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tinned, one small lot being turned out at Kilauea during the month. Fur- 

 ther assistance has been given the pineapple interests and considerable 

 work done on the insect collection. 



Respectfully subpiitted, 



J). T. FULLAWAY, 



Entomologist. 



DIVISION OF PLANT INSPECTION. 



REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT PLANT INSPECTOR, JULY, 1921. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, July 30, 1921. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : 



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

 of Plant Inspection for the month of July, 1921, as follow^s: 



During the month 45 vessels arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 25 of 

 which carried vegetable matter, and 5 came by w^ay of the Canal. The 

 following disposal was made of the various shipments: 



Passed as free from pests . . . 1,636 lots 31,171 packages 



Fumigated 6 " 6 " 



Burned 73 ' ' 73 



Returned 20 '' 20 " 



Total inspected 1,735 lots 31,270 packages 



Of these shipments 30,955 packages arrived as freight, 211 as bag- 

 gage and 74 as mail. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 1,081 bags of rice and 907 bags of beans from 

 Japan, and 4,600 bags of rice and 3,069 bags of beans from the U. S. 

 arrived. All were passed as free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 5,125 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries w^ere examined, from which 39 lots of vegetables and 

 21 lots of fruit w^ere seized and destroyed. A tabulated list of material 

 intercepted other than the above-mentioned fruits and vegetables fol- 

 lows: 



Australia : 



July 23 — 1 pkg. tree seeds, mail for Bd. of Agr., fumigated prec. 

 Bolivia: 



July 5 — 1 pkg. tree seeds, mail for Dr. Lyon, fumigated prec. 

 China: 



July 14 — 2 lots green gourds, baggage, burned, prohibited. 

 Julj^ 14 — 1 lot dried gourds, baggage, burned, prohibited. 

 Japan: 



July 6 — 1 pkg. corn, baggage, burned, prohibited. 



July 6 — 1 lot 5-leaf pine tree, baggage, burned, prohibited. 



July 24 — 2 lots tree seeds, baggage, burned, prohibited. 



