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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, December 31, 1919. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agrieultiire and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



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

 the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of December, 1919, as 

 follows : 



During the month 67 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 26 of Avhich 

 carried vegetable matter, and 9 vessels came through the Panama Canal. 

 The following disposal was made of the various shipments: 



Passed as free from pests 1,209 lots 25,200 pkgs. 



Burned 102 ' ' 102 ' ' 



Fumigated 6 " 6 ' ' 



Eeturned 4 " 4 '' 



Total Inspected 1,321 lots 25,312 pkgs. 



Of these shii>ments 25,011 packages arrived as freight, 141 packages as 

 mail and 160 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 1,003 bags of rice from Japan, 260 mats of rice from 

 China and 2,374 bags of beans from Japan arrived and were found free 

 from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 5,860 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined, from which 55 lots of fruit and 30 lots 

 of vegetables were seized and destroyed. 



On December 2 a package of rice seeds found in the mail from Japan 

 was seized and destroyed, being prohibited. 



On December 6, per Persia Maru, 3 plants were found in the baggage 

 of an immigrant from Japan, These were seized and destroyed. 



On December 10 a package of corn found in the mail from Japan was 

 seized and destroyed. A package of chestnuts Avas fumigated as a pre- 

 caution. 



On December 21, per Nippon Maru, a package of chestnuts found in the 

 baggage of an immigrant from Japan was seized and destroyed on account 

 of being infested with weevils. Four plants belonging to a passenger were 

 returned on board the steamer. Two packages of rice seeds and a package 

 of iris roots were found in the mail from Japan and- these were destroyed, 

 being prohibited under Quarantine Order No. 37 of the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board. 



On December 22, per Korea Maru, 2 packages of pili nuts found in the 

 baggage of immigrants from Manila were seized and destroyed. 



On the same date, per Venezuela, a package of pili nuts found in the 

 baggage of a passenger from Manila was seized and destroyed. A package 

 of wistaria seeds, a package of bulbs, a small bag of barley and a pack- 

 age of herbs, all in the mail from Japan, w^ere seized and destroyed, being 

 prohibited. Two packages of seeds from India for the Board of Agricul- 

 ture were fumigated and passed; a package of vegetable seeds, a package 

 of chestnuts and a package of taro for food from Japan were fumigated 

 and passed. 



On December 23, a box of orchids brought in the baggage of a passenger 



