated list of material inter- 

 cepted, other than the above mentioned fruits and vegetables follows: 

 From California: 



February 4 — I pkg. Cypress trees, express, returned, twig-borer. 

 ( A rgyresthia cupressella) . 

 From China: 



February 1 — 1 bskt. Bamboo shoots, cargo, burned, prohibited. 

 From Japan : 



February 4 — 2 pkgs. Green Thuya leaves, baggage, burned, pro- 

 hibited. 

 February 14 — 2 pkgs. Plants, baggage, burned, prohibited. 

 February 27 — 2 pkgs. Plants, baggage, burned, prohibited. 

 February 27 — 1 pkg. Paddy rice, baggage, burned, prohibitetl. 

 February 27 — 1 pkg. Paddy rice, mail, burned, prohibited. 

 February 27 — 1 bag Chestnuts, baggage, fumigated, precautionary. 

 From Philippine Islands: 



February 4 — 2 pkgs. Paddy rice, mail, burned, prohibited. 

 February 4 — 1 pkg. Ficus seed, mail, for Dr. Lyon, fumigated, found 



Hennptern sp. crawling among seeds. 

 February 27 — 1 ]ikg. Paddy rice, mail, burned, prohibitCtl. 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 



Following is a summary of the beneficial insects sent by various collectors 

 now in the Orient, received and inspected by me personally. Those sent to 

 the Board of Agriculture and Forestry were also taken to the H. S, P. A. 



